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CP NewsAlert: Appeal Court overturns stay granted to Quebec judge in wife’s killing
By The Canadian Press on September 6th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec’s Court of Appeal has overturned a stay of proceedings granted to a retired Quebec judge whose conviction for fatally shooting his wife in 2012 was reversed by the federal justice minister. The province’s highest court has ordered that the case against Jacques Delisle return to Quebec Superior Court, where he had been ... Read More »
1 responseMontreal-area police equip schoolchildren with backpacks that display speed cameras
By The Canadian Press on September 6th, 2023
MONTREAL – Children in Quebec are becoming living speed cameras as a way to get drivers to slow down in school zones. Police in the Montreal area are equipping a handful of schoolchildren with backpacks that display passing vehicles’ speeds. The demonstrations are part of a series of measures municipalities are deploying to better secure ... Read More »
1 responseMontreal landmark church says people ignited a flare, not a fire, at famous shrine
By The Canadian Press on September 6th, 2023
MONTREAL – A landmark Montreal church is confirming that a group of people ignited a flare – and not a bonfire – on the steps leading to the Catholic shrine on Saturday. Representatives of Saint Joseph’s Oratory had originally suspected that a video depicting the incident was fake because it appeared to show a large ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Safe travels’: Evacuation order lifted for N.W.T. capital after weeks of fire danger
By The Canadian Press on September 6th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – An evacuation order has been lifted for Yellowknife three weeks after a nearby wildfire forced the city’s 20,000 residents out of their homes. The order for the capital of the Northwest Territories, which also included the First Nation communities of Dettah and N’Dilo, was downgraded Wednesday to an evacuation alert. The fire was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec anti-corruption unit arrests former junior college manager on fraud charges
By The Canadian Press on September 6th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec’s anti-corruption police force says a former executive at a junior college north of Montreal has been arrested for allegedly defrauding the student union. The force, known as UPAC, says Éric Boily defrauded the student union out of “many” hundreds of thousands of dollars. UPAC says the crimes occurred between 2011 and 2018 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Freedom Convoy’ got more volatile as protest went on, police officer tells court
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on September 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – The longer “Freedom Convoy” demonstrators blockaded Ottawa streets in protest of COVID-19 public health restrictions last year, the more volatile the relationship between police and protesters became, an Ottawa police officer testified Wednesday. Insp. Russell Lucas was called as a Crown witness in the criminal trial of key protest organizers Tamara Lich and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After fleeing alone to Newfoundland, Ukrainian boy begins Grade 11 in ‘second home’
By Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press on September 6th, 2023
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – In many ways, Serhii Semenets is like any other 17-year-old starting Grade 11 in Newfoundland this week. He likes playing guitar, he struggles with Shakespeare, and his ideal dinner is a plate of poutine. But unlike most kids at Holy Heart of Mary High School, in St. John’s, Semenets is 6,000 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Evacuation order lifted for N.W.T. capital after three weeks of wildfire danger
By The Canadian Press on September 6th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – An evacuation order has been lifted for Yellowknife three weeks after a nearby wildfire forced the city’s 20,000 residents out of their homes. The order for the capital of the Northwest Territories, which also included the First Nation communities of Dettah and N’Dilo, has been downgraded to an evacuation alert. The fire is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Freedom Convoy’ got more volatile as protest went on, court hears
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on September 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – The longer the “Freedom Convoy” protesters blockaded Ottawa streets in protest against COVID-19 public health restrictions last year, the more volatile the relationship between police and protesters became, an Ottawa police officer testified Wednesday. Insp. Russell Lucas was called as a Crown witness in the criminal trial of key protest organizers Tamara Lich ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CPTPP panel sides with New Zealand over Canada dairy supply-management rules
By The Canadian Press on September 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – A Pacific Rim trade panel says Canada’s dairy-sector protections violate obligations Ottawa signed with countries like New Zealand. The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership includes certain quotas for countries to export dairy at preferred tariff rates into other member countries. New Zealand says Canada is limiting its quotas to protect domestic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Scale and length of ‘Freedom Convoy’ exceeded police prediction, criminal trial hears
By The Canadian Press on September 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – An Ottawa police officer who helped co-ordinate the response to the 2022 “Freedom Convoy” in the capital city testified today that the demonstration was expected to last one weekend, although police knew a core group of protesters could remain. Insp. Russell Lucas was called as a Crown witness in the criminal trial of ... Read More »
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