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‘Bring our women home’: Landfill search for women’s remains could cost up to $184M
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
WINNIPEG – A search for the remains of two First Nations women at a Winnipeg-area landfill could take up to three years and cost $184 million, but family members and Indigenous leaders say it must go ahead. “If a search is not carried out, it will demonstrate to all First Nations across Canada that this ... Read More »
1 responseGroup of Montreal workers want union investigated after VP resigns over racist posts
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
MONTREAL – Some Montreal blue collar workers called on Friday for their union to be investigated for alleged racial bias, telling a news conference they need to be reassured the leadership is up to the task of representing them. The workers said they sent a letter to the provincial branch of the Canadian Union of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Manitoba Sen. Raymonde Gagné becomes Senate’s third-ever female Speaker
By The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
OTTAWA – A Manitoba senator will be the third woman to sit in the Speaker’s chair in the Senate, and the first to do so in 44 years. The Governor General appointed Raymonde Gagné to serve in the role Friday on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. A statement from Trudeau’s office lauding the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Genital mutilation allegation in Quebec City unfounded, youth protection says
By The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
QUEBEC – Youth protection officials in Quebec say concerns raised earlier this month about a suspected case of child genital mutilation were unfounded. Patrick Corriveau, director of youth protection in the Quebec City region, says a medical evaluation of the two-year-old girl found normal physical development without any abnormalities and that her psychomotor development exceeded ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Military referred 93 sexual offence cases to civilian police, 64 under investigation
By The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
OTTAWA – The military says it has referred 93 cases of criminal sexual offences to civilian police since December 2021, and 64 of the cases are under investigation. An independent report released a year ago recommended the government remove jurisdiction over such cases from military police after a series of sexual misconduct scandals involving high-ranking ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver Chinatown gets $2.2-million grant to revitalize historic neighbourhood
By The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
Vancouver’s Chinatown is getting a $2.2-million provincial grant to revitalize the historic neighbourhood. The Vancouver Chinatown Foundation says the funding will go toward renewing historic storefronts, as well as adding infrastructure and lighting throughout the neighbourhood. The funding will also help the Chinese Cultural Centre upgrade its facade. Chinatown has been the focus of a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Investigators comb through Ontario village a day after shooting kills OPP officer
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
BOURGET, Ont. – Investigators combed through a property in a small village east of Ottawa on Friday as police looked to gather more information on a shooting that left one officer dead and two others injured a day earlier. Sgt. Eric Mueller, of Ontario Provincial Police, died in hospital following the early Thursday shooting at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal blue collars want local union probe after VP resigns over racist posts
By The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
MONTREAL – Some Montreal blue collar workers are calling for their union to be investigated for alleged racial bias. The workers are asking the provincial branch of the Canadian Union of Public Employees to investigate its Montreal local, after one of the local’s vice-presidents recently resigned over racist social media posts. On May 9 union ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘The devil’: Métis settlement looks to rebuild from wildfire as hot weather to return
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
A Métis settlement devastated by an out-of-control blaze remains at risk as hot and dry conditions in Alberta’s forecast threaten to worsen an already intense wildfire season. “That fire, I call it the devil. I’ve never seen a fire like that in my life,” said Raymond Supernault, chair of the East Prairie Métis Settlement. “I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ng announces India trade mission, pledges a limited deal within months
By The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
OTTAWA – Trade Minister Mary Ng says it is “not going to be years” before Canada and India sign some form of trade agreement, more than a decade after negotiations began. Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal visited Ottawa and Toronto this week, where he told media that New Delhi wants to vastly increase its trade ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier aims to run in Manitoba byelection
By The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
OTTAWA – Maxime Bernier says he will run in what he predicts will be a “two-horse race” for a federal seat in a coming byelection in rural Manitoba. The People’s Party of Canada leader says the vote in Portage-Lisgar will be a choice between him or what he called a fake conservative. The seat was ... Read More »
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