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AFN seeks more time to develop plan implementing UN declaration on Indigenous rights
By The Canadian Press on April 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Assembly of First Nations passed a resolution today that calls on the federal Liberals to extend the deadline to finalize a plan on the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. First Nations chiefs gathered for a special meeting this week to discuss the draft plan the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec hydro crews race to restore power to more than one million after ice storm
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on April 6th, 2023
MONTREAL – Hydro crews in Quebec and Ontario were racing on Thursday to restore power ahead of the Easter long weekend after a fierce storm system that brought thunder, snow and freezing rain left more than one million customers in the dark. Freezing rain sent ice-laden tree branches crashing down onto power lines, streets and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MPs accuse officials of obstructing study on alleged foreign meddling in elections
By The Canadian Press on April 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – Members of a parliamentary committee say they continue to wait for information about when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was briefed about Beijing’s alleged interference in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. MPs from the procedure and House affairs committee have sent a letter to Canada’s top civil servant, the clerk of the Privy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UK envoy says new Pacific Rim trade deal quota can sidestep ongoing beef spat
By The Canadian Press on April 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – Britain’s envoy to Canada says an uproar in the Prairies over an expanded trade deal could be overcome by ranchers rejigging their beef operations to meet U.K. standards. In an interview, British High Commissioner to Canada Susannah Goshko says Brits don’t want their government to budge on barring imports of beef raised with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fierce ice storm knocks out power for more than one million in Quebec and Ontario
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on April 6th, 2023
MONTREAL – A number of Quebecers are facing the prospect of an Easter weekend in the dark after a fierce storm system that brought thunder, lightning, snow and freezing rain to parts of Quebec and Ontario knocked out power to well over one million hydro customers . As of 9:30 a.m., power outages affected 1.1 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four women, 10 children on way to Canada from Syrian prison camps: Global Affairs
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on April 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – Four Canadian women and 10 children are on their way home from prison camps in northeastern Syria, the federal government said Thursday. The Canadians are among the many foreign nationals in Syrian camps run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the war-torn region from the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NewsAlert: Feds say four women, 10 children on way to Canada from Syrian prison camps
By The Canadian Press on April 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government says today it is bringing home four Canadian women and 10 children from prison camps in northeastern Syria. The Canadians are among the many foreign nationals in Syrian camps run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the war-torn region from the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The long-anticipated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear appeal involving private health care
By The Canadian Press on April 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a challenge of a British Columbia law intended to preserve public health care through measures against extra-billing and certain private insurance. Two Vancouver private health facilities and four patients argued that provisions of the Medicare Protection Act violate constitutional rights due to long waits for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eight sheltered but more spaces needed as Vancouver seeks rooms for displaced campers
By The Canadian Press on April 6th, 2023
VANCOUVER – A handful of homeless people set up tents overnight along a stretch of Vancouver’s Hastings Street that was cleared Wednesday in a co-ordinated effort by city officials and Vancouver police. Mayor Ken Sim ordered the long-standing encampment removed after the city’s police and fire chiefs warned of escalating crime and an unacceptable fire ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Search suspended for man linked to dead migrants, police say efforts exhausted
By The Canadian Press on April 6th, 2023
MONTREAL – Akwesasne Mohawk police say are suspending the organized search of local waterways for a man linked to the eight migrants whose bodies were pulled from the St. Lawrence River last week. Police say they believe they have exhausted search efforts on the water for 30-year-old Casey Oakes and are set to resume normal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for April 6 : How did Canada’s job market fare last month?
By The Canadian Press on April 6th, 2023
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 6 … What we are watching in Canada … Statistics Canada is set to release March employment data this morning. The labour force survey ... Read More »
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