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Mi’kmaq lawyers from Nova Scotia, Newfoundland appointed to Senate seats
By The Canadian Press on July 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – Two Mi’kmaq lawyers from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador have been appointed to the Senate. Paul Prosper, the former chief of Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation and a former Assembly of First Nations regional chief, will represent Nova Scotia. Judy White, who was the assistant deputy minister of Indigenous affairs and reconciliation in Newfoundland ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Airbnb wins Vancouver privacy ruling, as court quashes order to release host data
By The Canadian Press on July 6th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Airbnb has won a court ruling that quashes an order from British Columbia’s privacy commissioner that would have identified hosts and their home addresses in Vancouver. The B.C. Supreme Court ruling released Wednesday says the Information and Privacy Commissioner got it wrong when it ordered the City of Vancouver to release the information ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Electricity being restored to Montreal after nearly 200K customers lost power
By The Canadian Press on July 6th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec’s hydro utility was working to restore electricity to clients in Montreal after a problem with a transmission line knocked out power to nearly 200,000 customers on Thursday. Montréal – Trudeau International Airport said some of its operations were disrupted due to what it called a major electrical failure. By Thursday evening several ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nearly 200K Montreal hydro clients without power after transmission line problem
By The Canadian Press on July 6th, 2023
MONTREAL – Nearly 200,000 electricity clients have lost power in Montreal after an issue with a Hydro-Québec transmission line. The provincially owned electric utility says a protection mechanism was tripped on one of its high-voltage transmission lines just north of Montreal, triggering the widespread outage. Spokesperson Caroline Des Rosiers says authorities are investigating what happened ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec only outlier on Ottawa health deal as Nunavut, Yukon and N.W.T. sign on
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on July 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut all signed on to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s health funding offer Thursday, leaving Quebec the only holdout on the new accords. Trudeau presented his offer to provincial and territorial premiers in February as local politicians, doctors, nurses and health advocates raised concerns about a national health-care crisis. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crown and defence seek life, 15 years without parole, for deadly B.C. mass stabbing
By The Canadian Press on July 6th, 2023
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – Crown and defence lawyers have jointly suggested a sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole for 15 years for the man who stabbed a woman to death and injured several other victims at a North Vancouver, B.C., library two years ago. Yannick Bandaogo, 30, pleaded guilty to second-degree ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Union says B.C. port employers want government to do ‘dirty work’ to end strike
By The Canadian Press on July 6th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The president of the union representing striking British Columbia port workers says employers are waiting for the federal government to do their “dirty work,” instead of negotiating an end to the workers’ six-day strike. Officials with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada also say the association representing port employers is more interested ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Church bells toll as Lac-Mégantic marks 10th anniversary of deadly rail disaster
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on July 6th, 2023
LAC-MÉGANTIC, Que. – Residents of Lac-Mégantic, Que., gathered together in grief and remembrance on Thursday to mark the 10-year anniversary of the day when a runaway train barrelled into the heart of their town and exploded, killing 47 people. The church bells of Sainte-Agnès church rang out following a commemorative mass that was attended by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Community, Indigenous drug rehab programs across West get $20M in federal funds
By The Canadian Press on July 6th, 2023
SQUAMISH, B.C. – Dozens of community and Indigenous groups across Western Canada will share $20 million in federal funding to boost their drug awareness, treatment, rehabilitation and mental-health services. Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett says 42 local drug-related programs across British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan will receive the federal funds to help ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mother-in-law of B.C. knife victim says ‘monster’ robbed son of woman he loved
By The Canadian Press on July 6th, 2023
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – The mother-in-law of a woman killed in a mass stabbing at a North Vancouver, B.C., library two years ago has told a sentencing hearing that her attacker is a “monster” who stole from her son a life with the woman he loved. Yannick Bandaogo, 30, pleading guilty this year to second-degree ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nunavut, Yukon and N.W.T. sign agreements in principle with Ottawa on health funding
By The Canadian Press on July 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut all signed on to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s health funding offer today, leaving Quebec the only holdout on the new accords. Trudeau presented his offer to provincial and territorial premiers in February as local politicians, doctors, nurses and health advocates raised concerns about a national health-care crisis. At ... Read More »
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