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Zelenskyy declares NATO summit victory for Ukraine as Canada, allies pledge more help
By Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on July 12th, 2023
VILNIUS, Lithuania – As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other NATO leaders wrapped up their two-day summit Wednesday, they bid farewell to a very different version of Volodymyr Zelenskyy than the one they had met the day before. Ukraine’s president declared the meetings a success, even though he left without the thing he had most ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: Martin Short, Lamar Johnson and Luke Kirby among Canadian Emmy nominees
By The Canadian Press on July 12th, 2023
Actors Martin Short, Luke Kirby and Lamar Johnson are among the Canadian actors nominated for Emmys. More coming... Read More »
1 responseFour years after passage of law on abandoned boats, only two fines have been levied
By The Canadian Press on July 12th, 2023
OTTAWA – Only two fines have been issued under a four-year-old federal law meant to compel boat owners not to abandon their vessels when they are shipwrecked or reach the end of their lifespan. Vancouver Island NDP MP Lisa Marie Barron says that’s not good enough, after the Liberal government promised it would stop giving ... Read More »
1 responseTrudeau says Ukrainian officer cadets will train at Quebec military college
By The Canadian Press on July 12th, 2023
VILNIUS, Lithuania – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the military will welcome Ukrainian officer cadets to Canada for an intensive training program developed in partnership with NATO. Trudeau, who is in Vilnius, Lithuania, for the annual meeting of the military alliance, says the cadets will be trained at the Royal Military College in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. ... Read More »
1 responsePrince Albert, Sask., officer charged with criminal negligence in in-custody death
By The Canadian Press on July 12th, 2023
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – Police in Prince Albert, Sask., say an officer has been charged with criminal negligence causing death and failing to provide the necessities after an in-custody death. They say Saul Laliberte, who was 33, died while in the detention facility at the police service on Nov. 7, 2021. Saskatoon police investigated the ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: Prince Albert, Sask., officer charged with criminal negligence
By The Canadian Press on July 12th, 2023
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – Police in Prince Albert, Sask., say an officer has been charged with criminal negligence causing death and failing to provide the necessities of life after a man died in custody in November 2021. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stop attacks against interim AFN chief, New Brunswick leader implores at assembly
By The Canadian Press on July 12th, 2023
HALIFAX – A First Nations leader from New Brunswick is imploring others to help stop social-media attacks targeting the new interim chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Terry Richardson, chief of Pabineau First Nation in northern New Brunswick, addressed leaders gathered in Halifax today for the assembly’s annual meeting, held weeks after the ousting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. port strike could end pending approval of terms set by federal mediator
By The Canadian Press on July 12th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The B.C. port strike could be nearing its end after Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan gave a federal mediator 24 hours to send him recommended terms to resolve the dispute. Once he gets the terms, he’ll forward them to both sides and they’ll have 24 hours to decide whether to ratify the principles of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: B.C. port strike could end pending approval of mediator terms
By The Canadian Press on July 12th, 2023
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Labour minister asks mediator for terms to end B.C. port strike The federal labour minster has asked mediators for terms to end the B.C. port strike within 24 hours. Seamus O’Regan ... Read More »
1 response‘It’s my heart’: Hope House provides much-needed service in Inuvik
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on July 12th, 2023
INUVIK, N.W.T. – Several people wander into Hope House at lunchtime for a warm bowl of caribou stew, fresh baked bread and reprieve from the early July heat in Inuvik, N.W.T. The drop-in centre, which serves underhoused and disadvantaged people in the western Arctic community, offers a washroom, food, mental health supports and a space ... Read More »
1 responseNew NATO-Ukraine Council set to meet for the first time at leaders’ summit
By The Canadian Press on July 11th, 2023
VILNIUS, Lithuania – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to sit down with Volodomyr Zelenskyy at the NATO summit this morning, a day after the Ukrainian president blasted the alliance for failing to extend a clear invite to his country. While Trudeau praised the allies for coming together to bring Ukraine closer to membership on ... Read More »
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