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Mary Ellen Turpel-Laford removed from Order of Canada after Indigenous ID questions
By The Canadian Press on November 3rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a high-profile former judge embroiled in a controversy surrounding her claims to Indigenous identity, has been removed from the Order of Canada at her own request. A notice in Saturday’s Canada Gazette, the federal government’s official newspaper, says her appointment was terminated on Sept. 26 following her request and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court rules mandatory minimum sentences for child luring are unconstitutional
By The Canadian Press on November 3rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s top court has ruled that applying mandatory minimum sentences to the offence of child luring is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court of Canada found in a six-to-one decision released today that such sentences violate the Charter-protected right that guards against “cruel and unusual treatment or punishment.” A summary of the decision says the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Mary Ellen Turpel-Laford removed from Order of Canada
By The Canadian Press on November 3rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a high-profile lawyer and child-rights advocate embroiled in a controversy surrounding her claims to Indigeneity, has been removed from the Order of Canada at her own request. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta would need to negotiate international agreements if it quits CPP: Freeland
By The Canadian Press on November 3rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says if Alberta were to quit the Canada Pension Plan, it would need to launch a “complex and multi-year process” of negotiating international social security agreements to deal with contributors who work abroad. Freeland listed that effort among other steps she says the Alberta government, as well as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec labour strikes begin Monday; 65K teachers to launch unlimited walkout Nov. 23
By The Canadian Press on November 3rd, 2023
MONTREAL – About 65,000 Quebec teachers say they will launch an unlimited general strike on Nov. 23, as hundreds of thousands of other public sector workers are set to walk off the job on Monday in the first of a series of one-day strikes. The province’s latest contract offer has been soundly rejected by unions, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians still not cleared to leave Gaza, Blair says movement likely in coming days
By The Canadian Press on November 3rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Defence Minister Bill Blair says he thinks Canadians will be allowed to leave the Gaza Strip in “the coming days,” but shared no specific timeline this morning as Canadians faced another day of being left off the list. Groups of people, including foreign nationals from several other countries, have been allowed to exit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Brunswick premier ends weeks of speculation, says he won’t call election in 2023
By The Canadian Press on November 3rd, 2023
FREDERICTON – New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs confirmed Friday he won’t call an election in 2023, ending weeks of speculation that the governing Progressive Conservatives would go to the polls almost a year early. The premier had repeatedly said he needed a new mandate to quell the political drama that had gripped the province for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge rules some redacted police docs to be made evidence in ‘Freedom Convoy’ trial
By The Canadian Press on November 3rd, 2023
OTTAWA – The judge in the criminal trial of two “Freedom Convoy” organizers ruled today that portions of redacted internal police documents should be admitted as evidence. Justice Heather Perkins-McVey says some information that police initially redacted from documents is protected by solicitor-client privilege, but some of it has to do with opinions or statements ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: New Brunswick Premier Higgs says he won’t call an election this year
By The Canadian Press on November 3rd, 2023
FREDERICTON – New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he won’t call an election this year, ending weeks of speculation that the governing Progressive Conservatives would go to the polls almost a year early. The premier had repeatedly said he needed a new mandate to quell the political drama that has gripped the province for months, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservation deal aims to protect 30 per cent of B.C. land by 2030
By The Canadian Press on November 3rd, 2023
VANCOUVER – An environmental agreement to protect 30 per cent of British Columbia’s land by 2030 was signed today between the federal and British Columbia governments and the Indigenous-led First Nations Leadership Council. The target of the framework agreement means another 100,000 square kilometres of land must be designated, adding to the 20 per cent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McGill says Quebec tuition hike threatens future of Schulich School of Music
By The Canadian Press on November 3rd, 2023
MONTREAL – McGill University says Quebec’s $8,000 tuition increase for out-of-province students threatens the future of the renowned Schulich School of Music. Principal Deep Saini said Thursday that enrolment of Canadian students from outside Quebec could drop by between 20 and 80 per cent after the new $17,000 tuition takes effect next fall. He says ... Read More »
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