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‘Off the rails’: Schoenborn hearing adjourned, lawyer refuses to appear before board
By The Canadian Press on April 17th, 2024
COQUITLAM, B.C. – A hearing for AllanSchoenborn, who killed his three children in 2008, has ended with an abrupt adjournment after his lawyer told the British Columbia Review Board he would no longer appear in front of its current panel. Lawyer Rishi Gill says he continues to represent Schoenborn, who was found not criminally responsible ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here’s more about Ottawa’s plan to turn post offices, historic armouries into housing
By Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press on April 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – A 1970s Canada Post building in Alberta and stone Quebec City army barracks dating back to 1856 are just some of the public lands the Liberal government plans to turn into homes. The idea, outlined in the federal budget released Tuesday, is to use federally owned sites across the country to help ease ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Métis Nation Saskatchewan pulls support for Liberals’ belaboured self-government bill
By The Canadian Press on April 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Métis Nation – Saskatchewan is pulling its support for a federal bill that proposes to enshrine its self-government over concerns about the other two groups it recognizes. President Glen McCallum says the legislation is holding the group back, and its members made the decision to pull support after a meeting earlier today. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. prison guards decry increasing violence, drone drops of weapons, drugs
By The Canadian Press on April 17th, 2024
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – The Union of Canadian Correctional Officers says prisons have become “overwhelmed” by a surge in drone drops of weapons and drugs, driving a wave of violence in correctional facilities. Union members plan to protest outside the regional headquarters of the Correctional Service of Canada in Abbotsford, B.C., on Thursday over escalating violence. ... Read More »
1 responsePQ leader’s allusion to deportations, executions a threat to social cohesion: MP
By The Canadian Press on April 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – Quebec Liberal MP Pablo Rodriguez says he deplores the tone taken by the leader of the Parti Québécois, who referenced dark moments in Canadian history to justify the party’s push for independence. Paul St-Pierre Plamondon told a news conference Tuesday that the history of francophones in Canada is coloured by deportations and executions. ... Read More »
1 responseIn rare move, House admonishes private citizen for contempt in ArriveCan testimony
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on April 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – The House of Commons admonished a private citizen Wednesday for the first time in more than 100 years. It’s just the latest example of ArriveCan fallout as MPs point fingers over the Liberal government’s failure to manage development of the COVID-era app. GC Strategies partner Kristian Firth was ordered to appear before the ... Read More »
1 responseHealth minister pitches dental-care changes to get dentists onside
By The Canadian Press on April 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – Health Minister Mark Holland is announcing tweaks to Ottawa’s new dental-care plan in a bid to get more dentists, hygienists and oral-health care providers to participate. Dental and hygienists associations say their members have been slow to sign up to provide care under the new federal program, even though 1.7 million low- and ... Read More »
1 response‘Heart breaks’: Advocates say new disability benefit still leaves people in poverty
By Nicole Ireland and Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on April 17th, 2024
Advocates say a disability benefit that was supposed to be a historic move to lift people out of poverty turned out to be a disappointment in the federal budget. The new Canada Disability Benefit will provide a maximum of $2,400 a year – or $200 a month – for low-income people with disabilities. The benefit ... Read More »
1 responseOfficer in charge tells inquest everything possible was done to save B.C. hostage
By The Canadian Press on April 17th, 2024
BURNABY, B.C. – The officer in charge when police in Surrey, B.C., killed a hostage taker and the woman he was holding says he believes he did everything possible to save her. RCMP Insp. Blair White told a coroner’s inquest the suspect, Randy Crosson, gave officers a deadline on when he would kill Nona McEwan, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Too early for conclusions on integrity of last two elections, MP Chong tells inquiry
By The Canadian Press on April 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – Conservative MP Michael Chong is urging a federal inquiry to refrain from making final conclusions about the integrity of the last two general elections, saying it is too early to do so. The commission of inquiry recently wrapped up hearings on possible foreign interference by China, India, Russia and others in the 2019 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All federal ministers will participate in process to find 5,000 jobs to cut: Anand
By The Canadian Press on April 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – Treasury Board President Anita Anand says no government ministry and agency will be left out of the process of cutting 5,000 public-service positions. Anand, who is responsible for much of the public service, says all ministers will be expected to participate in the cost-cutting plan, not just the biggest departments. The 2024 budget, ... Read More »
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