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CP NewsAlert: With no deal with feds in hand, union says federal workers will strike
By The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s largest federal public-service union says that some 155,000 workers will go on strike after talks with the government failed to produce an agreement before its 9 p.m. ET deadline. — More coming &#... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Officer testifies at B.C. inquest into man’s death after police beating
By Breanna Owen, The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
BURNABY, B.C. – The first Vancouver police officer to interact with Myles Gray in an altercation that ended in his death told a coroner’s inquest she feared for her safety and called for backup. Const. Hardeep Sahota said she was working alone when she was dispatched to a call about a man who had sprayed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Missing Canadian women and girls called family from Syrian camp, lawyer says
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
A lawyer for two Canadian women and three teen girls, who were set to be repatriated from northeastern Syria earlier this month, says they were mistreated by guards and are being detained in a camp primarily holding family members of individuals with alleged links to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Edmonton lawyer ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. mom whose son was killed urges people to call police, not film violence
By Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The mother of a teenager stabbed to death on a transit bus in Surrey, B.C., says she hopes her son’s death will bring change. Holly Indridson said while she believes there needs to be more police and security on buses, the public also needs to be more aware of what to do. “If ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta premier rolls back part of government’s media question restriction policy
By The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is reversing part of her government’s new media question restriction policy but says she will continue to limit queries in order to provide more answers. Smith’s office, in a statement Tuesday, said while individual reporters are still limited to one questionwith no followups at news conferences, that rule will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Group crossing border called 911 suffering from cold, Minnesota sheriff says
By The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
ROSEAU, Minn. – Nine people were detained and one was missing after trying to walk across the Canada-United States border in the early hours of Tuesday morning, a Minnesota sheriff says. The group made their illicit crossing in woods near Sprague in southeastern Manitoba and called 911 at approximately 4 a.m. as they were suffering ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec waterways ‘stable’ as lower than expected rainfall reduces flood risk
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
MONTREAL – Public safety officials in Quebec say they’re hoping for the best but preparing for the worst as the province’s spring flooding season begins. In southern Quebec, warm temperatures and precipitation have led to elevated waterways, Joshua Ménard-Suarez, a spokesman with the Public Security Department, said Tuesday. Ménard-Suarez said the situation was stable, adding ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal-area mayor discloses being sex-assault victim of ex-PQ member Harold LeBel
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
MONTREAL – The mayor of a Montreal suburb publicly revealed herself Tuesday as the victim of ex-Parti Québécois legislator Harold LeBel, who was sentenced to eight months in prison after sexually assaulting her in 2017 when they were both PQ members. Catherine Fournier was a young rising star in the PQ after her December 2016 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberal minister promises plan on Access to Information as MPs highlight woes
By The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
OTTAWA – Treasury Board President Mona Fortier says she hopes to share a plan in coming months for improving the key federal transparency law and how it is managed. Fortier is telling a House of Commons committee today she expects the plan for making the Access to Information Act more effective will come before the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Auditor general ‘assessing’ mandate in terms of Trudeau Foundation ask to investigate
By The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal auditor general’s office says it is still “assessing” its mandate as it relates to a request from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation to investigate its handling of two donations with possible links to the Chinese government. The foundation’s interim board chair wrote to the office last week, saying it would welcome ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. inquest hears initial 911 calls related to man who died after police beating
By Breanna Owen, The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
BURNABY, B.C. – A coroner’s inquest has heard from two people whose 911 calls set off the Vancouver police response that led to the beating death of another man by several officers. Myles Gray, who was 33, died in Burnaby, B.C., in August 2015 within an hour of the beating by officers that left him ... Read More »
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