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BC United member Bruce Banman defects to provincial Conservatives
By The Canadian Press on September 13th, 2023
VICTORIA – A member of the Opposition BC United caucus has defected to join British Columbia’s Conservatives. Bruce Banman, the MLA for Abbotsford South, says he is proud to join his friend B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad in the provincial legislature. BC United Leader Kevin Falcon says in a statement that Banman’s move to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: BC United MLA Bruce Banman defects to provincial Conservatives
By The Canadian Press on September 13th, 2023
VICTORIA – A member of the Opposition BC United caucus has crossed the floor to join British Columbia’s Conservatives. Bruce Banman, the MLA for Abbotsford South, says he is proud to join his friend B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad in the provincial legislature. In a statement, BC United Leader Kevin Falcon says Banman’s move to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec education minister rejects hearings on gender identity, prefers expert panel
By The Canadian Press on September 13th, 2023
Quebec’s education minister says he won’t convene a legislative committee on gender identity because he says doing so exposes the sensitive issue to political exploitation. Instead, Bernard Drainville says he’s open to creating a panel of experts to study the issue. Quebec’s political class has been seized with questions about gender identity after several recent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Weeks of worry ease as alerts lift for two B.C. wildfires outside Kamloops, Lillooet
By The Canadian Press on September 13th, 2023
VANCOUVER – As British Columbia awaits an update due later today on fire, drought and flood conditions, residents in an area south of Kamloops can relax as all evacuation orders and alerts related to a nearby fire have ended. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has issued the “all clear” to residents affected by the Ross Moore ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court watching ‘Freedom Convoy’ press conferences in criminal trial
By The Canadian Press on September 13th, 2023
OTTAWA – A courtroom scattered with “Freedom Convoy” supporters is taking in recordings of several lengthy press conferences hosted by spokespeople during the protest, as the criminal trial for two of its organizers enters its seventh day. Chris Barber and Tamara Lich were among those who organized a convoy of trucks to come to Ottawa ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Housing gap to restore affordability remains at about 3.5 million units: CMHC
By The Canadian Press on September 13th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the projected housing supply gap has shrunk slightly from last year, but that Canada still needs to build about 3.5 million more houses by 2030 than what’s on track to restore affordability. The federal housing agency says in its updated outlook that the supply picture has improved ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Calgary daycare E. coli outbreak, Trudeau to meet MPs in London
By The Canadian Press on September 13th, 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… More questions arise in daycare E. coli outbreak A report detailing critical health violations at a central kitchen serving Calgary daycares affected by an E. coli outbreak is raising even more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau expected to meet with MPs in London, Ont., as Liberals hold ‘frank’ talks
By The Canadian Press on September 13th, 2023
LONDON, Ont. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to meet with most of his party’s MPs this afternoon as they try to reverse a slump in the polls. Trudeau arrived in Ottawa on Tuesday night after mechanical issues with his plane delayed his departure from New Delhi. Most of the 158 Liberal MPs will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Seven in 10 Canadians worried about climate change, link it to extreme weather
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on September 13th, 2023
OTTAWA – A large majority of Canadians are worried about climate change and believe it is the reason for an increase in extreme weather, a new national poll suggests. But the Leger poll says only a small fraction of people listed climate change as the top issue facing Canada today, and many say they’re only ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More questions arise as investigation into Calgary daycare E. coli outbreak continues
By The Canadian Press on September 13th, 2023
CALGARY – A report detailing critical health violations at a central kitchen serving Calgary daycares affected by an E. coli outbreak is raising even more questions about how this could have happened. Among the problems detailed in the report released Tuesday were improper sanitation and what it called “significant evidence of a pest infestation,” with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. aware of dike problems before destructive flooding in 2021, documents show
By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on September 13th, 2023
Officials with the British Columbia government and the City of Merritt were aware of significant problems with dikes for several years before a series of atmospheric rivers flooded the community, documents released through a freedom of information request show. The documents obtained by the B.C. office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives show a ... Read More »
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