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Streaming giants required to contribute to Canadian content as Bill C-11 becomes law
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – A new federal law will require digital platforms such as Netflix, YouTube and TikTok to contribute and promote Canadian content. The Liberals’ Online Streaming Act passed its final vote in the Senate Thursday and received royal assent. The bill updates the Broadcasting Act to bring online streaming platforms under the regulatory authority of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chaotic, unpredictable: RCMP give update of mass killing at James Smith Cree Nation
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
MELFORT, Sask. – RCMP in Saskatchewan laid out a timeline Thursday of how a mass killer moved around a First Nation selling drugs, stealing vehicles, busting down doors and attacking people while leaving others unharmed. The brother of one woman who was killed last year said it’s impossible to know what was in the attacker’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health minister tells committee he didn’t interfere in arm’s-length drug price agency
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said Thursday he did not put any undue political pressure on the independent federal agency that regulates the price of patented drugs to influence its efforts to lower medicine costs. Duclos defended himself against the accusation at the House of Commons health committee, which is investigating reforms to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Streaming giants required to contribute to Canadian content as Bill C-11 passes
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – A federal bill that will force digital platforms like Netflix and YouTube to contribute financially to Canadian content is on the cusp of becoming law. The Liberals’ online streaming bill passed its final vote in the Senate today and is now just awaiting royal assent. The bill updates the Broadcasting Act to bring ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada urges UN to include women in looming talks that could give Taliban legitimacy
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada says the United Nations’ controversial move to enter dialogue with the Taliban must include women, as the organization mulls recognizing the terrorist group as the government of Afghanistan. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is set to meet with Taliban officials for closed-door talks next week in Doha, the capital of Qatar, to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court won’t hear appeal from city in Quebec that failed to stop 2012 fire
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – A city in Quebec has exhausted its legal avenues to avoid paying thousands of dollars in damages after it failed to deploy enough firefighters to prevent a fire from ravaging a building. Canada’s highest court says it won’t hear an appeal from the City of Trois-Rivières, Que., which had sought to have a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal public service strike drags on but no suggestion back-to-work law is coming
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Liberal government is showing no hints it will legislate public servants back to work as experts warn choosing that path to ending the dispute could come with political repercussions. Federal workers with the Public Service Alliance of Canada walked off the job nine days ago after contract negotiations with the government couldn’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada planning more evacuation flights from Sudan but situation remains volatile
By Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Military and foreign affairs officials said Thursday Canada expects to send additional planes to help evacuate people from Sudan in the coming days but the volatile situation on the ground is making planning difficult. The first two Canadian-operated evacuation planes left Khartoum Thursday carrying 118 people, including both Canadians and citizens of allied ... Read More »
1 responseForcible restraint by police among factors in Myles Gray death, pathologist says
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
BURNABY, B.C. – A forensic pathologist says a “perfect storm” of factors led to Myles Gray’s death, including his extreme exertion and the Vancouver police actions to restrain him. Dr. Matthew Orde told the coroner’s inquest into Gray’s death that descriptions of the 33-year-old suggest he’d been experiencing an acute behavioural disturbance, and his body ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. New Democrat MP Randall Garrison says he will not be seeking re-election
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Longtime British Columbia NDP Randall Garrison says he will not seek re-election in the next federal vote. The representative for Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke on Vancouver Island announced his decision in a brief post on Twitter. Garrison was first elected in 2011 and had been serving as the federal NDP’s critic in Parliament for justice and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police say head of Montreal seniors home billed for services that weren’t provided
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
MONTREAL – The head of a private seniors residence in Montreal has been charged with fraud after he allegedly billed a regional health authority for resident services that were never provided. Paul Asselin, 60, produced fake invoices using the names of people who were not living at the care home at the time the services ... Read More »
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