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B.C. children’s minister stepping away from role after colorectal cancer diagnosis
By Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
British Columbia’s Minister of Children and Family Development Grace Lore says she has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer and is temporarily stepping away from her role as minister. Lore says in a statement that she intends to participate in important votes in the legislature to ensure the stability of the NDP government, which holds a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Feds outlaw another 324 types of firearms, propose donating guns to Ukraine
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Liberal government has outlawed another 324 firearm varieties – guns it says belong on the battlefield, not in the hands of hunters or sport shooters. The move follows the May 2020 ban of 1,500 makes and models of firearms, a number that grew to more than 2,000 by November of this year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Patrick Brown says foreign interference did not affect Tory leadership race outcome
By Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
OTTAWA – Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said foreign interference did not tip the scales in the Conservative party’s last leadership race that installed Pierre Poilievre at the helm. Brown, who was a candidate for the leadership at the time, was summoned to a House of Commons committee to answer questions on the 2022 race after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. premier says feds and provinces plan right-left approach to Trump’s tariff plans
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier David Eby says Canada’s premiers and the federal government have hatched a game plan over possible U.S. tariffs, where Conservative premiers lobby their Republican counterparts and left-leaning leaders court the Democrats, while the federal government focuses on president-elect Donald Trump. Eby says the premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talked ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Put politics aside and act on online harms, mother of sextortion victim tells MPs
By Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
OTTAWA – Parents of children who died because of online sexual extortion are urging MPs to act on online harms legislation. The bill and other legislation have been blocked from moving forward for months due to a parliamentary privilege debate raging between the Liberals and Conservatives. Justice Minister Arif Virani split the bill into two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poilievre calls on House to back Singh’s ‘wise’ words in no-confidence motion
By Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he agrees with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on one thing: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are too weak to fight for Canadians. Poilievre kicked off debate in the House of Commons Thursday on a cheekily worded Conservative motion designed to use Singh’s own words against him. The motion ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five Eyes security agencies send up flare for help on preventing youth radicalization
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
OTTAWA – Security agencies from Canada and other members of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance are calling for a “whole-of-society response” to deal with the radicalization of young people lured into violent extremism. A new report from the alliance, which also includes Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, emphasizes the importance ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Patrick Brown set to make committee appearance on foreign interference
By The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
OTTAWA – Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown will appear before a Parliamentary committee on foreign interference this afternoon. The former Conservative Party leadership candidate was summoned to answer questions on the 2022 race after a report from a parliamentary committee on national security cited Indian interference in an unspecified Conservative leadership campaign. On Monday, Brown posted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Overseas hikers rescued in B.C. relied on online app: rescue group
By The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
VANCOUVER – The search and rescue organization for Metro Vancouver’s North Shore mountains says its teams recently rescued two international visitors who became stranded after relying on online hiking apps without doing further research. A statement on social media by North Shore Rescue says the first call last Thursday came when a visitor “seriously underestimated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault tells committee: ‘I am not Indigenous’
By Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
OTTAWA – Randy Boissonnault, whose shifting claims to Indigenous identity cost him his job as employment minister, told a House of Commons committee today that he is not Indigenous. Boissonnault was called to testify at the Indigenous and Northern affairs committee after a series of media reports, led by the National Post, raised doubts about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservatives decry “procedural nonsense” as NDP forces House debate on abortion
By Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press on December 5th, 2024
OTTAWA – A surprise tactical move by the NDP forced a debate in the House of Commons on abortion access Thursday, sidelining a Conservative motion designed to use NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s own words against him. Just ahead of the set time for the Conservative motion to come up, NDP MP Heather McPherson seized the ... Read More »
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