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Hurricane Lee to weaken as it approaches Maritimes, but it will still pack a punch
By Michael MacDonald, The Canadian Press on September 12th, 2023
HALIFAX – Hurricane Lee is expected to lash parts of the Maritimes with strong winds and heavy rain this weekend, but the Canadian Hurricane Centre says much of its strength will be sapped by cooler sea-surface temperatures as it moves north. By early Tuesday afternoon, the Category 3 hurricane was about 900 kilometres south of ... Read More »
1 response‘Freedom Convoy’ Facebook page evidence shows influence and arrests of organizers
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on September 12th, 2023
OTTAWA – After weeks of protest during one of the coldest months of the winter, “Freedom Convoy” organizer Chris Barber recorded himself on a walk through the blockaded streets of Ottawa as supporters stopped him to ask him for photos. In a video posted Feb. 12, 2022, one person who ran into Barber on the ... Read More »
1 responseBill prompts call for Quebec to recognize systemic racism in health system
By The Canadian Press on September 12th, 2023
Quebec’s College of Physicians says the government is taking a “paternalistic and colonialist” approach with new legislation aimed at improving the treatment of Indigenous people in the health network. The professional order overseeing the province’s doctors was the first group to testify at two days of consultations on a bill aimed at instituting a “cultural ... Read More »
1 responseEnvironment minister must unblock Rebel News founder Levant on X under court order
By The Canadian Press on September 12th, 2023
OTTAWA – Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault must unblock Rebel News founder Ezra Levant on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, under the terms of a court order. The order issued by Federal Court Justice Russel Zinn ends an action Levant filed two years ago claiming the Liberal minister was violating his constitutional ... Read More »
1 response‘White-hot angry’: Eby vows investigation of Chinatown stabbing suspect’s release
By The Canadian Press on September 12th, 2023
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia Premier David Eby says he is “white-hot” angry over the day release of a man from a forensic psychiatric hospital before he was arrested for a triple stabbing in Vancouver’s Chinatown. Eby said the decision to release the man boggles the mind, and he wants to get to the bottom ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Walkerton and XL Foods: A look at some of the major E. coli 0157 outbreaks in Canada
By The Canadian Press on September 12th, 2023
An outbreak of E. coli infections at several Calgary day centres has infected more than 200 people, most of them children. It’s not the first major outbreak of the food-borne illness, which is caused by bacteria that live in the feces of animals and is carried to humans through undercooked meat, unpasteurized food or contaminated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premier Eby ‘white-hot’ angry over Chinatown stabbing suspect’s release from hospital
By The Canadian Press on September 12th, 2023
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia Premier David Eby says he is “white-hot” angry over the day release of a man from a forensic psychiatric hospital before he was arrested for a triple stabbing in Vancouver’s Chinatown. Eby says the decision to release the man boggles the mind, and he wants to get to the bottom ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What’s at stake for the Assembly of First Nations in the upcoming election?
By The Canadian Press on September 12th, 2023
OTTAWA – The next leader of the Assembly of First Nations will be tasked with unifying hundreds of chiefs at a time when reconciliation appears to be less of a priority in Canada, says an Indigenous policy expert. Hayden King, executive director of Indigenous-led think tank Yellowhead Institute, says the assembly’s influence has been vaulted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man declared dead is likely still alive, Quebec court reaffirms in appeal case
By The Canadian Press on September 12th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec’s Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that overturned a missing man’s declaration of death more than five years after he was pronounced deceased. Court documents say Hooshang Imanpoorsaid went missing in 2008 and was declared dead by a Quebec judge in 2017. The documents suggest that his death freed up a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Premier Eby ‘white hot’ angry over Chinatown stabbing suspect’s release
By The Canadian Press on September 12th, 2023
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he is “white hot” angry over the day release of a man from a forensic psychiatric hospital before he was arrested for a triple stabbing in Vancouver’s Chinatown. Eby says the decision boggles the mind, and he wants to get to the bottom of how it occurred. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberal MPs meet to prep for fall sitting, as Trudeau stares down slumping polls
By The Canadian Press on September 12th, 2023
LONDON, Ont. – Liberal MPs are gathering in London, Ont., to plan their strategy as the party grapples with rising discontentment toward Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Polls show the Liberals have sunken to their lowest levels of support since taking government in 2015, largely to the benefit of the Conservatives. Most of the party’s 158 ... Read More »
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