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Trudeau says premiers complaining about carbon price didn’t pitch better ideas
By The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2024
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back against premiers who are asking him to cancel an upcoming increase to the federal carbon price, saying they have not proposed better ideas to fight climate change. Trudeau says in a letter to premiers today that the last time they discussed the issue in 2022, their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four found dead in rural Saskatchewan were members of the same family: RCMP
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2024
NEUDORF, SASK. – RCMP say four people found dead in a rural Saskatchewan home were members of the same family. They say their initial investigation has found the deceased were two parents and their two adult children. Police are not publicly releasing their names, and next of kin have been notified. Mounties have said investigators ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!13 arrested in RCMP raids targeting ‘suspected Montreal criminal organization’
By The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2024
MONTREAL – RCMP say they have arrested 13 people in a major operation against a suspected Montreal criminal organization. Spokesman Charles Poirier says police executed some 20 warrants for searches in businesses, residences and vehicles. He says nine men and four women were taken into custody as part of the operation targeting an alleged crime ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four Canadian men held in Syria ask Supreme Court to revisit request for hearing
By The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2024
OTTAWA – Four Canadian men detained in Syria are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to reconsider their pleas for a hearing that could open the door to their freedom. In November, the Supreme Court declined to hear the men’s challenge of a Federal Court of Appeal ruling that said Ottawa is not obligated under ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First two airlifts for Canadians fleeing Haiti are complete, after weather delay
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2024
OTTAWA – A spokeswoman for Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says 36 Canadians have now brought out of Haiti by helicopter. On Monday, Joly had said thefirst 18 had already left, but Global Affairs Canada has clarified that their departure was put off due to bad weather. Two groups were flown to safety in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stranded orca was pregnant, while efforts to save her other calf turns on rising tide
By The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2024
ZEBALLOS, B.C. – A necropsy on the killer whale that died after being stranded off northern Vancouver Island shows she was pregnant with another calf. Marine scientist Jared Towers watched the necropsy on the animal and says the 15-year-old Bigg’s killer whale was expecting another calf when she became trapped in shallow waters near the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Small drug seizures down in Vancouver post-decriminalization, police say
By The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Data from Vancouver police shows a “dramatic” drop in small drug seizures after decriminalization came into effect in British Columbia last year. The department says during the first nine months of the program officers did not seize any drugs under 2.5 grams, as is outlined in Health Canada’s three-year exemption. It says all ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police vehicles block roads to Saskatchewan farm property where four found dead
By The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2024
NEUDORF, SASK. – Black unmarked RCMP vehicles could be seen blocking roads leading to a Saskatchewan farm property as officers continued to investigate the suspicious deaths of four people. Several animals, including horses, as well as farm buildings could be seen on the large property in a quiet, rural area northeast of the village of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Economists defend Liberals’ carbon price as political rhetoric heats up
By The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2024
OTTAWA – Dozens of Canadian economists are issuing an ardent defence of Canada’s price on carbon, as the government faces increased pressure from Opposition Conservatives and provincial premiers to pause a planned increase to the levy. A growing number of premiers have joined the federal Conservatives and come out against raising the carbon price from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘He understands Canadians’: Inside what ‘axe the tax’ means to Poilievre’s supporters
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2024
OTTAWA – When Sarah Morin hears the phrase “axe the tax,” what enters her mind is “freedom.” The 41-year-old is a stay-at-home mother of two who has been using a food bank amid cost-of-living pressures. She was among those who packed into a crammed room at a convention centre near Ottawa’s airport on Sunday to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Commons committee to hear witnesses on security concerns about microbiology lab
By The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2024
OTTAWA – A House of Commons committee plans to look into concerns about a high-security laboratory after two scientists lost their jobs over dealings with China. The special committee on Canada-China relations has decided to hear various federal witnesses on the matter that has percolated for several years. The National Microbiology Laboratory researchers were fired ... Read More »
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