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B.C. MLA Adam Walker hopes to clear his name after removal from NDP caucus by Eby
By Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2023
British Columbia MLA Adam Walker says he hopes to clear his name after what he called an “abrupt” decision by Premier David Eby to remove him from the NDP caucus over a human resources complaint. Walker said the premier told him in a two-and-a-half-minute call on Sunday afternoon that he would no longer be a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Credible’ intelligence links Indian government to B.C. Sikh leader’s death: Trudeau
By The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada has expelled an Indian diplomat and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is demanding the Indian government co-operate following what Trudeau calls “credible” intelligence linking the government’s agents to the shooting death of a British Columbia Sikh leader. Harjit Singh Nijjar was shot in the parking lot of his gurdwara in Surrey, B.C., on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘A serious moment in the life of the world’: Trudeau heads back to United Nations
By James McCarten, The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2023
WASHINGTON – At the annual UN General Assembly, that traffic-snarling symposium of international hand-wringing and high dudgeon now underway in New York City, the peril of climate change is always a prominent topic. But as Taylor Swift might say, it hits different after the summer of 2023. The year saw a record-setting wildfire season in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Credible’ intelligence links Indian government to B.C. Sikh leader’s murder: Trudeau
By The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2023
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadian intelligence services are investigating “credible” information about “a potential link” between the government of India and the murder of British Columbia Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Nijjar was shot outside his gurdwara in Surrey, B.C., on June 18. Members of the Sikh community in Canada accused the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Trudeau says murder of Sikh leader in B.C. may be linked to Indian govt
By The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2023
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadian intelligence services are investigating “credible” information about “a potential link” between the government of India and the murder of British Columbia Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Trudeau says he raised the issue with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi earlier this month More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. health officer urges patience on drug crisis; delegates to vote on resolutions
By The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry is urging patience from British Columbia’s municipal leaders on drug decriminalization, saying the problem isn’t something they can arrest their way out of. Henry told politicians at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention that the pilot program is “not perfect,” but provincial statistics show the largest group of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Parliament resumes, with focus on housing and food prices
By The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2023
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Housing, food prices on agenda as MPs return MPs are returning to the House of Commons today determined to find relief for Canadians feeling the pinch of inflation. While some of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Decision expected in sex workers’ Charter challenge of criminal prostitution laws
By The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2023
TORONTO – The Ontario Superior Court is expected to release its decision this morning on a constitutional challenge launched by an alliance of groups advocating for the rights of sex workers. The Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform argued in court last fall that Canada’s prostitution laws violate the industry workers’ Charter rights. They ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Residents of Hay River and surrounding communities return after month-long evacuation
By The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2023
HAY RIVER, N.W.T. – Jennifer Coleman has lived in and around Hay River in the Northwest Territories her whole life, but the highway into the community felt like a strange place as she and other wildfire evacuees were allowed to return there Saturday for the first time in over a month. “It’s almost like muscle ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Housing, food prices top of mind as MPs return to Ottawa following summer break
By The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2023
OTTAWA – MPs are returning to the House of Commons today determined to find relief for Canadians feeling the pinch of inflation. While some of the most heated debates this fall will surround bail reform, gun restrictions and climate change, it is housing costs and grocery bills that will likely dominate the agenda. Industry Minister ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Officers warned about harassment before former Saskatchewan police chief’s exit: memo
By The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2023
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – Officers with a beleaguered Saskatchewan police force were warned about harassing behaviour in the weeks before their police chief accused members of personal attacks and character assassination, internal documents show. Jonathan Bergen announced he was retiring as chief of the Prince Albert Police Service last May saying he was the subject ... Read More »
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