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CP NewsAlert: B.C. First Nation says 40 unmarked graves found around former 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. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. stores broke privacy laws on facial ID technology, privacy commissioner says
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s privacy commissioner says Canadian Tire stores that used facial recognition technology didn’t adequately notify their customers and didn’t get consent to collect the personal information. Michael McEvoy’s report says even if the four stores he investigated had obtained permission, they were still required to show a reasonable purpose for collecting the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s EV battery contract with Volkswagen could be worth more than $13 billion
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – German auto giant Volkswagen has secured an exclusive contract with Canada that could be worth more than $13 billion over the next 10 years to build an electric-vehicle battery plant in southwestern Ontario. Volkswagen announced last month it had chosen the town of St. Thomas to build its first overseas gigafactory. It was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec ministers sorry for broken promise on ‘third link’ tunnel in capital
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
QUEBEC – A parade of government ministers took turns today 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 that the tunnel would instead be reserved for public transit only, saying reduced car traffic in the region ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Committee weighs bill to make feds accountable to Parliament on future pandemic plans
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – A parliamentary health committee is weighing the need for new legislation that would force the Pubic Health Agency of Canada to table its plans to prevent and prepare for future pandemics in the House of Commons. Nate Erskine-Smith, a Liberal backbencher who is eyeing the Ontario Liberal leadership, is behind the private member’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Volkswagen to get up to $13 billion from Ottawa to make EV batteries
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – German auto giant Volkswagen has secured an exclusive contract with Canada worth more than $13 billion over the next 10 years to build an electric-vehicle battery plant in southern Ontario. A federal government source with knowledge of the deal confirms the contract will include both an upfront capital investment of $700 million and, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Greenpeace calls for charges over releases from Imperial’s Kearl oilsands mine
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – An environmental group is calling for Imperial Oil to be charged over releases of toxic wastewater from its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta. The call from Greenpeace comes as executives from the company are scheduled to testify before a House of Commons committee probing what happened with notifications around the releases. Overnight, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal police ask for public help as they investigate assaults on two Hasidic Jews
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
MONTREAL – The Montreal police hate crimes unit is asking for the public’s help as it attempts to identify a young man who assaulted two Hasidic Jews on the night of Jan. 20. In a security video of the first attack, the suspect can be seen walking down a sidewalk in the city’s Outremont borough ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous groups going to court over Quebec’s French-language reforms
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
QUEBEC – Two Indigenous groups are going to court over the reforms passed last year to Quebec’s French-language law. The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador and the First Nations Education Council are seeking judicial review before the Quebec Superior Court regarding 14 articles in the Charter of the French Language, which was amended by Bill ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec education minister issues directive banning prayer rooms in schools
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec’s education minister is moving forward with a promise to ban prayer rooms in schools. Bernard Drainville issued a directive late Wednesday saying schools must ensure that none of their spaces are used for religious practices, including prayer. The order comes after Drainville said earlier this month that he had learned of at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family of N.S. student murdered in drug deal deliver impact statements in court
By The Canadian Press on April 20th, 2023
HALIFAX – A Nova Scotia judge heard victim impact statements today during a sentencing hearing for a former Halifax medical student who murdered a 22-year-old man during a drug deal. William Sandeson had testified in his trial before a Nova Scotia Supreme Court jury that he killed physics student Taylor Samson in self-defence on Aug. ... Read More »
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