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‘Hissy fit’ fallout: trade minister speaks with U.S. envoy over tax-credit comment
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
WASHINGTON – International Trade Minister Mary Ng has talked to the U.S. envoy to Ottawa after he accused Canada of having a “hissy fit” about about electric vehicle tax credits. David Cohen made the comments Wednesday during a speech at the Wilson Center’s Canada Institute in Washington, D.C. Cohen was describing Canada’s initial reaction to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Environment Canada opens Fisheries Act investigation into Kearl tailings releases
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
EDMONTON – Environment Canada is opening an investigation into whether Imperial Oil broke federal laws with two releases of tailings from its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta. The federal agency’s enforcement branch says it is looking into whether the releases broke the Fisheries Act, which forbids putting hazardous materials into waters inhabited by fish. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As cities recover from flooding, Quebec premier warns not enough money to go around
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec Premier François Legault says the province doesn’t have enough money to satisfy all the demands from cities for climate change-related projects. Legault made the comments today as cities and towns across the province clean up after severe flooding washed out roads and cut off communities from basic services. Quebec municipalities are asking ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Indigenous leaders meet with King Charles in London ahead of coronation
By London, The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
A delegation of Indigenous leaders from Canada has met with King Charles ahead of Saturday’s coronation. Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed and Métis National Council President Cassidy Caron had an audience at Buckingham Palace. Obed says the leaders were able to talk about the issues facing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec rights body opens investigation after young girl’s clitoris allegedly removed
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec’s human rights commission is investigating reports that the province’s youth protection services failed to act on a suspected case of child genital mutilation. The commission says in a news release today that it opened the probe on its own initiative after learning in the media about the case involving a two-year-old girl. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear man’s appeal in alleged wrongful conviction case
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of a Quebec man seeking compensation over imprisonment for murders he says he did not commit. Yves Plamondon spent almost 28 years behind bars for the first-degree murders of three people in the 1980s. Plamondon was relased in early 2014 pending a new ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!“Canada in my blood’: Charles’s coronation follows half century of Canadian visits
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
LONDON – Last year, while still Prince of Wales, King Charles III opened a meeting of Commonwealth heads of government in Rwanda’s capital of Kigali and pitched Canada as an example for the world to follow. In a speech that reflected on the relationship between Commonwealth countries and the Crown, and on the roots of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada summons Chinese ambassador over alleged threats to Tory MP Michael Chong
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Liberal government is summoning China’s ambassador over allegations by Canada’s spy agency that a Chinese diplomat in Toronto was involved in a plot to intimidate a Conservative MP and his family. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she asked her deputy minister to tell Chinese Ambassador Cong Peiwu that Canada will not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Press NewsAlert: Canada summons Chinese ambassador after threats against MP
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Trudeau government is summoning Chinese ambassador Cong Peiwu, after Conservative MP Michael Chong said Canada’s spy agency identified a diplomat in Toronto as being part of the plot to intimidate him and his relatives in Hong Kong. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Ottawa might also expel diplomats from Canada. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Efforts resuming to repatriate five missing Canadians from Syria, lawyer says
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – A lawyer working to repatriate Canadians from detention in Syria says there is fresh word about two women and three children who had originally been slated to return to Canada last month. Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon says Global Affairs Canada has confirmed that the department has recently been in contact with Kurdish authorities in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for May 4 : Tentative deal reached between CRA, union, ending strike
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 4 … What we are watching in Canada … The public-sector union representing Canada Revenue Agency employees has struck a tentative deal with the ... Read More »
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