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Scrutiny of CRA push to collect on overpaid COVID benefits welcome: minister’s office
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier’s office says it welcomes a federal watchdog’s decision to monitor the Canada Revenue Agency’s approach to collecting on overpayments of COVID-19 benefits. The Office of the Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson announced Thursday it is monitoring complaints from people who say they are receiving collection letters from the CRA despite having repaid ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘It’s surreal’: Canadian to play King Charles’s former cello in coronation concert
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
LONDON – When Marion Portelance plays in King Charles’s coronation concert on Sunday, she’ll be playing a cello with a special connection to the monarch. The student from the Royal College of Music, who is originally from Montreal, will be playing on a William Forster cello from 1804 that was once owned and played by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!ICC chief prosecutor says he has ‘every confidence’ South Africa will arrest Putin
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor says he has every confidence that South Africa will arrest Vladimir Putin when the Russian president is expected to attend an international summit there in August. Karim Khan defended his decision to issue the arrest warrant at a news conference in Ottawa today, saying it is a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberal party convention set to hear from Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jean Chrétien
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – Former U.S. secretary of state and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is set to take the stage at the Liberal party convention this evening for a conversation with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. She is expected to draw a big crowd, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not be in the room as he travels ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec coroner formally identifies the two firefighters swept away in floodwaters
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
SAINT-URBAIN, Que. – The Quebec coroner’s office has confirmed that two bodies pulled from a river Wednesday in the province’s Charlevoix region were those of volunteer firefighters who had been swept away by floodwaters. A spokesperson says the two men who disappeared on Monday during a rescue mission were Régis Lavoie, 55, and Christopher Lavoie, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. communities brace for weekend rain as floods forecast in southern Interior
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
People in the British Columbia community of Grand Forks are hustling to get ahead of a deluge of melting snow and rain after learning a costly lesson about flooding five years ago. Meanwhile, parts of Cache Creek remain inundated by floodwaters. Grand Forks, not far from the Canada-U.S. border, is one of many communities under ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Manslaughter conviction set aside due to delay caused by Crown, Supreme Court says
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada says it set aside a man’s manslaughter and firearm convictions because of an unwarranted delay in his trial caused by the Crown. In reasons released today for a decision made from the bench last month, the top court says the net delay of about 35 months violated Dia ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau says no decision yet on expelling Chinese envoy implicated in threats to MP
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says no decision has been made yet on whether to expel a Chinese diplomat who allegedly targeted a member of Parliament and his family. Trudeau says removing another country’s envoy from Canada is a big step and all the potential effects of such a decision must be considered. Conservative ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!With flags and fancy hats, Canadians join the crowds ahead of King’s coronation
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
LONDON – Canadians are joining the crush of jubilant royal fans from all over the world converging on London ahead of tomorrow’s coronation. Flag-draped tents were lined three deep along the road to Buckingham Palace as royal fans donned fancy hats and plastic crowns, sipped champagne and took photos of cardboard cutouts of King Charles. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for May 5 : A look at April’s employment numbers
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 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 May 5 … What we are watching in Canada … Statistics Canada is set to release its April labour force survey this morning, providing updated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senior UN officials seek Canadian cash to help stem gender-based violence abroad
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – A United Nations initiative aimed at eliminating gender-based violence is asking Canada to put up cash to help stem a backsliding in women’s rights, even though the Liberals are cutting back on foreign aid. “Women’s rights and violence against women and girls is not a side issue,” said Nahla Valji, the UN’s senior ... Read More »
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