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Conservatives cruise to victory over Bernier’s PPC, Liberals get boost in Oxford
By Mickey Djuric and Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on June 19th, 2023
OTTAWA – Early results from a federal byelection show the Tories cruising towards victory in a race that pitted Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives against Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada. As of about 10:40 p.m. ET, the Conservatives’ Branden Leslie was leading by 3,134 votes to Bernier’s 837, according to Elections Canada, based on 55 out ... Read More »
1 responsePolls closed in four byelections, including in race of Conservatives versus Bernier
By Mickey Djuric and Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on June 19th, 2023
OTTAWA – Polls have closed in four byelections, including in a southern Manitoba riding that pits Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives against Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada. The sweeping rural riding of Portage-Lisgar came up for grabs after longtime Conservative MP and former interim party leader, Candice Bergen, announced last fall that she was leaving federal ... Read More »
1 responseInjured employees had complained of long commutes before B.C. bus crash: union
By The Canadian Press on June 19th, 2023
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – The union representing housekeepers at a pipeline camp who were involved in a bus crash near Prince George, B.C., on Friday says they’re awaiting a grievance decision over complaints about the long ride to get to work. Unite Here Local 40 spokesperson Michelle Travis said Monday that Horizon North, which runs ... Read More »
1 responseOil and gas, electricity emissions remain a challenge for Ottawa-Alberta relationship
By The Canadian Press on June 19th, 2023
OTTAWA – Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says there are no “lines in the sand” when it comes to working with Alberta to find common ground on climate action and the energy sector. But he acknowledges there is still a lot of daylight between Ottawa’s planned policies to phase out greenhouse-gas emissions from both the ... Read More »
1 responseInjured employees had complained of long commutes prior to bus crash: union
By The Canadian Press on June 19th, 2023
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – The union representing housekeepers at a pipeline camp who were involved in a bus crash near Prince George, B.C., on Friday says they’re awaiting a grievance decision over complaints about the long ride to get to the work site. Unite Here Local 40 spokesperson Michelle Travis says Horizon North, which runs ... Read More »
1 responseNo investigation of political interference allegations in SNC-Lavalin affair: RCMP
By The Canadian Press on June 19th, 2023
OTTAWA – The RCMP says it is not investigating allegations of political interference in the federal handling of criminal charges against engineering firm SNC-Lavalin. In a statement today, the Mounties set the record straight after a recent response to a public interest group’s Access to Information request suggested the Mounties were conducting such a probe. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Some quick facts about submersible missing near Titanic wreck off Newfoundland
By The Canadian Press on June 19th, 2023
A search was underway Monday in an area of the Atlantic Ocean about 700 kilometres south of Newfoundland for a small submersible reported missing during a dive to view the wreckage of the Titanic. Here are a few facts about the missing vessel and its owner, Washington-based OceanGate Expeditions. 1. The Titan is a 6.4-metre ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Snowbirds pilot charged with sexual assault after alleged incident in Barrie
By The Canadian Press on June 19th, 2023
OTTAWA – Snowbirds pilot Maj. Steve Hurlbut has been charged with sexual assault after an alleged incident in Barrie, Ont., last week. The Canadian Forces Provost Marshal’s office says it began an investigation on June 14. Military police laid the charge on Saturday, but a media advisory the same day made no mention of charges ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tories vote in favour of bill enshrining long-term funding for child-care system
By The Canadian Press on June 19th, 2023
OTTAWA – Conservative members of Parliament joined other parties to vote in favour of a bill that enshrines the federal government’s long-term commitment to a Canada-wide early learning and child-care system. The Liberals introduced the bill late last year as part of an effort to ensure that future federal governments would continue providing child-care funding ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Native women’s association says high school students should be taught about genocide
By The Canadian Press on June 19th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Native Women’s Association of Canada says the ongoing genocide of Indigenous peoples should be part of Canadian high school curriculums, and the organization has developed a graphic guide to help teach students about it. The group’s CEO Lynne Groulx says she sees a lack of political will when it comes to implementing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Manitoba to review deadly intersection, bring in experts if needed: premier
By The Canadian Press on June 19th, 2023
WINNIPEG – Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson says the province will bring in experts if necessary as part of a review to ensure safety at an intersection where 15 seniors were killed in a crash. RCMP continue to investigate Thursday’s crash on the Trans-Canada Highway between a semi-trailer truck and a minibus taking seniors on a ... Read More »
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