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Banff National Park rockfall victim identified as retired university educator
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
LAKE LOUISE — One of the two people killed in a rockfall in Banff National Park has been identified as 70-year-old Jutta Hinrichs of Calgary. The University of Alberta, in a statement, says Hinrichs was an educator in the department of occupational therapy in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. She retired last summer. Her body ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Banff park rockfall victim identified as retired university educator
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
LAKE LOUISE — The University of Alberta confirms one of the two people killed in the rockfall in Banff National Park was retired educator Jutta Hinrichs, who was a leader in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. Parks Canada officials say she was 70 years-old and lived in Calgary. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada-Europe security and defence pact to be signed Monday in Brussels
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — A security and defence partnership pact Prime Minister Mark Carney will sign with European leaders in Brussels on Monday will be among the most wide-ranging agreements with a third country Europe has ever reached, a senior EU official said on Friday. Carney is flying to Europe Sunday for a Canada — EU Summit, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal mom charged with abandoning daughter ‘needs help,’ to remain detained
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
MONTREAL — The Montreal mother who allegedly abandoned her three-year-old daughter in rural Ontario, triggering a four-day hunt for the child across two provinces, will remain detained until her bail hearing early next month. On Friday, the mother’s legal-aid lawyer said he will try to have his client released pending the outcome of the criminal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!House Speaker splits major projects bill for two separate votes, expected Friday
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Members of Parliament will hold two separate votes on the government’s major projects bill Friday, after the House Speaker ruled the legislation has two distinct parts. Bill C-5, also known as the One Canadian Economy Act, contains measures to tackle internal trade barriers and gives the government sweeping new powers to approve major ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Don’t regulate us like radio, music streamer Spotify tells CRTC
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Music streamer Spotify says Canada’s federal broadcast regulator shouldn’t impose rules meant for radio on streaming services. Appearing before a CRTC hearing today, company representatives compared regulating Spotify like a radio station to treating Uber like a horse and buggy. In its written submission, Spotify argued the CRTC doesn’t have the jurisdiction to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: House Speaker splits major projects bill for two separate votes
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Members of Parliament will hold two separate votes on the government’s major projects bill later today after the House Speaker ruled the legislation has two distinct parts. Bill C-5, known as the one Canadian economy act, contains measures to tackle internal trade barriers and also gives the government sweeping new powers to approve ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!VIA Rail and Unifor reach tentative agreement, strike averted
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
MONTREAL — Via Rail has reached a tentative deal with the union representing 2,400 workers across the country. The deal averts a walkout involving members of Unifor, who had voted for a strike mandate to be exercised as early as Sunday. Unifor says the tentative agreement offers gains in wages, job security and working conditions. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Applications open for new disability benefit program, payments start next month
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada’s new disability benefit — a program that provides eligible people with up to $200 a month — is now open for applications. The program is available to people with disabilities between the ages of 18 and 64 who already have been approved for the disability tax credit. The government says applications will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CSIS says it took steps against dozens of employees over misconduct last year
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada’s spy service says it closed 34 misconduct cases last year and concluded the allegations were founded in 33 of the cases. In its latest annual report, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service says disciplinary or administrative measures were taken in the cases, ranging from verbal warnings to dismissal. CSIS says there were 50 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bail hearing in July for Montreal mom charged with abandoning three-year-old daughter
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD — The mother who allegedly abandoned her three-year-old daughter in rural Ontario for four days is scheduled to have a bail hearing early next month. Lawyers in Quebec court set hearing dates of July 3 and July 4 for the 34-year-old Montreal woman who faces one count of unlawful abandonment of a child. The ... Read More »
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