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Ng won’t confirm status of ‘Team Canada’ mission to India amid strained relations
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on September 15th, 2023
LONDON, Ont. – Trade Minister Mary Ng has spent the past four months talking up a major visit to India designed to boost Canadian exports to the world’s most populous country. But now she is not saying whether the trip is going ahead, raising questions about a halted trade deal amid frosty relations between Prime ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Policy gaps contributed to deadly gondola crash at Quebec’s Tremblant ski resort
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on September 15th, 2023
MONTREAL – A deadly collision between a gondola and a drill rig at Quebec’s Mont Tremblant Ski Resort in July occurred, in part, because of incomplete procedures governing how construction equipment was to be moved on the property, a labour inspector has concluded. A Canadian soldier, Sgt. Sheldon Johnson, 50, of Kingston, Ont., died in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Contract talks held up RCMP team’s response to Saskatchewan killings: emails
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on September 15th, 2023
SASKATOON – A specialized RCMP team that deals with high-risk situations was not immediately available to respond to a stabbing rampage and hunt for a mass killer in Saskatchewan because of contract negotiations, internal emails show. Documents obtained under freedom of information laws show Ottawa’s Emergency Response Team-Special Activities Group, also known as ERT-SAG, was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New B.C. law to regulate public drug use as possession near playgrounds is banned
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on September 14th, 2023
VANCOUVER – British Columbia Premier David Eby says new provincial legislation is in the works to regulate public consumption of hard drugs as the province continues its experiment with decriminalization of small amounts of illicit substances. Eby says the new law relates to an amendment by the federal government to B.C.’s decriminalization policy that aims ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former police chief to investigate release of suspect before Vancouver stabbing
By The Canadian Press on September 14th, 2023
LANGLEY, B.C. – Premier David Eby said Thursday he had a question after reading a B.C. Review Board decision about the man accused of stabbing three people in Vancouver’s Chinatown on the weekend, while on a day pass from psychiatric detention. How was it possible that such a dangerous person had been released? Former Abbotsford, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Workers continue restoring essential services in N.W.T. ahead of fire evacuee return
By The Canadian Press on September 14th, 2023
HAY RIVER, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA – Fire crews in the Northwest Territories say work continues fighting hot spots and flareups near evacuated communities while area residents wait to hear when they can return home. Hay River Mayor Kandis Jameson said workers are busy bringing essential services online, and hope remains that residents will be allowed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eight children released from hospital after E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares
By Colette Derworiz and Jamin Mike, The Canadian Press on September 14th, 2023
Eight children who were severely ill from E. coli infections have been discharged from hospital even as the number of cases related to an outbreak at several Calgary daycares continued to rise. There were 329 lab-confirmed cases of the bacterial infection, as of Thursday, related to an outbreak at 11 daycares that was declared Sept. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. ending state of emergency as wildfire risk winds down
By The Canadian Press on September 14th, 2023
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government says it is ending the state of emergency imposed last month when thousands of residents were chased out of their homes by wildfires. The government says in a statement the wildfire risk is diminishing in much of the province as temperatures cool, allowing most residents to return home. Bowinn ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: B.C. to end state of emergency as wildfire risk winds down
By The Canadian Press on September 14th, 2023
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. – The British Columbia government says it is ending the state of emergency imposed last month when thousands of residents were chased out of their homes by wildfires. The government says in a statement the wildfire risk is diminishing in much of the province as temperatures cool, allowing most residents to return ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Change to B.C. drug decriminalization policy prohibits possession near playgrounds
By The Canadian Press on September 14th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government says its drug decriminalization policy has been amended to prohibit people possessing illegal substances near playgrounds and parks. The Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions says in a statement that the federal government approved the changes to its drug decriminalization policy. The federal government gave the province an exemption ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ex-B.C. police chief to investigate release of suspect before Chinatown stabbing
By The Canadian Press on September 14th, 2023
LANGLEY, B.C. – Former Abbotsford police chief Bob Rich has been appointed to look into the release of a man from British Columbia’s psychiatric hospital before the man allegedly stabbed three people in Vancouver’s Chinatown. Premier David Eby said Thursday that he has read the BC Review Board report on the accused and wants Rich ... Read More »
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