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Class action against Quebec businessman accused of allegedly paying minors for sex
By The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2023
MONTREAL – A Montreal law firm has filed an application for a class-action lawsuit against a prominent Quebec businessman accused of allegedly paying minors for sex. Consumer Law Group is representing the lead plaintiff, a Montreal woman who was 17 at the time she allegedly met Robert G. Miller and who saw him about 10 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec tribunal denies compensation to family of migrant worker who died on farm
By The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2023
MONTREAL – The family of a Guatemalan farm worker crushed to death trying to replace a flat tire on his employer’s car says they are disappointed Quebec’s labour tribunal denied them compensation. MarÃa Teresa Lares Macario says she has not recovered from the sudden death of her father, Ottoniel Lares Batzibal, who died July 18, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada to introduce open work permit for Iranians, simplify process to stay
By The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government is rolling out special temporary measures to make it easier for Iranians in Canada to stay. As of March 1, measures will come into effect to simplify the process for Iranians who are visiting, studying in or working in Canada to extend their stay and switch between temporary streams. For ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal disaster aid program for 2021 B.C. floods now tops $1 billion
By The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2023
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Federal disaster assistance to help British Columbia rebuild after devastating flooding in November 2021 now exceeds $1 billion, Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair said Thursday as he visited one of the cities hit hardest by the disaster. But he says that’s still likely only a fraction of what the final aid package ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Accused extremist recruiter Awso Peshdary pleads guilty to terrorism-related charges
By The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – An accused recruiter for the Islamic State military group has renounced his previous extremism and pleaded guilty to terrorism offences in an Ottawa courtroom. Awso Peshdary’s criminal trial in the Ontario Superior Court resumed today after his lawyers filed a motion saying he was prepared to change his plea to guilty, and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal protection proposed for critically at-risk spotted owls in B.C., groups say
By The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2023
VANCOUVER – Two environmental groups and a British Columbia First Nation say the federal government is recommending an order to protect the critically at-risk northern spotted owl. Just three of the tiny owls are known to be in the wild in B.C., with a fourth recovering at a rehabilitation centre after it was suspected to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal government has signed health-funding deals with five provinces: Trudeau
By The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government has signed health-care agreements in principle with all four Atlantic provinces and Ontario. He made the announcement as he spoke with students in Halifax today, pre-empting a news conference scheduled for later in the day with Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No foreign interference report more than one year after Liberal government re-elected
By The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – A panel tasked with flagging incidents of foreign interference in Canada’s elections has still not released a report evaluating its own work in the 2021 election, more than a year after the Liberals won a second minority government. The Critical Election Incident Public Protocol was created to monitor and report on threats to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Feds sign health funding deals with five provinces: Trudeau
By The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government has signed health-care agreements in principle with all four Atlantic Provinces and Ontario. He made the announcement as he spoke with students in Halifax earlier this morning. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa announces health funding agreements with Ontario, Prince Edward Island
By The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government is announcing it has reached agreements in principle for health-care funding with Ontario and Prince Edward Island. It comes a little more than two weeks after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered the premiers $46 billion in new money for health care over the next decade. As part of the deal, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal housing advocate reviewing ‘human rights crisis’ of homeless encampments
By The Canadian Press on February 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal housing advocate is launching a review of homeless encampments in Canada, calling the situation a human rights crisis fuelled in part by the failure of all levels of government to provide adequate housing. Marie-Josée Houle says the review will collect testimony from people living in encampments along with experts in housing ... Read More »
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