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Federal public service strike drags on but no suggestion back-to-work law is coming
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Liberal government is showing no hints it will legislate public servants back to work as experts warn choosing that path to ending the dispute could come with political repercussions. Federal workers with the Public Service Alliance of Canada walked off the job nine days ago after contract negotiations with the government couldn’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada planning more evacuation flights from Sudan but situation remains volatile
By Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Military and foreign affairs officials said Thursday Canada expects to send additional planes to help evacuate people from Sudan in the coming days but the volatile situation on the ground is making planning difficult. The first two Canadian-operated evacuation planes left Khartoum Thursday carrying 118 people, including both Canadians and citizens of allied ... Read More »
1 responseForcible restraint by police among factors in Myles Gray death, pathologist says
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
BURNABY, B.C. – A forensic pathologist says a “perfect storm” of factors led to Myles Gray’s death, including his extreme exertion and the Vancouver police actions to restrain him. Dr. Matthew Orde told the coroner’s inquest into Gray’s death that descriptions of the 33-year-old suggest he’d been experiencing an acute behavioural disturbance, and his body ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. New Democrat MP Randall Garrison says he will not be seeking re-election
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Longtime British Columbia NDP Randall Garrison says he will not seek re-election in the next federal vote. The representative for Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke on Vancouver Island announced his decision in a brief post on Twitter. Garrison was first elected in 2011 and had been serving as the federal NDP’s critic in Parliament for justice and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police say head of Montreal seniors home billed for services that weren’t provided
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
MONTREAL – The head of a private seniors residence in Montreal has been charged with fraud after he allegedly billed a regional health authority for resident services that were never provided. Paul Asselin, 60, produced fake invoices using the names of people who were not living at the care home at the time the services ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health minister denies interfering in arm’s-length drug-price agency before committee
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says he has not exercised any undue political pressure on the independent federal agency that regulates the price of patented drugs on its efforts to lower medicine costs. NDP health critic Don Davies is accusing the minister of halting the implementation of a new rule intended to lower the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Difficult’ Surrey, B.C. police decision on RCMP or municipal force Friday: minister
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says Surrey residents will know Friday who will police the Metro Vancouver city, the RCMP or the municipal Surrey Police Service. Farnworth says the government is set to announce its decision on the future of policing in the city, following last fall’s civic election that prompted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police say they’re worried about mother after newborn found dead in Victoria lot
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
VICTORIA – Police in Victoria say they are worried about the welfare of a new mother whose baby was found dead. Officers and an ambulance were called Wednesday night to a report of a baby found in a parking lot in the city. Police say it’s believed the baby had been recently born, possibly in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Broken system:’ Policing shortages facing N.B. communities highlight national issue
By Hina Alam, The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
FREDERICTON – Some New Brunswick communities are being forced to find creative solutions to law enforcement because of RCMP policing shortages, a phenomenon experts say is symbolic of what much of small-town Canada is experiencing. Residents of McAdam, N.B., a historic village of about 1,100 people northwest of Saint John, have organized overnight patrols to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two Canadian Armed Forces flights have left Sudan, carrying 118 evacuees
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Two Canadian evacuation flights left Sudan today carrying 118 evacuees to Djibouti but federal officials could not yet say how many of those are Canadian citizens. Senior officials from Global Affairs Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces say the flights were not full because of increasing violence and extortion of people who are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Foreign-interference office coming ‘soon’ but not yet ready to launch: Mendicino
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the Liberals are not ready to launch the foreign-interference office they promised in last month’s federal budget, amid ongoing scrutiny of allegations that Beijing interfered in recent federal elections. Mendicino appeared before a House of Commons committee that is studying the issue this morning, and said he ... Read More »
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