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Five youth, one adult taken to hospitals after school bus rolls over north of Calgary
By The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2023
DIDSBURY, Alta. – Six people have been transported to hospital after a collision involving a school bus in central Alberta. An RCMP officer from Didsbury, about 82 kilometres north of Calgary, came across the school bus rollover on Highway 2A at Township Road 320, police said Monday. “The bus contained numerous students,” they said in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Joly calls for de-escalation of Israel-Hamas conflict but doesn’t say ceasefire
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada would like to see a “de-escalation” in the conflict between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, but is stopping short of calling for a ceasefire. Joly did not specify what a de-escalation looks like but did say Canada fully backs Israel’s right to defend ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poilievre says Trudeau soured India relations, as Modi government laments Liberals
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is blaming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fora diplomatic chill with India, saying Ottawa needs a “professional relationship” with the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Meanwhile, Modi’s government says it is upset with the federal Liberals and not Canada as a whole. Trudeau announced in the House of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!School bus with numerous students rolls over north of Calgary, RCMP say
By The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2023
DIDSBURY, Alta. – RCMP in central Alberta say there has been a collision involving a school bus. Police say in a news release that an officer from Didsbury came across the school bus rollover on Highway 2A at Township Road 320. They say it contained numerous students but weren’t able to immediately say how badly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. to remove barriers for internationally trained professionals: premier
By The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2023
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has introduced legislation that is expected to add skilled workers into the labour force more quickly by reducing barriers for internationally trained professionals. Premier David Eby says B.C. cannot leave people with skills and experience on the sidelines, given labour shortages the province is facing now and in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poilievre says Trudeau soured India relations, cites Sikh ‘aggression’ toward envoys
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is blaming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fora diplomatic chill with India, saying Ottawa needs a “professional relationship” with the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Trudeau announced in the House of Commons last month that Canadian intelligence services are investigating “credible” information about “a potential link” between India’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parti Québécois unveils Year One budget for independent Quebec
By The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2023
QUEBEC – Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says Quebec would find itself in a comfortable financial position if it were to declare independence from Canada. St-Pierre Plamondon today presented the results of his party’s so-called Year One budget, a projection of revenues and expenditures for the first year of an independent Quebec. The PQ ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian in Gaza says Israeli air strikes now relentless ahead of ground invasion
By The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2023
A Canadian man in Gaza says Israeli airstrikes that were previously heard roughly every hour can now be heard every few minutes as the Israel-Hamas war escalates. Mansour Shouman says Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has grown relentless recently, and even locations where civilians were previously advised to take refuge are not safe. The sounds of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Spamouflage’ campaign targeting Trudeau, MPs linked to China: Global Affairs Canada
By The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Global Affairs Canada says there’s a social media campaign connected to the People’s Republic of China is targeting dozens of MPs with spam. The department says a bot network known as “Spamouflage” began spreading propaganda and disinformation messages across Facebook and X in early August. Global Affairs says the bot network left thousands ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crown drops bail violation charge against ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer Tamara Lich
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – The Crown has stayed a criminal charge against “Freedom Convoy” organizer Tamara Lich that alleged she violated her bail conditions last summer. Lich was released on bail in early 2022 after spending more than two weeks in jail following her arrest in the final days of the protest. She was allowed to return ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Crown drops bail violation charge against convoy organizer Tamara Lich
By The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – The Crown has dropped a criminal charge against “Freedom Convoy” organizer Tamara Lich that alleged she violated her bail conditions last summer. More coming... Read More »
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