National News
Liberal MP Gary Anandasangaree calls Sri Lanka a ‘failed and bankrupt state’
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – A government MP and parliamentary secretary to a cabinet minister is calling Sri Lanka “a failed and bankrupt state” as the country receives another international bailout. Liberal MP Gary Anandasangaree said at a press conference Tuesday that the International Monetary Fund should have called for more autonomy for that country’s Tamil minority. Foreign ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada extends emergency visa applications for Ukrainians fleeing war until July
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says Canada will extend the emergency visa application period for Ukrainians looking for a safe haven until July 15. The deadline to apply for the three-year visa was originally March 31. Ukrainians will still be able to apply for traditional work, study and visitor permits to come to Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden visit puts Canadian defence spending back under microscope
By The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – U.S. President Joe Biden’s long-anticipated first trip to Ottawa this week is expected to put Canada’s defence spending back under the microscope. American presidents have a long history of pushing Canada to spend more on its military, including Barack Obama in a speech to Parliament in 2016. Such pressure has come as Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa to spend $1.5 billion to improve access to drugs for rare diseases
By The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
MONTREAL – The federal government says it will spend up to $1.5 billion over the next three years to improve access to drugs used to treat rare diseases. Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says up to $1.4 billion of that money will be used to help provinces and territories expand coverage of new and existing drugs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five still missing as search continues at site of fatal fire in Old Montreal
By The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
MONTREAL – Firefighters and police are continuing to search for at least five missing people at the site of a fatal fire in Old Montreal while the investigation continues. While the plan had been to dismantle the upper floors of the three-storey building starting the week, authorities have put that plan on hold while focusing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Transportation Safety Board report on sinking says fishing boat needed stability test
By The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
HALIFAX – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says in a report released today that a scallop dragger that sank off Nova Scotia should have been tested for stability, given major changes made to the boat. The 2020 sinking of the Chief William Saulis, which resulted in five deaths, prompted an investigation that found a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for March 22 : A spring renewal for Canada’s housing market
By The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 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 March 22 … What we are watching in Canada … Realtors are expecting Canadians to move off the housing market’s sidelines this spring. They expect ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Transportation Safety Board to report on 2020 scallop vessel sinking off Nova Scotia
By The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
HALIFAX – The Transportation Board of Canada is to release a report today on its investigation into the sinking of a scallop dragger off Nova Scotia more than two years ago. The Chief William Saulis capsized off Delaps Cove, about 50 kilometres north of Digby, N.S., on Dec. 15, 2020, with the loss of its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No winning ticket sold for Tuesday’s $40 million Lotto Max jackpot
By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2023
There was no winning ticket sold in Tuesday’s Lotto Max $40 million draw. The jackpot for the next draw on March 24 will be an estimated $50 million with two $1 million Maxmillion prizes up for grabs... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal decision to shut down B.C. salmon farms prompts company court challenge
By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2023
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia salmon farming company is going to court to challenge the federal government’s decision not to renew the licences for its open-net farms off Vancouver Island. Documents filed in Federal Court in Vancouver by Mowi Canada West apply for a judicial review of the decision last month by Fisheries Minister Joyce ... Read More »
1 responseManitoba agrees to pay $17 million and apologize to settle disabled abuse lawsuit
By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2023
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government has agreed to pay $17 million and apologize in the legislature to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of former residents who say they were abused at a centre for people with intellectual disabilities. The class-action settlement agreement, which still requires court approval, would also see a monument built at ... Read More »
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