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Interior communities brace for weekend rain as floods forecasted in Okanagan
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 heavy rainfall after learning a costly lesson about flooding five years ago. The community not far from the Canada-U. S. border is one of many under threat in B.C.’s southern and central Interior after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘We are in a crisis’: Red Dress Day honoured as leaders say more work to be done
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
The head of the Native Women’s Association of Canada says it’s clear there’s an ongoing emergency nearly four years after the final report into missing and murdered Indigenous woman and girls was released. “We are in a crisis,” said Carol McBride. Red dresses are set to be on display across the country Friday to recognize ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau blasts Poilievre as angry and unserious at Liberal party convention
By Mia Rabson and Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canadians chose hope over fear and anger in 2015 and they will be faced with that choice again the next time they go to the polls, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday as he delivered an opening night keynote speech to Liberal faithful at the party’s policy convention in Ottawa. The next election ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Feasibility study complete into search of Winnipeg landfill for women’s remains
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal minister responsible for Crown-Indigenous relations says a study has been completed into whether it’s possible for a Winnipeg-area landfill to be searched for the remains of two Indigenous women. Marc Miller’s office did not release any details from the feasibility study and says in a statement that it’s being reviewed. Ottawa ... Read More »
1 responseMPs advise against military intervention in Haiti, but call for improved sanctions
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – The House of Commons foreign-affairs committee is urging Ottawa not to send troops to clear out Haiti’s violent gangs, but instead to beef up sanctions targeting that country’s political and economic elite. Members of Parliament on the committee say Canada should make clear its military will not participate in direct military operations on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Taxpayer watchdog tracking CRA efforts to collect on overpayment of COVID-19 benefits
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – The office of Canada’s Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson says it is monitoring complaints from people who say they’ve continued to receive collection letters from the Canada Revenue Agency despite having repaid the government for COVID-19 benefits they did not qualify for. François Boileau’s office says in a press release published today that it continues to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Joly weighs Chinese retaliation over expelling diplomat who CSIS says targeted MP
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Liberal government is assessing how painful China’s retaliation would be if Canada decides to expel a diplomat accused of targeting Conservative MP Michael Chong and his relatives in Hong Kong. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Thursday that she had asked her deputy minister to summon China’s ambassador to Canada over the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberal convention ‘essential’ to help send optimistic message to Canadians: Trudeau
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – Federal Liberals are billing their party convention this week as a chance to contrast what they say is their more positive vision for Canada with the “politics of anger” being stoked by their chief opponents. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived to kick off the three-day convention in downtown Ottawa with short speeches to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. flooding, mudslides prompt evacuation orders, highway closures in the Interior
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
CACHE CREEK, B.C. – The first spell of summer-like weather in British Columbia has accelerated Mountain snowmelt, causing flooding and mudslides that have prompted evacuation orders and highway closures in the province’s southern Interior. The mayor of Cache Creek says it’s “unbelievable the amount of water” that’s flowing over Highway 97 and down Highway 1 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Attorney general alerts online companies to B.C.’s new image-sharing law
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s attorney general has sent a letter to technology companies warning they could face orders to stop the distribution of intimate images of B.C. residents that have been shared without their consent. Niki Sharma says the Intimate Images Protection Act will come into force in the coming months and create new legal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Hissy fit’ fallout: trade minister speaks with U.S. envoy over tax-credit comment
By The Canadian Press on May 4th, 2023
WASHINGTON – International Trade Minister Mary Ng has talked to the U.S. envoy to Ottawa after he accused Canada of having a “hissy fit” about about electric vehicle tax credits. David Cohen made the comments Wednesday during a speech at the Wilson Center’s Canada Institute in Washington, D.C. Cohen was describing Canada’s initial reaction to ... Read More »
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