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Montreal English school board seeks leave to appeal Bill 21 ruling to Supreme Court
By The Canadian Press on April 11th, 2024
MONTREAL – The English Montreal School Board says it will seek permission to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a recent decision upholding Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21. Quebec’s Court of Appeal ruled in February that Bill 21 is constitutional, overturning a lower court ruling that exempted English school boards from applying ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Higgs says he didn’t expect gender policy changes in schools to become national wave
By The Canadian Press on April 11th, 2024
OTTAWA – Premier Blaine Higgs says he never expected other provinces to follow New Brunswick’s lead on requiring teachers to seek parental consent before using a student’s preferred pronouns. Higgs was speaking to a crowd of conservative faithful at the annual Canada Strong and Free Network conference in Ottawa. New Brunswick was the first province ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court won’t hear families’ years-long case over access to Bernardo documents
By The Canadian Press on April 11th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada’s top court says it won’t hear arguments about the release of prison and parole documents concerning serial killer Paul Bernardo. The decisionmarks the end of a years-long battle to expose confidential information used to decide Bernardo’s prospects for parole. Family members of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French have long sought the release ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New report slams RCMP treatment of homeless Indigenous women in Northwest Territories
By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on April 11th, 2024
OTTAWA – Homeless Indigenous women in the North do not feel well-protected by the RCMP and instead face violence and discrimination by police, a new report from the Yellowknife Women’s Society has found. The organization held two sessions with women last October, and every single participant said she either experienced abuse by an RCMP officer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Ottawa and AI in the spotlight, B.C.’s safer supply studied
By The Canadian Press on April 11th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Ottawa used AI in hundreds of initiatives Canada’s federal government has used artificial intelligence in nearly 300 projects and initiatives, new research has found — including to help predict the outcome ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Studies on B.C. safer supply emerge, finding different answers to different questions
By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on April 11th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Peer-reviewed research is emerging about the possible impacts of British Columbia’s safer supply program, which provides prescription alternatives to toxic illicit drugs, with two studies in international medical journals casting the strategy in a different light. One found the program was associated with a reduced risk of death from overdose and other causes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tiny B.C. town rallies around killer whale calf rescue effort as time ticks away
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on April 11th, 2024
ZEBALLOS, B.C. – It’s just after 10 a.m., and Yvonne Malanfant has finished brewing a fresh pot of coffee and placing a plate of homemade quesadillas with a side dish of spicy mayonnaise on a table for everybody to share. A little bell above her door rings to announce the arrival of another local to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal government used AI in hundreds of initiatives, new research database shows
By Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press on April 11th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada’s federal government has used artificial intelligence in nearly 300 projects and initiatives, new research has found – including to help predict the outcome of tax cases, sort temporary visa applications and promote diversity in hiring. Joanna Redden, an associate professor at Western University, pieced together the database using news reports, documents tabled ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chief says rescue effort for stranded orca calf four, five days away as plans ramp up
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on April 10th, 2024
ZEBALLOS, B.C. – Plans are settling into place for an attempt to rescue a young killer whale calf stranded in a tidal lagoon near the Vancouver Island village of Zeballos within four or five days, says the area’s First Nation chief. Ehattesaht Chief Simon John has previously said the plan to remove the female orca ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec man, 38, charged with second-degree murder in woman’s killing near Montreal
By The Canadian Press on April 10th, 2024
MONTREAL – Quebec provincial police say a man has been charged with second-degree murder in the killing of a woman southwest of Montreal. David Tota, 38, is alleged to have killed Josianne Faucher, 27, in an apartment in Candiac, Que. on Tuesday. Tota appeared before a judge at the Longueuil courthouse by video conference on ... Read More »
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