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CP NewsAlert: N.L. tables budget with $152-million deficit amid protests from fishers
By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Newfoundland and Labrador Finance Minister Siobhan Coady today presented her budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year, projecting a deficit of $152 million. Coady delivered the $10.4-billion budget a day late after protesting fishers managed to block the entrance to the legislature ahead of the planned tabling on Wednesday. Today’s budget speech ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel arms ban still ‘being refined,’ as envoy says country can defend itself
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
OTTAWA – A senior official in Canada’s foreign service says Ottawa is still sorting out the implications of the government committing to stop future military exports to Israel. “This is being refined as we speak,” Global Affairs Canada regional head Alexandre Lévêque told senators Wednesday. Most Liberal MPs joined the NDP in backing a motion ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former premiers, other dignitaries pay respects to Brian Mulroney in Montreal
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
MONTREAL – Prominent Quebec political leaders and other dignitaries arrived to St. Patrick’s Basilica in Montreal Thursday to pay their final respects to former prime minister Brian Mulroney, who died Feb. 29 at age 84. Lucien Bouchard, Quebec premier from 1996 to 2001 and a cabinet minister in Mulroney’s Progressive Conservative government until a falling ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec inmate who spent 51 months on lam pleads guilty to escaping federal prison
By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
MONTREAL – A Quebec man who spent 51 months on the lam from a federal prison before he was arrested last year has pleaded guilty to escaping custody. Denis Bégin was sentenced to 18 months in prison to be served concurrently with a life sentence that he is already serving for second-degree murder. Court documents ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Industrial carbon price cuts three times the emissions of consumer levy: report
By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada’s carbon price could slash greenhouse-gas emissions by more than 100 million tonnes a year by 2030, but only about one-fifth of that will come from the consumer carbon price at the centre of Conservative attacks. A new analysis published today by the Canadian Climate Institute says that together, all existing climate policies ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Government moves to end military authority to investigate, prosecute sex crimes
By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
OTTAWA – The federal government has tabled legislation to formally removing the military’s ability to investigate and prosecute crimes of a sexual nature. Defence Minister Bill Blair introduced changes to the National Defence Act today that would remove jurisdiction to handle certain Criminal Code offences from military court. Military police will no longer have the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brian Mulroney’s casket arrives in Montreal church ahead of Saturday’s state funeral
By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
MONTREAL – Brian Mulroney’s casket and the family of the former prime minister have arrived at St. Patrick’s Basilica in Montreal. The casket will lie at the church today and Friday for visitation by dignitaries and the public ahead of Saturday’s state funeral. Montreal Archbishop Christian Lépine led a procession into the church, with Royal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N.L. plans to proceed with budget as fishers gather for second day of protest
By Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Newfoundland and Labrador’s government was planning to proceed with tabling its provincial budget Thursday, as police wearing riot gear kept watch over fishers protesting outside the legislature. It was the second day of demonstrations after Wednesday’s chaotic conflict between police and protesters led to two people, including a police officer, being ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N.L. plans to go ahead with budget as fishers gather for second day of protest
By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – A large crowd of Newfoundland and Labrador fish harvesters has once again gathered outside the legislature this morning after shutting down the provincial budget on Wednesday. It’s the second day of protest after Wednesday’s demonstration turned into a chaotic conflict between police and protesters, with two people, including a police officer, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Brian Mulroney’s tribute moves to Montreal
By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 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… Quebecers to pay tribute to Brian Mulroney Quebecers will get their chance to pay their respects to Brian Mulroney in his home province as the tributes to the former prime minister ... Read More »
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