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Ottawa will host celebrations to mark coronation of King Charles
By The Canadian Press on April 24th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canadians will be able to celebrate the coronation of King Charles at a special event in Ottawa on May 6. The federal Heritage Department says an hour-long program is being prepared to mark the occasion featuring music, art and poetry. Those include the Algonquin Eagle River Singers and a speech by Algonquin spiritual ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Auditor general won’t review Trudeau Foundation donations, says it’s out of scope
By The Canadian Press on April 24th, 2023
OTTAWA – The office of the federal auditor general says it will not investigate private donations received by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, despite a letter from the board’s chair requesting an audit. Natasha Leduc, a spokeswoman for the office, says the decision was based on the scope of the auditor general’s authority under the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec man charged with murder in 67-year-old woman’s death south of Montreal
By The Canadian Press on April 24th, 2023
SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. – A 43-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a woman found at a home south of Montreal. Police say Joël Brosseau was arraigned today at the courthouse in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. Sgt. Jérémie Levesque says police were called to the home at 9:15 a.m. Sunday and found the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mounties to give update this week on deadly stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan
By The Canadian Press on April 24th, 2023
REGINA – Mounties are scheduled to give an update Thursday about what happened during a deadly mass stabbing in Saskatchewan last year. Eleven people were killed and 18 were injured on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon on Sept. 4. Myles Sanderson, the 32-year-old accused in the attacks, died ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Head of Alberta Energy Regulator declines to say when province told of oilsands leak
By The Canadian Press on April 24th, 2023
OTTAWA – The head of the Alberta Energy Regulator has declined to tell a parliamentary committee when the provincial government was informed of releases from an oilsands tailings pond. Laurie Pushor told the environment and sustainable development committee he doesn’t want to jeopardize a probe by a third-party contractor hired by the regulator’s board. Pushor ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge grants another eviction delay to Montreal homeless camp under highway
By The Canadian Press on April 24th, 2023
MONTREAL – A Quebec judge is extending an injunction until mid-June to protect a downtown homeless encampment under a Montreal highway. The Transport Department is trying to dismantle the campsite and displace the homeless people so that it could start major repair work to the aging infrastructure. Lawyers for the Transport Department and the people ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Africa envoy says Canada’s lack of dialogue on Ukraine peace talks ‘shocking’
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on April 24th, 2023
OTTAWA – South Africa’s envoy to Ottawa is urging Canada to help broker an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, arguing that sending arms to Kyiv will only prolong a dangerous conflict that is aggravating hunger in developing countries. “We have all the instruments of human agency to stop this war, but we just simply ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!House suspends after bill that recognizes Canadian artists fails to get a sponsor
By The Canadian Press on April 24th, 2023
OTTAWA – The House of Commons took an unplanned break this morning after no member of Parliament came forward to sponsor the legislation it was set to debate. The House was scheduled to tackle a bill that would recognize the critical role artists and the arts play in every dimension of Canadian life. The bill ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Transit association says more police, security needed on city buses, trains
By The Canadian Press on April 24th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Canadian Urban Transit Association says cities need to hire more security officers for public transit systems and give them more power to curb dangerous behaviour on trains and buses. The association is making multiple recommendations today to improve rider and staff safety on public transit in the wake of a recent string ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa looks to allies to possibly evacuate Canadians stuck in Sudan
By The Canadian Press on April 24th, 2023
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada is working with “like-minded countries” to help citizens who remain in Sudan flee the country as an armed conflict there escalates. Hundreds have been killed and thousands injured in just 10 days after power-sharing negotiations between the country’s armed forces and its paramilitary troops rapidly deteriorated. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for April 24 : Federal public-service worker strike enters sixth day
By The Canadian Press on April 24th, 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 April 24 … What we are watching in Canada … One of Canada’s largest labour disruptions has entered a sixth day as the union representing ... Read More »
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