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Russia says relations ‘on the verge of being severed’ as Ottawa seizes cargo plane
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on June 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – Moscow is warning that relations with Canada are “on the verge of being severed” after the Trudeau government moved to forfeit a massive Russian cargo plane. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Ukraine on the weekend, where he announced that Canada officially seized an airplane that had been sitting on the tarmac at Toronto’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. border agents find 6,300 kg of meth, including largest single seizure to date
By The Canadian Press on June 14th, 2023
DELTA, B.C. – The Canada Border Services Agency says it has confiscated more than 6,300 kilograms of methamphetamine in British Columbia over the last six months, including the largest ever single seizure of the drug. The agency says the drugs were found in four Metro Vancouver seizures in jugs labelled as canola oil and destined ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What you need to know about wildfires in Canada
By The Canadian Press on June 14th, 2023
Wildfires continue to rage in Canada in one of the worst seasons in recent memory. Not enough rain in Quebec fell to help the firefight, while B.C. reports fire above highway is held. Here’s a look at developments Wednesday: Canada expecting more firefighting help from abroad More firefighters from abroad were expected Wednesday in Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Freeland says production subsidies for Volkswagen will be tax-free, matching the U.S.
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on June 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday that the federal government plans to make the production subsidies it’s offering to Volkswagen tax-free to match the incentives offered by the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act. Her comments came after the parliamentary budget officer published a report saying Canada’s contract with the German auto giant to build ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Seamus O’Regan gives impassioned defence of global LGBTQ labour rights
By The Canadian Press on June 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – Federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan spoke strongly in favour of keeping LGBTQ rights enshrined in labour standards this week while a United Nations agency faced a push to remove them. Some countries in Africa and the Middle East had called on the International Labour Organization to cut phrasing from its budget about protecting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. becomes first province to provide universal coverage for opioid treatments
By The Canadian Press on June 14th, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia says it is providing universal coverage for opioid agonist treatments that help people with substance use disorders, making it the first province in Canada to do so. Health Minister Adrian Dix says in a news release that full coverage of the medications will be available to all B.C. residents with an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Deportations for international students caught in fraud scheme put on hold
By The Canadian Press on June 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says deportation orders for international students caught up in a fraud scheme have been put on hold while a task force investigates each case. Hundreds of students might have been affected by the scheme, which saw immigration agents issue fake acceptance letters to get international students into Canada. Some ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada will continue to rely on foreign firefighters as wildfires increase: Trudeau
By The Canadian Press on June 14th, 2023
SAGUENAY, Que. – Canada will continue to rely on foreign crews to help fight wildfires in the coming years, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday, as more reinforcements from abroad were expected to join the fight against the country’s worst wildfire season in decades. Trudeau told reporters in Saguenay, Que., that Canada will count on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: B.C. provides universal coverage for opioid treatments
By The Canadian Press on June 14th, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia says it is providing universal coverage for opioid agonist treatments that help people with substance use disorders, making it the first province in Canada to do so. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. school district bans man who queried gender of girl, 9, at track meet
By The Canadian Press on June 14th, 2023
KELOWNA, B.C. – A man has been banned from events at a British Columbia school district after a mother said he interrupted a track meet to wrongly suggest her nine-year-old daughter was transgender and demanded proof she was born biologically female. Kevin Kaardal, the superintendent of Central Okanagan Public Schools in Kelowna, B.C., says in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Keep fighting’: Ukrainian soldiers continue battle with Russia despite low morale
By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press on June 14th, 2023
KYIV, Ukraine – The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has left many Ukrainian soldiers feeling war weary but unwilling or unable to give up the fight. Artem Baulin, a junior sergeant from Kyiv, is undergoing rehab at a military hospital after he was injured in an explosion and suffered a concussion during the bloody ... Read More »
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