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‘It’s grim:’ Community devastated by shooting deaths in Sault Ste. Marie
By Fakiha Baig, The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2023
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – Halloween decorations still fluttered from the front porch of a home in Sault Ste. Marie where three children were found shot dead this week, the youngest victims of a rampage in the northern Ontario city that ended with five people killed. In the front windows, more decorations hung in anticipation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health-care standards not met at Alberta correctional centre, report finds
By The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2023
EDMONTON – Alberta’s public interest commissioner has found what he calls “serious lapses” in medical care at a provincial correctional centre. Kevin Brezinski’s investigation, responding to a whistleblower, says Alberta Correctional Health Services failed in five cases to provide adequate medical care at the Edmonton Remand Centre. In two of those cases, the patients died, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Canada apology to U.K. MP over airport screening ‘right thing to do’: Rodriguez
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2023
OTTAWA – Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez says Air Canada was right to apologize to a British MP who alleges he was subjected to Islamophobic screening by the airline and Canadian border officials on a recent diplomatic trip to Canada. Mohammad Yasin was pulled aside for questioning at London’s Heathrow Airport while other lawmakers he was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario Sen. Ian Shugart, former top public servant, dead at 66
By The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Speaker of the Senate announced today that Ian Shugart, an Ontario senator and former top public servant, has died at the age of 66. The Senate is expected to hold a moment of silence for Shugart before adjourning for the day. Shugart was appointed to the Senate in September 2022 by Prime ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec public sector unions call for one-day strike to be held Nov. 6
By The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec’s common front of public sector unions is gearing up for a one-day strike on Nov. 6. Certain hospitals and regional health boards have begun receiving strike notices for that day, one of those institutions confirmed today. The unions did not confirm or deny the date, but they received a strike mandate from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal to ban most natural gas heating, cooking in new buildings
By The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2023
Montreal will ban gas-powered systems in new construction starting next fall, with some notable exceptions. The new regulation, adopted by the city’s executive committee this morning, will apply to new, small buildings – up to three storeys and 600 square metres in area – as of Oct. 1, 2024, and larger buildings starting six months ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Humanitarian pauses’ in Israel-Hamas war don’t prevent advocacy on hostages: Gould
By The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2023
OTTAWA – Government House leader Karina Gould says there doesn’t need to be a choice between calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas and advocating for “humanitarian pauses” in its war with Israel. Gould said on Parliament Hill this morning that freeing the hostages, among whom may be two people with links to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!India resuming some visa services at high commission, consulates in Canada
By The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2023
OTTAWA – India’s high commission in Canada says the country’s officials will resume processing some types of visa applications in Ottawa and at consulates in Toronto and Vancouver. The decision comes a month after New Delhi suspended the services in Canada and for Canadian citizens worldwide. The high commission says it is resuming business, medical ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: India resuming visa services at high commission, consulates in Canada
By The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2023
OTTAWA – India’s high commission in Canada says the country’s officials will resume processing visa applications in Ottawa and at consulates in Toronto and Vancouver, a month after New Delhi suspended the services in Canada and for Canadian citizens worldwide. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Israel’s bombardment in Gaza surges, reducing buildings to rubble
By The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2023
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Israel ramps up airstrikes across the Gaza Strip Israel has ramped up airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, reducing residential buildings to rubble and crushing families. Airstrikes have killed dozens at a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prison officials ‘intervened’ to stop Paul Bernardo from making public statement
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2023
OTTAWA – Newly released documents show that Correctional Service Canada stopped Paul Bernardo from having his lawyer make a statement to the media as controversy swirled around the notorious killer’s transfer to a medium-security prison. Bernardo was moved to La Macaza Institution, a medium-security prison about 190 kilometres northwest of Montreal, in late May from ... Read More »
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