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Union leadership to provide update on strike by thousands of public-service workers
By The Canadian Press on April 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – The union representing thousands of striking public-service workers says it plans to provide an update today on the status of negotiations with the federal government. Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada walked off the job Wednesday as contract talks broke down. The union says almost a third of all federal public ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two still in critical condition after plane crashes into house southwest of Montreal
By The Canadian Press on April 22nd, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec provincial police say two people are in critical condition after a small plane crashed into a home southwest of Montreal on Friday night. The small plane crashed into a private residence in St-Remi around 7:30 p.m. Authorities say two men in their 30s were taken to hospital where they remain in critical ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Updating RCMP ‘militaristic’ training is long overdue, experts say
By Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press on April 22nd, 2023
REGINA – Scott Blandford considered attending the RCMP Academy when he was looking to become a police officer about 40 years ago, but he soon realized the training centre in Regina wasn’t for him. Blandford said he remembered the academy, also known as Depot, having a “militaristic” culture that he wanted to avoid. “It was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One of the last of his generation, Second World War vet in New Brunswick dies
By Hina Alam, The Canadian Press on April 22nd, 2023
FREDERICTON – Angus Hamilton, who served as a radar technician in Southeast Asia during the Second World War and returned home to a successful career in the civil service and academia, has died in Fredericton at the age of 100. Born in Listowel, Ont., on April 18, 1922, Hamilton grew up on a farm, with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russian race-car driver heads to Federal Court over Canadian sanctions
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on April 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – A Russian race-car driver is taking Canada to court, saying sanctions imposed against him following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine are unfairly hurting his career. Nikita Mazepin, a former Formula One driver, wants the Federal Court to direct Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly to take immediate steps to remove him from the Canadian sanctions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Situation in Sudan volatile and deteriorating rapidly: Foreign Affairs Minister Joly
By The Canadian Press on April 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government says it has deployed members of its Global Affairs Standing Rapid Deployment Team to Djibouti due to the volatile and rapidly deteriorating situation in Sudan. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada’s embassy in Sudan’s capital Khartoum has temporarily suspended in-person operations. Joly says the Rapid Deployment Team can provide ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Union, feds sign deal to staff military heating plants after shutdowns during strike
By Lee Berthiaume and Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on April 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government reached a deal with striking workers on Friday to keep the central heating plants at military bases running after three were taken off-line. The Union of National Defence Employees is part of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, and its members have been on strike since Wednesday. National president June ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver officers testify about efforts to resuscitate Myles Gray after beating
By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on April 21st, 2023
BURNABY, B.C. – A Vancouver police constable told a coroner’s inquest that “time was standing still” as he waited for advanced life support paramedics to arrive and help revive 33-year-old Myles Gray after he was beaten by officers trying to arrest him. Const. Derek Cain described to the jury on Friday of their efforts to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family says First Nations man brain-dead after altercation with Saskatchewan police
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on April 21st, 2023
SASKATOON – The family of a First Nations man in Saskatchewan is calling for accountability and justice after an altercation earlier this month with Prince Albert police left him on life support with no brain activity. The family of Boden Umpherville, 40, alleges officers used excessive force during a police stop in the city north ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Union, fed sign deal to staff military heating plants after shutdowns during strike
By The Canadian Press on April 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – The Defence Department says the government has reached a deal with striking workers to get heating plants at several military bases running again. The Union of National Defence Employees is part of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, and its members have been on strike since Wednesday. National president June Winger says the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s premiers, police chiefs reup calls on Ottawa to reform bail
By David Fraser, The Canadian Press on April 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – The association representing Canada’s chiefs of police is calling for the extension of a federal guns and gangs strategy and urgent reforms to the country’s bail system after a meeting with provincial and territorial premiers Friday. Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson, who chairs the Council of the Federation, said a key focus of the ... Read More »
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