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First Nation reflects on grief and healing one year after stabbing rampage
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on September 1st, 2023
JAMES SMITH CREE NATION – Eddie Head felt a deep pull toward his Saskatchewan First Nation as it was enveloped in devastation. He had been a community leader for decades for James Smith Cree Nation and served a term as chief. But as he learned about the horrors of a stabbing rampage over the Labour ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court rules Montreal-area city can cull white-tailed deer population in local park
By The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
LONGUEUIL, Que. – A Quebec Superior Court judge has ruled that a city south of Montreal can proceed with a plan to cull most of the white-tailed deer that have overrun a local park. Justice Bernard Jolin said Longueuil, Que., can move forward with a controlled crossbow hunt that would cut the deer population at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta prosecutors drop public health violation charges against rodeo host, pastor
By The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
Pandemic-era public health charges have been dropped against an Edmonton-area pastor and church, as well as a central Alberta man who hosted a rodeo in protest of COVID-19 restrictions. GraceLife Church pastor James Coates had been cited for violating public health orders by holding church services without adhering to gathering limits imposed by the provincial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. extends fire state of emergency, says drought could continue into next year
By Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
VANCOUVER – British Columbia is extending its provincial state of emergency over the ongoing wildfires burning in the province while warning that drought conditions could last into 2024. Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma said the extension of the state of emergency until Sept. 14 is needed in case additional extraordinary orders are required to respond ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Persistent’ bears force 160 firefighters to pull out of B.C. Interior camp
By The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
GOLD BRIDGE, B.C. – About 160 firefighters battling a blaze in the British Columbia Interior have had to pull out of their camp after they were subjected to what the BC Wildfire Service calls “persistent bear activity.” The wildfire service says the bears threatened the safety of staff “within and around” the camp near Gold ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Border infrastructure bolstered as Ottawa reviews response to Emergencies Act inquiry
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – The Canada Border Services Agency has bolstered the infrastructure around 11 ports of entry to Canada as part of the government’s response to border blockades associated with the “Freedom Convoy” protest last year, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Thursday. In a letter addressed to the prime minister, LeBlanc provided a six-month update ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. woman disappointed by ‘slap on wrist’ for Mountie who dragged her, stood on head
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
A British Columbia woman assaulted by a Kelowna Mountie during a wellness check more than three years ago says she’s disappointed the officer received a conditional discharge and probation this week, calling the sentencing “a slap on the wrist.” Mona Wang was a nursing student at the University of B.C.’s Okanagan campus in January 2020, ... Read More »
1 responseRecord number of overdoses in Montreal; two-thirds of drug deaths occur at home
By The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
Montreal’s public health authority is pushing for more supervised drug-use sites, including facilities for drug inhalation, amid an increase in overdoses. Four Montreal organizations currently offer supervised drug injection, whereby visitors can consume their own substances in the presence of trained personnel. However, those sites lack provisions for people to smoke illicit substances, an increasingly ... Read More »
1 responseFederal Liberals appoint interim ethics commissioner after six-month vacancy
By The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
Ottawa has appointed an interim ethics watchdog, more than six months after the last permanent commissioner retired. The Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner released a statement saying Konrad Winrich von Finckenstein has been appointed to the role for the next six months. Martine Richard, a longtime staffer in the office, had ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. officer who assaulted UBC student remains on the job after sentencing
By The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
KELOWNA, B.C. – The RCMP say an officer in Kelowna, B.C., who pleaded guilty and received a conditional discharge after assaulting a student at the University of British Columbia Okanagan during a wellness check in 2020 remains on the job. Dawn Roberts, director of communications for the B.C. RCMP, says Const. Lacy Browning has been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Government still reviewing ways to respond to Emergencies Act inquiry recommendations
By The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the government is working on a new approach to protect the security of critical trade and transportation corridors in response to recommendations from the federal inquiry into the government’s use of the Emergencies Act. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the legislation last year in an attempt to ... Read More »
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