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Hundreds of thousands without power after Quebec ice storm that left one dead
By The Canadian Press on April 7th, 2023
MONTREAL – Nearly 675,000 customers are still without power in Quebec this morning after Wednesday’s vicious ice storm, which downed tree branches and hydro lines and left one man dead. Hydro-Québec says its crews restored power to 200,000 clients overnight, and it hopes to more than double that number by day’s end. Wednesday’s freezing rain ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family of Indian migrants who died in Quebec shocked by river crossing attempt
By Hina Alam, The Canadian Press on April 7th, 2023
An Indian national who died with his family last week when a boat capsized in the St. Lawrence River during an attempt to enter the United States was “mortally afraid of water,” says his cousin. Pravinbhai Chaudhari, 49, was found in a marshy area in Akwesasne, Que., with his wife Dakshaben, 45, their 23-year-old daughter, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N.S. mass shooting: how gun smuggling happened, and the inquiry’s call for reforms
By Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press on April 7th, 2023
HALIFAX – A decade before a Nova Scotia man used smuggled guns to murder 22 people in the province in 2020, police information systems had labelled him as a firearms risk. Yet those records never found their way to the Canada Border Services Agency, and they didn’t prevent the mass shooter from obtaining a Nexus ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sajjan says Liberals might reverse foreign-aid drop if economy bounces back
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on April 7th, 2023
OTTAWA – International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan says his government might boost foreign aid spending if the Canadian economy rebounds after criticism over a drop in development funding that has the sector preparing to cut programs. “The stronger our economy, the more we can do around the world,” Sajjan said in an interview Thursday in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two Canadian women arrested, RCMP seeks terrorist peace bonds
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on April 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – The RCMP says its Federal Policing Integrated National Security Enforcement Team arrested two women at the Montreal-Trudeau International Airport and is seeking a terrorism peace bond against them under the Criminal Code. Police say in a release Thursday that Ammara Amjad and Dure Ahmed appeared in Ontario provincial court by video conference for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Doctor behind cross-border rush for Ozempic in B.C. is suspended in Nova Scotia
By The Canadian Press on April 6th, 2023
BEDFORD, NOVA SCOTIA – Nova Scotia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons has suspended a doctor it says was responsible for thousands of prescriptions of the diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic that were mailed to Americans by two British Columbia pharmacies. Dr. Gus Grant, registrar and CEO of the college, says the regulator first heard about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. lifts health-care mask rules with province ’emerging’ from pandemic, Henry says
By The Canadian Press on April 6th, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia has lifted lifting pandemic restrictions including mandatory mask-wearing in health-care settings, and proof of vaccination and COVID test results for visitors in care homes. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Thursday that the requirement for health-care workers to be fully vaccinated would remain, but the steady decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Back on Vancouver’s Hastings Street with no tent, no mattress and nowhere to go
By Darryl Greer and Nono Shen, The Canadian Press on April 6th, 2023
VANCOUVER – William James left his tent with his bedroll, his clothes, and his foam mattress on Hastings Street Wednesday morning to visit a friend in Surrey, but when he returned in the afternoon it was all gone. “I spent the day with him because he doesn’t drink and I’m trying to sober up,” James ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. lifts health-care mask rules as province emerges from pandemic, Henry says
By The Canadian Press on April 6th, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia is lifting pandemic restrictions like mandatory mask-wearing in health-care settings and visitor restrictions and proof of vaccination in care homes. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the requirement for health-care workers to be fully vaccinated remains, but the steady decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations indicates the province is “emerging” from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two Canadian women arrested by RCMP upon return from Syria, lawyer says
By The Canadian Press on April 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – A lawyer for two Canadian women who just returned from Syria says they were arrested by the RCMP today and will face a bail hearing in Brampton, Ont. Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon says the women have not been charged criminally but the Crown is seeking terrorist peace bonds that would place strict conditions on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four women, 10 children arrive in Canada from Syrian prison camps, lawyer says
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on April 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – Four Canadian women and 10 children have arrived in Canada after being freed from prison camps in northeastern Syria, their lawyer said Thursday. The Canadians were among the many foreign nationals in Syrian camps run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the war-ravaged region from the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. ... Read More »
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