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Canada adds more Iranian officials to list of those affected by sanctions
By The Canadian Press on February 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada is imposing more sanctions against Iran for what it describes as gross violations of human rights. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced twelve senior Iranian government and law enforcement officials are being sanctioned for participating in “gross and systematic human rights violations,” including through repressing demonstrations in the western part of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NATO expansion focus of parliamentary committee trip to Europe to study Ukraine
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on February 27th, 2023
WARSAW, Poland – Expanding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has become a major focus of Parliament’s foreign affairs committee as it tours several European countries to study the impact of the war in Ukraine, the committee chair said in an interview in Warsaw Sunday. The committee members started their journey in Sweden last week and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Black business owners bring flavours of Africa, Caribbean to Northern Canada
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on February 27th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – Inside an eye-catching building with bright green siding and yellow trim in downtown Whitehorse, diners are being whisked away to Jamaica. At Pickapeppa restaurant, named after a popular Jamaican sauce, patrons can enjoy Caribbean dishes such as jerk chicken, oxtail and fried plantains, among the brightly coloured walls decorated with beach scenes. Owner ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Privy Council says a report assessing work of foreign interference panel sent to PMO
By The Canadian Press on February 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Privy Council Office says an assessment of the work done by a panel tasked with flagging incidents of foreign interference during the 2021 federal election is now complete and has been sent to the Prime Minister’s Office and the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians. A Critical Election Incident Public Protocol ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ukrainians welcomed in workplace, but still finding jobs below their qualifications
By Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press on February 26th, 2023
Viacheslav Samsonenko would need at least two years of experience to work as a professional engineer in Canada. So, like many newcomers, he signed up for a job below his qualifications and is working hard to move up. Samsonenko, who moved to Canada last May after fleeing the war in Ukraine, knew two decades of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta expecting another gusher in budget ahead of provincial election
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on February 26th, 2023
EDMONTON – Alberta is scheduled to introduce its budget Tuesday – the last before a spring provincial election – with political observerswondering what the province will do with all its billions of extra petrodollars. “Any budget that’s leading into an election is always one that contains quite a few goodies,” said University of Calgary economist ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inuit 15 times more likely to be jailed in Quebec than the provincial average
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on February 26th, 2023
MONTREAL – Osman Ilgun was arrested in September 2021 and soon transferred to a detention centre 1,500 kilometres away from his home in the Inuit community of Quaqtaq in Quebec’s Nunavik region. At the jail in Amos, Que., he was fed raw food – he says he believes guards stereotypically assumed Inuit people eat raw ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Black activist who became PM of Dominica was target of RCMP dirty tricks: documents
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on February 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – It has long been known that the RCMP Security Service took a keen interest in Roosevelt “Rosie” Douglas, a Black rights activist who attended school in Canada and would go on to be prime minister of Dominica. But recently released records reveal just how far the Mounties would go in the early 1970s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. premier says some deficits require spending as NDP prepares to table budget
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on February 25th, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s New Democrat government has been tackling some of the province’s fundamental deficits in recent months by spending billions in surplus dollars, says Premier David Eby. But while leaner economic times are expected on the horizon, he said the budget the government tables Tuesday will continue investing in health care, housing and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. Premier David Eby announces more cost-of-living supports
By The Canadian Press on February 25th, 2023
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia Premier David Eby has announced another round of the BC Affordability Credit to help offset inflation costs as he marked 100 days at the province’s helm. The province says around 85 per cent of British Columbians will receive a full or partial payment as early as April 5 through the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!“We need action:’ One dead, two unaccounted for after Pikangikum First Nation fire
By Fakiha Baig, The Canadian Press on February 25th, 2023
A remote northwestern Ontario First Nation lacked the facilities to extinguish a house fire that left one dead and two others missing, two local leaders said as they implored the federal government for help bolstering fire services. The CEO of The Independent First Nations Alliance, a group that represents five communities in the region, said ... Read More »
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