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Two more women file suits alleging sexual assault by Newfoundland police officer
By Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2024
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Two more women have filed lawsuits alleging they were sexually assaulted by an on-duty member of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary who offered them rides home from a night of drinking. Lawyer Lynn Moore filed the statements of claim with the province’s Supreme Court in late March on behalf of the two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Environmental groups criticize government walk-back on pollution impact assessment
By Simon Hopkins, The Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2024
OTTAWA – Environmental groups are criticizing the Liberal government’s planned amendments to the federal Impact Assessment Act. The groups said in a letter to cabinet ministers today that Ottawa isn’t fulfilling its responsibility to protect Canadians from pollution. The government is seeking to limits the scope of the legislation and remove a requirement for federal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Latest national emissions report shows signs of progress toward Canada’s 2030 goal
By The Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada’s latest greenhouse-gas emissions report shows the country making progress toward meeting its next target in 2030, but there is still a very long way to go. The 2022 report published today shows that across the board, Canada added 708 million tonnes of greenhouse gases that year. That is 53 million tonnes lower ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!With foreign meddling inquiry to release first report Friday, what do we know so far?
By Laura Osman and Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2024
OTTAWA – On Friday, Canadians may get long-awaited answers about the integrity of the country’s last two elections, which was thrown into question last year as reports of attempted foreign interference came to light. A federal commission of inquiry will release a report on the alleged meddling schemes. The findings follow 10 days of public ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vets Affairs ‘March holidays’ post: ‘In trying to be apolitical we became political’
By The Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2024
OTTAWA – Veterans Affairs staff found themselves working over the Easter weekend, trying to explain why one of the department’s social media posts didn’t actually mention the holiday. Instead, the posts wished people a “happy March holiday season,” prompting hundreds of questions online about what exactly constitutes the March holidays. An early draft of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa will appoint commissioner to oversee treaties with Indigenous Peoples: Trudeau
By The Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2024
GATINEAU, Que. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is planning to create a new agent of Parliament to oversee modern treaty implementation. He says the new commissioner will ensure government is held to account for agreements, regardless of who is in power in Ottawa. He spoke to delegates today at a leaders’ forum ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Students set up pro-Palestinian encampment protest at University of Toronto
By The Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2024
TORONTO – A group of students at the University of Toronto say they have started a protest on campus to call on the university to cut its ties with Israel over the ongoing war in Gaza. The students say in a news release that they breached a newly-installed fence around an area on campus known ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Israeli academics on protests, weight-loss drug coming to Canada
By The Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Israeli academics respond to campus protests One of the demands of pro-Palestinian activists who have set up protest encampments on university campuses in Canada and the United States is a severing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Weight-loss drug Wegovy available in Canada starting May 6
By Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2024
The makers of Ozempic say their weight-loss drug Wegovy will be available to patients in Canada starting Monday. Novo Nordisk’s weekly injection is approved for weight loss among patients diagnosed with obesity. Wegovy can also be prescribed to patients who are significantly overweight and have at least one related medical condition such as high blood ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Campus protests: Israeli academics say their universities are ‘best chance’ for peace
By Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press on May 2nd, 2024
MONTREAL – One of the demands of pro-Palestinian activists who have set up protest encampments on university campuses in Canada and the United States is a severing of ties with Israeli universities. Tel Aviv University and other research institutions in Israel are accused of being accomplices in that country’s war in Gaza and its occupation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Shocked’ public service unions promise to fight new 3-day in-office mandate
By Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
OTTAWA – Unions representing public servants say they are blindsided and outraged by new rules forcing federal employees to work from the office at least three days a week. The new requirements, which take effect Sept. 9, also stipulate executives will have to be in the office at least four days a week. The Public ... Read More »
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