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Alberta health minister says non-profit that shipped stroke patient to motel off list
By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
EDMONTON – Alberta’s health minister says a non-profit that shipped a stroke patient to a motel for his long-term recovery will be taken off a roster of agencies offered to provide support after a hospital discharge. Adriana LaGrange says she doesn’t know who compiled the list nor who was responsible for it, when Blair Canniff ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Manitoba premier apologizes to two men switched at birth decades ago
By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
WINNIPEG – Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew formally apologized Thursday to two men who were switched at birth in a hospital almost 70 years ago. Kinew, in a speech to the legislature, called it a terrible wrong that cannot be undone but must be acknowledged and atoned for. “Ed and Richard are here today as two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Manitoba premier apologizes to two men switched at birth decades ago
By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
WINNIPEG – Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has formally apologized to two men who were switched at birth in a hospital almost 70 years ago. Kinew says it was a terrible wrong that cannot be undone, but it must be acknowledged and atoned for. The premier says the men were denied connection to their families, and ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec Court of Appeal upholds requirement for minors seeking sex designation change
By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
MONTREAL – The Quebec Court of Appeal has upheld a rule that requires minors applying to change their official sex designation to obtain a letter from a health professional or social worker declaring the change “appropriate.” The ruling overturns a 2021 decision by a lower court judge who concluded the requirement violates the dignity and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘She was always laughing’: Friend remembers Canadian killed in Mexico robbery
By Nick Wells, The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
The friend of a Canadian killed in Mexico says she spoke to Gabriele Schart on the phone just moments before the woman was shot in a gas station robbery. Raquel Shulman says Schart was making the long journey by road back to Canada with a friend when they made a stop outside of Queretaro City, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Halt defence counter-intelligence searches of workplace computers, spy watchdog urges
By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
OTTAWA – The national spy watchdog is calling on the military’s counter-intelligence unit to suspend investigative searches of a workplace computer system over concerns about employee privacy. A National Security and Intelligence Review Agency report released today says Defence employees and Armed Forces members have a reasonable expectation of privacy when making personal use of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec killer, alleged suspect in fatal Montreal fire, pleads guilty to prison escape
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
MONTREAL – A convicted killer who spent 51 months on the lam from a prison in Quebec – and who court documents cite as a suspect in a Montreal fire that killed seven people – has pleaded guilty to escaping custody. Listed as one of Quebec’s most wanted criminals, Denis Bégin was arrested in May ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa aims to set temporary resident targets for the first time this fall
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
OTTAWA – Immigration Minister Marc Miller says for the first time, Canada will set targets for the number of new temporary resident arrivals to the country. He says he plans to decrease the temporary resident population by five per cent over the next three years. Canada has seen a sharp increase in the number of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N.L. tables budget with $152-million deficit a day after protest shut legislature
By Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Newfoundland and Labrador’s finance minister released her 2024-25 budget Thursday, after sleeping at the legislature the night before following a chaotic demonstration by fish harvesters that had prevented officials from entering the building. Siobhan Coady was scheduled to deliver the budget on Wednesday, but the crowd forced the government to call ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Commission releases interim report into unmarked graves at residential schools
By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
OTTAWA – An interim report from an international group hired to provide advice on identifying and locating the unmarked graves of children who attended residential schools says Canada can should continue funding searches beyond 2025. The report from the International Commission on Missing Persons, based in The Hague, covers the work it has done so ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Ottawa to set targets for temporary resident arrivals
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
OTTAWA – Immigration Minister Marc Miller says for the first time, Canada will set targets for the number of new temporary resident arrivals. More coming... Read More »
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