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CP NewsAlert: B.C. First Nation research finds 158 child deaths at four facilities
By The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA – An investigation into unmarked graves and missing children by British Columbia’s Sto:lo Nation has revealed at least 158 deaths, most of them at an Indigenous hospital. Researchers with the nation say archival research about three residential schools in southwestern B.C. and a First Nation hospital shows most of the children reportedly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Up to 10 per cent of Quebec health-care workers have experienced long COVID: study
By The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
MONTREAL – A study by Quebec’s public health institute has found that between six and 10 per cent of the province’s health-care workers have experienced long COVID. The study, whose preliminary results were presented today at a Montreal conference on long COVID, found that one-third of workers said they have had severe symptoms and more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘I don’t know when we’ll go’: Travel plans upended amid fraying Canada-India ties
By Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
MONTREAL – Members of the Indo-Canadian community are reeling after the Indian government suspended visa services for citizens of Canada, upending travel plans for those set on visiting the country but now caught in the crossfire of a diplomatic blowup. India’s visa application centre in Canada announced an immediate halt on Thursday, widening a rift ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario women accused of fraud after Inuit status with Nunavut groups questioned
By The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
IQALUIT, Nunavut – Nunavut RCMP have charged three women after receiving a complaint that they used Inuit status to defraud two organizations. RCMP say that between October 2016 and September 2022, the Ontario-based women applied for and obtained Inuit beneficiary status as adopted children through the land-claim body Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Mounties alleged Thursday that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ibrahim Ali trial: Sex assault expert compares dead girl’s injuries to childbirth
By The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
VANCOUVER – A sexual assault expert testifying at the trial of a man accused of killing a 13-year-old girl in a B.C. park says she suffered injuries more consistent with childbirth that would have made it difficult for her to walk. CAUTION: Graphic content in next four paragraphs. Dr. Tracy Pickett, who specializes in emergency ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID-19 lawsuit too broad, paints all Quebec care homes with same brush: lawyer
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
MONTREAL – A proposed class-action lawsuit against long-term care homes that experienced COVID-19 outbreaks is too broad and doesn’t distinguish between the most affected facilities and those that had few infections, a lawyer for Quebec’s health authorities argued Thursday. Jonathan Desjardins-Mallette said the application for a class action against the provincial government should not be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!House of Commons ‘dropped the ball’ on rushing Liberal bail-reform bill, Senate hears
By The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – The Liberal government’s representative in the Senate is encouraging the Upper Chamber to pass its bail-reform bill “expeditiously,” while acknowledging the picture of what bail looks like in Canada is incomplete. Sen. Marc Gold confirmed during a debate today that the bail-reform package will be studied by a Senate committee, after the House ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Japan, Canada pledge more co-operation on battery supply chains, AI technology
By The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – A new battery supply-chain agreement between Ottawa and Tokyo comes as Canada wants to expand its position in the battery industry and Japan seeks to secure access to lucrative American EV subsidies for its automakers. Japan’s industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said today that the move also comes as the two countries seek out ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!India suspends visa services for Canadian citizens, upending travel plans
By The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
MONTREAL – Members of the Indo-Canadian community are reeling after the Indian government temporarily halted visa services for Canadian citizens, forcing some to rethink travel plans to their mother country. India’s visa application centre in Canada announced the suspension on Thursday, widening a rift between the two countries after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said New ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Most of Canada’s dangerous offenders housed in medium- and minimum-security prisons
By The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – Federal statistics show most of the 700 offenders deemed most dangerous in Canada are housed in medium- and minimum-security prisons. The data were tabled in Parliament in response to a written question from Frank Caputo, a Conservative member of Parliament from British Columbia. His query came after news broke that notorious serial killer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Michael Kovrig urges unity against hostage diplomacy, as Canada helps craft rules
By The Canadian Press on September 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – A Canadian man who was held in China for nearly three years is calling on governments around the world to co-ordinate sanctions and travel bans on states that arrest foreigners for political reasons. Michael Kovrig says support from Canadian consular officials and the public buoyed him during his detention in China, where he ... Read More »
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