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Health minister denies interfering in arm’s-length drug-price agency before committee
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says he has not exercised any undue political pressure on the independent federal agency that regulates the price of patented drugs on its efforts to lower medicine costs. NDP health critic Don Davies is accusing the minister of halting the implementation of a new rule intended to lower the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Difficult’ Surrey, B.C. police decision on RCMP or municipal force Friday: minister
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says Surrey residents will know Friday who will police the Metro Vancouver city, the RCMP or the municipal Surrey Police Service. Farnworth says the government is set to announce its decision on the future of policing in the city, following last fall’s civic election that prompted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police say they’re worried about mother after newborn found dead in Victoria lot
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
VICTORIA – Police in Victoria say they are worried about the welfare of a new mother whose baby was found dead. Officers and an ambulance were called Wednesday night to a report of a baby found in a parking lot in the city. Police say it’s believed the baby had been recently born, possibly in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Broken system:’ Policing shortages facing N.B. communities highlight national issue
By Hina Alam, The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
FREDERICTON – Some New Brunswick communities are being forced to find creative solutions to law enforcement because of RCMP policing shortages, a phenomenon experts say is symbolic of what much of small-town Canada is experiencing. Residents of McAdam, N.B., a historic village of about 1,100 people northwest of Saint John, have organized overnight patrols to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two Canadian Armed Forces flights have left Sudan, carrying 118 evacuees
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Two Canadian evacuation flights left Sudan today carrying 118 evacuees to Djibouti but federal officials could not yet say how many of those are Canadian citizens. Senior officials from Global Affairs Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces say the flights were not full because of increasing violence and extortion of people who are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Foreign-interference office coming ‘soon’ but not yet ready to launch: Mendicino
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the Liberals are not ready to launch the foreign-interference office they promised in last month’s federal budget, amid ongoing scrutiny of allegations that Beijing interfered in recent federal elections. Mendicino appeared before a House of Commons committee that is studying the issue this morning, and said he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hot spell hikes risks of flooding, avalanches and fire across British Columbia
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
VANCOUVER – As British Columbia heads into its first warm spell of the year, forecasters are warning the heat could raise avalanche and flood risks, while the danger of wildfires has already nudged up to a “moderate” rating in some parts of the province. The River Forecast Centre website says temperatures are expected to be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police say director of Montreal seniors home billed for services that weren’t given
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
MONTREAL – The head of a private seniors residence in Montreal is facing fraud charges after he allegedly billed a regional health authority for resident services that were never provided. Quebec anti-corruption police say Paul Asselin, 60, produced fake invoices using the names of people who were not living at the care home at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mounties give update on deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
MELFORT, Sask. – Mounties are releasing details about what happened during a deadly mass stabbing in Saskatchewan last year. RCMP Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore says the Mounties probe into the rampage was incredibly complex and large-scale. Eleven people were killed and 18 were injured on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal public service strike enters ninth day, no sign of back-to-work legislation
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Liberal government is showing no hints it will end the strike of its largest public sector union by legislating 155,000 federal civil servants back to work. The workers with the Public Service Alliance of Canada walked off the job nine days ago after contract negotiations with the government couldn’t find agreement on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Latest on what RCMP say happened in the mass killing on James Smith Cree Nation
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
MELFORT, Sask. – The RCMP are releasing details on a stabbing rampage last year in Saskatchewan. Eleven people were killed and 18 were injured on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon on Sept. 4, 2022. Mounties have said Myles Sanderson, who later died in police custody, carried out the ... Read More »
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