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Quebec judge to rule today whether man should stand trial for daycare crash deaths
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
SAINT-JÉRÔME, Que. – A Quebec court Judge will decide later today whether a man will stand trial on charges of first-degree murder for allegedly killing two children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare. Pierre Ny St-Amand was arrested after a transit bus crashed into the front of a daycare in the Ste-Rose ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘We won’t forget:’ How some Muslims view Poilievre’s stance on Israel-Hamas war
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
OTTAWA – A spokesman for a regional Muslim advocacy group says Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war could complicate his party’s relationship with Muslim Canadians. Nawaz Tahir of the Hikma Public Affairs Council in London, Ont., met Poilievre during the leader’s outreach efforts in southwestern Ontario last summer. Tahir says he believes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court upholds First Nation election requirement, rules that Charter applies
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada is upholding a rule that requires members of a Yukon First Nation to live in its community should they want to serve on its council. Cindy Dickson had been fighting in the courts to have that requirement declared unconstitutional because it means council members must move back to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four Ontario school boards sue Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat and TikTok
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
TORONTO – Four of Ontario’s largest school boards have launched lawsuits against the parent companies of Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat and TikTok alleging the social media platforms are disrupting student learning. The lawsuits claim the platforms are negligently designed for compulsive use and have rewired the way children think, behave and learn, leaving teachers and schools ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Foreign interference inquiry continues, Ontario opens comms centre
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 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… Foreign interference inquiry to hear from chief electoral officer Canada’s chief electoral officer, Stéphane Perrault, is slated to testify this morning at a commission of inquiry into foreign meddling allegations and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Killer whale rescue tactics could involve plan to lift orca calf out of lagoon
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
ZEBALLOS, B.C. – Experts are reconsidering their options on a rescue plan for the young killer whale trapped by the tide in a remote lagoon off Northern Vancouver Island. Paul Cottrell, the marine mammal co-ordinator at the Fisheries Department, says they are thinking about changing tactics in efforts to convince the two-year-old calf to leave ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Foreign interference inquiry slated to hear from chief electoral officer
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada’s chief electoral officer, Stéphane Perrault, is slated to testify this morning at a commission of inquiry into foreign meddling allegations and how the government responded to them. The hearings are delving into possible foreign interference by China, India, Russia and others in the last two general elections. As head of Elections Canada, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. orca calf rescue team considers changing tactics to save stranded whale: DFO
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024
ZEBALLOS, B.C. – A Fisheries Department official says a rescue team working to coax a stranded killer whale calf from a lagoon off northern Vancouver Island is prepared to change tactics to save its life, including lifting the orca out to the open ocean. Paul Cottrell, the department’s marine mammal co-ordinator, says they will consider ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Things are going to change.’ RCMP report on response to mass shooting inquiry
By Michael MacDonald, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024
MILLBROOK, NOVA SCOTIA – RCMP commissioner Mike Duheme released a strategy Wednesday outlining how the national police force will respond to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives. Almost a year after the public inquiry released a final report that offered a blistering critique of the Mounties’ response ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Diaspora community members tell of toll foreign meddling takes on families
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024
OTTAWA – Members of diaspora communities told a federal inquiry Wednesday of the ways that authoritarian governments make life extremely difficult for families when members dare question the regimes. The federal commission of inquiry into foreign interference heard from a panel of representatives of various communities about the human toll meddling can take. Many Russians ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa signs $3.7B health deal with Quebec, final province to sign onto health accord
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024
OTTAWA – Health Minister Mark Holland signed a $3.7-billion health pact with Quebec today, which means all 13 provinces and territories have now signed on to Ottawa’s new health accord. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau first pitched a new health-funding deal to provinces more than a year ago to increase federal health transfers and provide targeted ... Read More »
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