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Alberta premier offers new version of why she contacted accused before criminal trial
By The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2023
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is offering up a new version of why she engaged in a controversial phone call with a Calgary street pastor in which they discuss his upcoming criminal case related to COVID-19 public health measures. Smith told her Saturday morning phone-in radio show she took the call from Art Pawlowski ... Read More »
1 responseNearly 300,000 customers still without power in Quebec after ice storm
By The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2023
MONTREAL – Hydro-Québec says the pace of restoring power to nearly 300,000 customers will slow down now that crews have addressed the biggest outages caused by this week’s deadly ice storm. Director of Energy System Control Maxime Nadeau says crews are now tackling the smaller, trickier outages, so the “rhythm of the restoration” won’t be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Budget watchdog troubled by spin around latest report on carbon pricing
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s Parliamentary budget officer said he is troubled by what he describes as the selective use of facts from his new financial analysis of carbon pricing. Yves Giroux said the report has to be put into context alongside the costs of all other climate policies, including doing nothing. “There will be costs no ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals pledge revamp of forced-labour bill, possible enforcement rules surprise MP
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Trudeau government is revamping its approach to modern-day slavery, promising new legislation that caught off guard the Liberal MP who has been steering a bill on forced labour through Parliament. “There is a limited lifespan to this Parliament,” Toronto MP John McKay said in an interview. McKay has been stickhandling Bill S-211, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More than 191,000 Hydro-Quebec customers still without power in Montreal after storm
By The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2023
Nearly 300,000 Hydro-Quebec customers are still without power, days after an ice storm hit southern Quebec and eastern Ontario. The utility is scheduled to hold a news conference this morning to provide an update on the restoration process. Most of the outages affect Montreal, where as of 4 a.m. nearly 192,000 customers were still in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal tax workers vote in favour of striking in middle of tax filing season
By The Canadian Press on April 7th, 2023
OTTAWA – More than 35,000 federal workers who assess and approve tax returns will be in a legal strike position by April 14, just two weeks before the annual deadline for Canadians to file their taxes. The strike vote comes after more than a year of haggling between the Canada Revenue Agency and workers represented ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man dies of carbon monoxide poisoning during power outage, Quebec police say
By Marisela Amador, The Canadian Press on April 7th, 2023
MONTREAL – Police say the third person to die in a vicious ice storm was a man in Saint-Joseph-Du-Lac, Que., who was running a generator in his garage. Insp. Jean Philippe Labbé says the man’s wife found him unconscious in the garage, and the 75-year-old died after being taken to hospital in Ste-Eustache. He says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man dies after bringing barbecue inside during power outage, Quebec premier says
By The Canadian Press on April 7th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec Premier Francois Legault says a man died this morning after bringing his barbecue indoors during a power outage caused by this week’s ice storm. The death in Ste-Eustache, Que., is the third attributed to Wednesday’s storm, which coated parts of southern Quebec and eastern Ontario in ice and left more than a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian woman released from Syrian camp released on bail in Alberta
By The Canadian Press on April 7th, 2023
OTTAWA – A Canadian woman who was returned from a prison camp in Syria this week has been released on bail in Edmonton pending a terrorism peace bond application. RCMP in Alberta say the 38-year-old woman is subject to a number of conditions while she awaits the peace bond process but did not say what ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hundreds of thousands remain without power after dedly ice storm in Quebec
By The Canadian Press on April 7th, 2023
MONTREAL – Hydro-Québec says it’s restored power to more than half a million customers since Wednesday’s ice storm, but more than 600,000 remain in the dark. Director of Energy System Control Maxime Nadeau says 1,400 crew members are working through the long weekend to restore power, but some outages may continue through to Monday. Wednesday’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Hanging in’: David Suzuki shares insights as he retires from ‘The Nature of Things’
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on April 7th, 2023
After 44 years as the face of Canada’s premier science TV show, you might expect David Suzuki to feel a little sadness and a little nostalgia as he steps down as host of “The Nature of Things.” Not so. “Happy as hell,” he laughs over Zoom from his Vancouver office. “I’m an old guy. It’s ... Read More »
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