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Court of Appeal overturns ruling directing Ottawa to help repatriate men in Syria
By The Canadian Press on May 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – The Federal Court of Appeal has overturned a judge’s declaration that four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps are entitled to Ottawa’s help to return home. In a ruling released today, a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal says the federal government is not obligated under the law to repatriate the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Doctors at Surrey, B.C., hospital raise alarm over staffing and patient-care crisis
By The Canadian Press on May 31st, 2023
VANCOUVER – A series of letters from doctors raising alarm about the management of patient care at a Metro Vancouver hospital has placed British Columbia’s largest health authority under scrutiny. The latest open letter about Surrey Memorial Hospital comes from its Medical Staff Association and says management at Fraser Health and the B.C. Health Ministry ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Committee will oversee changes recommended by inquiry into N.S. shooting
By The Canadian Press on May 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says retired appeals court justice Linda Lee Oland will head a committee to oversee the changes recommended by the public inquiry into the April 2020 mass shootings in Nova Scotia. That inquiry found widespread failures in how the RCMP responded to the shootings and the way the force ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One adult, 16 children injured in fall during school trip to Winnipeg historic site
By The Canadian Press on May 31st, 2023
WINNIPEG – Sixteen schoolchildren and one adult are in hospital after a fall at a popular tourist attraction in Winnipeg. Winnipeg paramedics say three children are in unstable condition after falling 4 1/2 to six metres inside Fort Gibraltar. Another 13 children and one adult are in hospital in stable condition. Paramedics say the information ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: One adult, 16 children injured in school trip fall in Winnipeg
By The Canadian Press on May 31st, 2023
WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Fire Paramedics Service says one adult and 16 schoolchildren were taken to hospital after falling four to six metres at the Fort Gibraltar historic site in Winnipeg. Three of the children were listed as unstable. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Developer to let Quebec rental board decide on case of holdout tenant
By The Canadian Press on May 31st, 2023
MONTREAL – A major Montreal real estate developer says it will let Quebec’s housing tribunal determine the compensation for a tenant in a $400-a-month apartment whose case risks delaying a major construction project. Mondev senior partners Michael and David Owen say they’ve already made numerous offers to tenant Carla White, who has so far refused ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau dismisses criticism of David Johnston, as MPs to vote on him to step down
By Stephanie Taylor and Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on May 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has confidence in David Johnston, even as the House of Commons is about to vote in favour of a motion to push him out of his job. Trudeau named the former governor general a special rapporteur for foreign interference in March to look into allegations the Chinese ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Feds still trying to rescue families of Canadians who helped in Afghanistan: minister
By The Canadian Press on May 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says he’s working with Canadians who helped the military in Afghanistan to develop programs that would bring their families to safety. Two Canadians who served as language and cultural advisers in the country filed a Federal Court application last week alleging the government provided “superior immigration benefits” to Ukrainians ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No fowl: Quebec ethics czar clears cabinet minister in pheasant hunt complaint
By The Canadian Press on May 31st, 2023
Quebec’s ethics commissioner has cleared Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon, saying he did not breach the ethics code by participating in a pheasant hunt last year on a private island southeast of Montreal. Ariane Mignolet tabled her report at the national assembly today after conducting a lengthy investigation into the actions of Fitzgibbon over the hunting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau dismisses criticism of David Johnston as political
By The Canadian Press on May 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has confidence in David Johnston, even as the House of Commons is about to vote in favour of an NDP motion to have Johnston removed from his post. Trudeau named the former governor general a special rapporteur for foreign interference in March to look into allegations the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa sends minister to Nigeria inauguration after accusing party of terror link
By The Canadian Press on May 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government has sent a cabinet minister to celebrate the inauguration of Nigeria’s new president, months after claiming the governing party is responsible for terrorist acts. Diversity and Inclusion Minister Ahmed Hussen went to Nigeria to attend the inauguration of President Bola Tinubu, whose All-Progressive Congress Party has ruled Nigeria since 2015. ... Read More »
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