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‘Worst wildfire season:’ Quebec makes progress as wind fuels flames out West
By The Canadian Press on June 12th, 2023
Quebec was on the offensive in its battle against a record wildfire season as gusting winds fuelled growing blazes out West, and the federal government said it would provide free travel documents and visa extensions for people affected across the country. “This now qualifies, unfortunately, as Canada’s worst wildfire season of the 21st century,” Emergency ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Justice Russell Brown retires from Supreme Court, ending judicial conduct review
By The Canadian Press on June 12th, 2023
OTTAWA – Justice Russell Brown is retiring from the Supreme Court of Canada effective immediately, ending a probe into alleged misconduct. The Canadian Judicial Council, the body tasked with disciplining judges, says it no longer has jurisdiction to continue investigating allegations of misconduct stemming from an event at an Arizona hotel in January. Brown has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. port cargo loaders approve strike, but talks continue with maritime employers
By The Canadian Press on June 12th, 2023
VANCOUVER – More than 7,000 terminal cargo loaders at British Columbia’s ports have voted overwhelmingly in support of strike action against local maritime employers, although both sides are still negotiating to avoid such an outcome. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada says a vote over the weekend yielded 99.24 per cent support for strike ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family reunification for Ukrainians in Canada to come soon: immigration minister
By The Canadian Press on June 12th, 2023
OTTAWA – Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says he plans to announce a long-awaited program to grant permanent residency to Ukrainians with familial ties to Canada soon, but a similar program for other Ukrainians is still a ways away. Canada took the unusual step last year of offering temporary refuge to an unlimited number of Ukrainians ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Opposition leaders yet to meet about setting terms of possible public inquiry: Singh
By The Canadian Press on June 12th, 2023
OTTAWA – NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says opposition leaders have yet to meet to discuss terms of reference for a possible public inquiry into foreign interference. The Liberal government punted the decision-making around a potential inquiry to opposition parties on Saturday. Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says getting their help is a way to avoid ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Russell Brown retires from Supreme Court
By The Canadian Press on June 12th, 2023
Justice Russell Brown, who was facing a judicial conduct review, is retiring from the Supreme Court of Canada. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘We lost too many children’: Ukrainian heart doctor says admission to NATO is urgent
By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press on June 12th, 2023
KYIV, Ukraine – A Ukrainian doctor who was forced to treat open-heart surgery patients in a bomb shelter last year says he’s grateful for the assistance his country has received from Canada. But Dr. Igor Mokryk, the head of cardiac surgery at the Heart Institute of Kyiv, says the best medicine would be to have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Permanent refuge for Ukrainians who fled to Canada could be politically fraught
By The Canadian Press on June 12th, 2023
OTTAWA – Stakeholders and experts say it may be time to offer more-permanent status to Ukrainians who fled to Canada from the Russian invasion, but Canada will need to consult carefully with the Ukrainian government first. Canada took the unusual step last year of offering temporary refuge to an unlimited number of Ukrainians fleeing the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No concerns raised at time of Beijing-linked donation: former Trudeau Foundation head
By The Canadian Press on June 12th, 2023
OTTAWA – Former Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation head Morris Rosenberg says concerns were never raised to him about a large donation to the charity from two Chinese businessmen connected to Beijing. His successor Pascale Fournier told a parliamentary committee that people connected to the donors were communicating with foundation employees about omitting information on a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A third of Canadians support changing anthem to say ‘our home on native land’: poll
By The Canadian Press on June 12th, 2023
A new poll suggests only a third of Canadians support a proposal from Mississauga, Ont., to ask the federal government to change the lyrics of the national anthem. The proposed resolution would ask Ottawa to alter the line that reads “O Canada! Our home and native land” to “O Canada! Our home on native land.” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Richer countries like Canada must deliver proactive aid: head of UN rural food agency
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on June 12th, 2023
OTTAWA – The head of a UN agency working to shore up rural food systems says richer countries need to focus on delivering proactive aid to developing countries instead of shifting to humanitarian work after crises have happened. Alvaro Lario leads the International Fund of Agricultural Development and says supply-chain woes and climate change mean ... Read More »
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