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RCMP informant’s decades of spying on social reformers are chronicled in new book
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2024
OTTAWA – As a Communist Party member in Calgary in the early 1940s, Frank Hadesbeck performed clerical work at the party office, printed leaflets and sold books. But he also had tasks his party comrades could know nothing about: snooping on mail, copying phone numbers from scratch pads and rummaging through waste baskets. Hadesbeck, known ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Workers helping the homeless in Montreal feel powerless as crisis deepens
By Katrine Desautels, The Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2024
MONTREAL – Social workers on the front lines of homelessness in Montreal say they feel increasingly powerless as more people find themselves forced to live in tents during the winter. Stéphanie Lareau has worked with homeless people in Montreal for the past 20 years. Normally, the tents begin to disappear by December, but this year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oysters distributed in B.C., Alberta, Ontario recalled for norovirus contamination
By The Canadian Press on December 21st, 2024
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall due to possible norovirus contamination of certain oysters distributed in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. The agency says the recall covers certain Fanny Bay, Sunseeker and Cloudy Bay oysters under the Taylor Shellfish Canada brand. The recall says most of the affected oysters were harvested and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal police search for man accused of attempted murder of woman found in river
By The Canadian Press on December 21st, 2024
Montreal police are searching for a man accused of attempting to a kill a woman Friday after he allegedly abducted her and forced her into a car, which later plunged into the Richelieu River. Police spokesperson Mariane Allaire Morin says the force received a call at around 9 a.m. Friday about a man abducting a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Overheated immigration system needed ‘discipline’ infusion: minister
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on December 21st, 2024
OTTAWA – An “overheated” immigration system that admitted record numbers of newcomers to the country has harmed Canada’s decades-old consensus on the benefits of immigration, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said, as he reflected on the changes in his department in a year-end interview. The system, he said, needed some discipline to get the country back ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. mayor gets calls from across Canada about ‘crazy’ plan to recruit doctors
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2024
The mayor of the suburban Victoria community of Colwood says he’s getting calls from municipal leaders across Canada who have heard about his community’s “out-of-the-box” plan to recruit family doctors as city workers. Mayor Doug Kobayashi announced this week that Colwood has hired its first family doctor for a city-operated medical clinic, and the community ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces new lieutenant-governor for B.C.
By The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2024
VICTORIA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the appointment of longtime businesswoman and philanthropist Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia as British Columbia’s 31st lieutenant-governor. Trudeau says in a statement that Lisogar-Cocchia is a respected entrepreneur in the hospitality industry and a dedicated community leader. She is the founder of the Absolute Spa Group and was also CEO ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fake nurse’s ‘deep seated dishonesty’ adds four more years to prison term: B.C. judge
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2024
VANCOUVER – A fake nurse who “used a weapon each time she inserted a needle” in patients has been sentenced to another four years in prison on top of the remaining three years she is already serving in Ontario, a British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled. Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes said Friday that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What happened during the fall sitting of the House of Commons, by the numbers
By Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2024
OTTAWA – The fall sitting of the House of Commons featured non-confidence votes, plenty of partisan bickering, and very little actual passing of laws. The session that ended Dec. 17 will go down as one of the least productive in Canadian history, and possibly one of the most partisan. Here’s a look at what happened, ... Read More »
1 responseDrama eclipses Trudeau’s cabinet shuffle amid sabre rattling over election timing
By Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2024
OTTAWA – Political drama eclipsed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s move to rejuvenate his cabinet with fresh faces following a tumultuous week, underscoring questions about how much gas he has left in the tank as Liberal leader. The shuffle came five days after Chrystia Freeland abruptly resigned as finance minister Monday after Trudeau had told her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals haven’t prepared enough for next federal election, says minister Duclos
By Émilie Bergeron, The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2024
GATINEAU, Que. – Justin Trudeau’s Liberals haven’t prepared enough for the next federal election, Public Services Minister Jean-Yves Duclos acknowledged in an interview this week in which he sidestepped questions about the prime minister’s future. The party must do more to make Canadians understand the difference between the potential election of Pierre Poilievre and his ... Read More »
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