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Province directs Surrey, B.C., to stay with local police force, despite city’s wishes
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on July 19th, 2023
VICTORIA – The safety of the residents of Surrey, B.C., and the rest of the province is “non-negotiable” and is the provincial government’s main reason for forcing the city to move ahead with an independent police force, Solicitor General Mike Farnworth said. He said Wednesday the city’s transition to the RCMP would be going “backwards,” ... Read More »
1 responseFamilies of military members killed in 2020 Cyclone helicopter crash sue manufacturer
By The Canadian Press on July 19th, 2023
OTTAWA – The families of six members of the Canadian Armed Forces who were killed in a helicopter crash in April 2020 are suing the manufacturer. The suit was filed in U.S. Federal Court in Pennsylvania, where the Sikorsky helicopters are made and tested. Lawyers representing the families say a design flaw caused the electronic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Surrey must stay with local police instead of RCMP: B.C. government
By The Canadian Press on July 19th, 2023
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has directed the City of Surrey to move forward with an independent police service despite its mayor and council’s determination to stay with the RCMP. The province said Wednesday that it made the decision to avoid a crisis in policing in Surrey that would have taken Mounties from other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Surrey my stay with local police instead of RCMP: B.C. government
By The Canadian Press on July 19th, 2023
VICTORIA – The City of Surrey has been directed to move forward with an independent police service despite its determination to stay with the RCMP. The British Columbia government says it made the decision to avoid a crisis in policing in Surrey, which would have taken Mounties from other areas of the province. Solicitor General ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CAQ member Joëlle Boutin quits politics, setting stage for byelection faceoff with PQ
By The Canadian Press on July 19th, 2023
QUEBEC – A member of the governing Coalition Avenir Québec party is quitting politics to take on a job in the private sector. The departure of Joëlle Boutin sets the stage for a byelection in Quebec City, where the Parti Québécois is newly resurgent. The PQ, which won three seats in the last election, received ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Recent resignations suggest industry has too much sway with Health Canada: NDP
By The Canadian Press on July 19th, 2023
OTTAWA – NDP health critic Don Davies says the resignation of a scientific adviser from the federal pesticide regulator is yet another example of industry having too much influence at Health Canada. Dr. Bruce Lanphear, a health-sciences professor at Simon Fraser University, stepped down as co-chair of Health Canada’s scientific advisory committee on pest control ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A vast problem: Coast guard floats a new solution to problem of abandoned boats
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on July 19th, 2023
The Canadian government’s inventory of wrecked, abandoned or hazardous boats includes a U.S. warship, a derelict floating McDonald’s known as the McBarge, a human-smuggling ship and an old BC Ferries vessel rotting on the Fraser River. But the most problematic aren’t the well-known vessels with colourful histories – it’s the fleet of mystery craft that ... Read More »
1 responseJudge signs off on Montreal archdiocese sex abuse class-action settlement
By The Canadian Press on July 19th, 2023
MONTREAL – A Quebec Superior Court judge has signed off on a sex abuse class-action settlement involving the Montreal archdiocese. The agreement, announced earlier this year, includes a minimum $14.8 million in compensation for victims of sexual abuse committed by diocesan priests and lay employees of the archdiocese since 1940. The lead plaintiff in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal traffic control worker dies several days after hit-and-run at worksite
By The Canadian Press on July 19th, 2023
MONTREAL – The traffic control worker seriously injured last week in a hit-and-run at a roadwork site in Montreal’s east end has died. Montreal police say the 39-year-old man died on Monday. He was sent to hospital in critical condition after a vehicle drove into the roadwork site near the intersection of Industriel and Saint-Jean-Baptiste ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Grassroots groups say Canada won’t meet UN Sustainable Development Goals, lacks data
By The Canadian Press on July 19th, 2023
OTTAWA – A coalition of grassroots groups says Canada won’t meet goals it set for 2030 as part of a United Nations initiative to bridge inequities around the world. The Sustainable Development Goals are a series of benchmarks around issues such as poverty and gender equality that states have agreed to pursue at home while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal man gets 22 years in U.S. prison in transborder fentanyl distribution ring
By The Canadian Press on July 19th, 2023
WASHINGTON – A Quebec man has been sentenced to 22 years behind bars for his role in a global fentanyl distribution scheme operated from inside a Canadian prison. Xuan Cahn Nguyen, 43, of Montreal, was extradited to the U.S. in 2021 and pleaded guilty last year in Fargo, N.D., to drug distribution and money laundering ... Read More »
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