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Israeli diplomats in Canada return to work after strike against judicial overhaul
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Israeli diplomats in Canada are set to return to work on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu caved to public pressure and announced a delay in his contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary. Israel’s embassy in Ottawa, as well as its consulates in Toronto and Montreal, were shuttered Monday after the country’s ... Read More »
1 responseCentre Block construction within cost, but Ottawa must make faster decisions: auditor
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – The modernization of Parliament’s Centre Block is within budget so far, but the federal government needs to do a better job at making up their minds before major construction begins, the federal auditor general says in a new report. Karen Hogan warns in a report released Monday that if decision-making remains fragmented, it ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. tribunal orders $9,755 payout to taxi driver over caste-based discrimination
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has ordered that a taxi driver be paid more than $9,000 in compensation because his caste was insulted during a physical altercation at a staff Christmas party. The tribunal’s March 15 decision says Manoj Bhangu, an immigrant from Punjab in India, was discriminated against by two co-workers ... Read More »
1 responseVancouver looks to frozen eggs to help control Canada goose population
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The booming population of Canada geese is “wreaking havoc” on Vancouver’s green spaces, and the park board is asking for help in keeping their numbers in check. The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation wants the public to report a nest sighting so staff can replace the eggs with ones that have been ... Read More »
1 responseFuneral for two Edmonton police officers shot and killed responding to call
By Ritika Dubey and Angela Amato, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
EDMONTON – Under a bright sun on streets wrapped in a chill wind, the formal goodbye for two Edmonton police officers began Monday with a solemn procession from the legislature through the city’s downtown. The caskets of Const. Travis Jordan and Const. Brett Ryan inched along in side-by-side black hearses followed by block, after block, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At least 10 injured after explosion destroys Calgary home: fire department
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
CALGARY – Fire officials say at least 10 people have been injured after an explosion destroyed a home in Calgary. They say the force of the explosion created a large debris field, several fires and damage to surrounding houses in a northeastern neighbourhood. Officials say the 10 injured were believed to have been inside the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: 10 injured after explosion in Calgary destroys home
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
CALGARY – Fire officials say 10 people have been injured after an explosion destroyed a home in Calgary. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two more bodies pulled from rubble after Old Montreal fire, five bodies identified
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
MONTREAL – Police say two more bodies have been pulled from the rubble of a building that caught fire March 16 in Old Montreal, bringing the death toll to seven. Police Insp. David Shane said today four more victims of the fire have been identified, for a total of five. Shane says police recently identified ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Feds say direction to bring men in Syria home amounts to ‘wholesale expansion’ of law
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – A federal lawyer says a judge’s erroneous direction that Canadian officials should secure the release of four men from detention in northeastern Syria amounts to a “wholesale expansion” of the law. Lawyer Anne Turley says the decision creates a new right to be returned to Canada, or even be rescued by Ottawa, when ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan judge grants bail to sisters who say they were wrongfully convicted
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
YORKTON, Sask. – A Saskatchewan judge has granted bail to two sisters who have spent nearly 30 years in prison for what they say are wrongful murder convictions. Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance were convicted of second-degree murder in the 1993 stabbing death of 70-year-old Saskatchewan farmer Anthony Dolff near Kamsack, Sask. The federal Justice Department ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa appoints new official in charge of Indigenous corrections
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government has appointed a deputy commissioner for Indigenous corrections in a move towards tackling the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in Canada’s criminal justice system. Correctional Service Canada announced today that it is promoting Kathy Neil, a Métis official, to serve in the role beginning May 1. The hiring of such a ... Read More »
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