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Union, government continue negotiations as both sides face pressure to get to a deal
By Nojoud Al Mallees and Cindy Tran, The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – An ongoing strike of thousands of public servants is causing service disruptions across the country as both sides are facing different kinds of pressure to reach a deal. Thursday marked the second day of job action by members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, which comes at the height of tax season ... Read More »
1 responseMontreal university to keep donation linked to Chinese government influence effort
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
MONTREAL – A Montreal university says it will keep a donation from two Chinese businessmen that has been linked to an alleged plot by the Chinese government to influence Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Université de Montréal says it has not been able to confirm allegations from an unnamed national security source reported in The ... Read More »
1 responseMontreal police arrest minor for assaults on two Hasidic Jews in January
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
Montreal police have arrested a minor suspected of assaulting two Hasidic Jews on the night of Jan. 20. The youth turned himself in on Thursday, police said in a news release, one day after the hate crimes unit asked for the public’s help in identifying the suspect. In a security video of the first attack, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Joly tells Canadians in Sudan to shelter in place as ‘dire’ clashes close airport
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada has no means of evacuating citizens from Sudan, where violence has drastically escalated between the country’s army and its rival paramilitary force. The streets of the capital of Khartoum were generally calm a week ago, but a skirmish over a planned transition to democratic rule escalated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former N.S. med student who killed 22-year-old will be eligible for parole in 2030
By Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
HALIFAX – A Nova Scotia judge has ruled that a former medical student who killed another student during a drug deal – and then disposed of his body – will be eligible for parole in about seven-and-a-half years. Justice Jamie Chipman ruled in Nova Scotia Supreme Court that William Sandeson should spend at least 15 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Top Google exec says ‘everybody loses’ with online news bill at House committee
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – A top Google executive told a House of Commons committee today that the Liberal government’s online news bill would create a situation where everybody loses. Google’s vice president for news, Richard Gringas, says the bill’s passage would incentivize clickbait content over high-quality local journalism, and likely require the company to pay publishers for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Officer told not to make handwritten notes after death of Myles Gray, inquest hears
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
BURNABY, B.C. – A Vancouver police officer says a senior member of the force who was acting as a union representative told him not to make any handwritten notes about the confrontation that resulted in the death of 33-year-old Myles Gray in 2015. Const. Joshua Wong told the British Columbia coroner’s inquest into Gray’s death ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec ministers sorry for broken promise on ‘third link’ vehicular tunnel in capital
By Patrice Bergeron and Thomas Laberge, The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
QUEBEC – A parade of government ministers took turns Thursday issuing sorrowful regrets for breaking a major election promise to build a multi-purpose vehicle tunnel linking Quebec City to its south shore. Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault confirmed the tunnel would instead be reserved for public transit only, saying reduced car traffic in the region since ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge rules former med student who killed 22-year-old eligible for parole in 2030
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
HALIFAX – A Nova Scotia judge has ruled that a former medical student who shot and killed another student during a drug deal will be eligible for parole in about seven and a half years. Justice Jamie Chipman ruled William Sandeson should spend at least 15 years in prison for his “reprehensible” crime. However, since ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Strike thwarted prisoners advocate from entering Edmonton facility
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – An organization that helps women in the justice system says it is concerned about an ongoing strike by Canada’s largest public-service union after one of its advocates was unable to access an Edmonton prison. Emilie Coyle, executive director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies, says she is worried about further restrictions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. First Nation says 40 unmarked graves found around former residential school
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
SECHELT, B.C. – The shishalh Nation on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast says ground-penetrating radar has identified what are believed to be 40 unmarked graves of children on or near the site of the former St. Augustine’s Residential School. A statement from the nation says it listened to elders and survivors of the residential school and ... Read More »
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