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Manitoba Tories seek third consecutive mandate in election set for Oct. 3
By The Canadian Press on September 5th, 2023
WINNIPEG – Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson is expected to call an election today. The vote is already scheduled for Oct. 3 and Stefanson will make a campaign announcement this morning where she is expected to launch the 28-day campaign. Stefanson, who became premier two years ago, is aiming to lead the Progressive Conservatives to a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Invasive species report outlines costs, solutions for world governments
By Rob Drinkwater, The Canadian Press on September 5th, 2023
An international organization has produced a report on alien invasive species which says the global problem costs billions of dollars annually and is, in some cases, being worsened by climate change. The executive summary of the report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services was approved over the weekend in Bonn, Germany, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec Facebook class action can go ahead after Supreme Court declines to hear appeal
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on September 5th, 2023
MONTREAL – A class-action lawsuit alleging Facebook illegally allowed advertisers to target users based on their race, age and gender can move forward after the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from the social media giant. Facebook had sought to have Canada’s highest court overturn a Quebec Court of Appeal decision authorizing the class ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau arrives in Jakarta, kicking off Indo-Pacific tour
By The Canadian Press on September 5th, 2023
JAKARTA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau landed in Jakarta today where he is kicking off a six-day tour of the Indo-Pacific region. Trudeau and his son Xavier were greeted with Indonesian dancers, with the prime minister being gifted a traditional scarf. Trudeau is set to spend two days in Jakarta where he will meet with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Students head back to school with climate change, AI and affordability top of mind
By The Canadian Press on September 5th, 2023
TORONTO – Many students are likely feeling a mixture of nerves and excitement today as they begin another school year. With disruptive pandemic measures seemingly behind them, parents and educators say a new crop of issues may affect classroom learning this year, including AI technology, affordability and climate change. While across much of the country ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trial of ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber begins today
By Laura Osman and Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on September 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – The criminal trial of “Freedom Convoy” organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber begins today, as they answer charges related to their role in the protest that threw Canada’s capital city into chaos last year. Lich and Barber were part of the original group that mobilized a convoy of big rigs and other trucks ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Essential workers head back early to Yellowknife to be ready for everyone else
By The Canadian Press on September 4th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – Officials in Yellowknife, as well as staff with the Northwest Territories, are getting ready for the start of a mass migration home of wildfire evacuees that’s still on track for Wednesday. Yellowknife city manager Sheila Bassi-Kellett said workers in grocery stores, pharmacies, home-heating providers, and even some taxi drivers and daycare providers are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Going to take years’: Saskatchewan First Nation marks anniversary of mass stabbing
By Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press on September 4th, 2023
JAMES SMITH CREE NATION – Robert Head says people on his First Nation experienced one their worst mornings on Monday as they marked the anniversary of last year’s mass stabbing. The chief of the Peter Chapman Band, which is part of James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, said people cried and held each other tightly, ... Read More »
1 responseDay four of boil water advisory in Montreal suburb, lifted in St-Bruno-de-Montarville
By Jacob Serebrin and Marlo Glass, The Canadian Press on September 4th, 2023
MONTREAL – A boil water advisory affecting more than 40,000 residents of a Montreal suburb is now in its fourth day, despite being lifted in two neighbouring communities. The boil water advisory in St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Que. was lifted on Monday afternoon, but residents of the neighbouring community of Boucherville, Que., on Montreal’s south shore, are still ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. Coroner’s inquest jury recommends police body cameras after fatal shooting
By The Canadian Press on September 4th, 2023
NELSON, B.C. – A jury in a coroner’s inquest into the police killing of a British Columbia man eight years ago says the province and the RCMP should speed up the introduction of police body cameras. The inquest was held to find the facts behind the fatal police shooting of 39-year-old Waylon Edey of Yahk, ... Read More »
1 responseOntario Premier Doug Ford asks Bank of Canada to halt rate hikes
By The Canadian Press on September 4th, 2023
Another provincial premier is making a direct appeal to the Bank of Canada to stop raising interest rates. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he wrote directly to the central bank’s governor Tiff Macklem on Sunday because of the devastating impact current rates are having on the province’s families and businesses. He becomes the second premier ... Read More »
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