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The latest data on tuberculosis among Inuit in Canada
By The Canadian Press on April 16th, 2023
Ottawa and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, a national advocacy group, announced plans in March 2018 to reduce active tuberculosis across Inuit Nunangat by at least half to no more than 100 cases per 100,000 people by 2025, and eliminate it entirely by 2030. Inuit Nunangat, or Inuit homeland in Canada, is made up of more than ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID-19 pandemic stalled progress on eliminating tuberculosis among Inuit: officials
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on April 16th, 2023
Nunavut’s health minister says the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted efforts to eliminate tuberculosis in Inuit communities, and questions remain over whether targets to stamp out the disease can be met. “COVID has had a huge impact on every area of health care, and that includes TB,” said John Main. “While we were putting so much effort ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How views of Pierre Trudeau led RCMP to provide first close security for an ex-PM
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on April 16th, 2023
OTTAWA – With threats against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spiking in recent years, newly released historical records reveal the security concerns the RCMP had when his father was getting ready to leave office. Pierre Trudeau retired in 1984 after serving as prime minister for two stints adding up to 15 years. He had been first ... Read More »
1 responseAlberta RCMP to provide update on death of officer killed en route to noise complaint
By The Canadian Press on April 16th, 2023
SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. – The RCMP is set to provide an update on the vehicle crash that killed one of its Alberta-based officers last week. Const. Harvinder Dhami, a member of the Strathcona County detachment east of Edmonton who was affectionately known as Harvey, died early Monday morning while driving to help other officers with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec judge grants injunction halting eviction of homeless camp living under highway
By Marisela Amador, The Canadian Press on April 16th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec’s Superior Court has granted a temporary 10-day injunction to halt the dismantling and displacement of a long-standing homeless encampment located under a major Montreal highway. In her Tuesday ruling, Justice Chantal Masse ordered the Quebec Transport Ministry – which owns the property below the city’s Ville-Marie expressway – to cease preparatory work ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russian billionaire couple claims Canadian sanctions are unjustified and unreasonable
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on April 16th, 2023
Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko and his wife Aleksandra want to be taken off Canada’s sanctions list, claiming in Federal Court they’ve been wrongfully labelled as “elites and close associates” of the Russian regime. The Melnichenkos filed two applications in the Federal Court of Canada in late March, seeking to quash a decision to place them ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. and federal government announce settlement with group of First Nations
By The Canadian Press on April 15th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The Canadian government says it’s righting nearly a century of wrongs done to five First Nations in British Columbia by settling historic land claims owed under an 1899 treaty. Federal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller said during an announcement Saturday that Ottawa failed to live up to its obligations to the Blueberry River ... Read More »
1 responseAlberta premier broadens restrictions on reporter questions to include media outlets
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on April 15th, 2023
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith broadened her new media-question restriction policy Saturday to limit not only questions from reporters but also from media outlets. Smith told her Corus call-in radio show that not only are individual reporters now limited to one question at news conferences ““ as announced Friday — she will also accept ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada, South Korea launch talks on defence, security intelligence sharing
By The Canadian Press on April 15th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada and South Korea have launched talks aimed at sharing defence and security information as the two countries work to counter increasing threats from Russia and China. The agreement to develop an intelligence-sharing pact, called the General Security of Information Agreement, capped Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly’s second official visit to the East ... Read More »
1 responseTopless Junos protester splashes pink paint at PM’s office: climate group
By The Canadian Press on April 15th, 2023
OTTAWA – A climate change advocacy group says the woman who walked on the Juno Awards stage while topless has now sprayed pink paint on the entrance to the prime minister’s office in Ottawa. On2Ottawa has posted photos and video to its Twitter account of the woman tossing a bucket of what appears to be ... Read More »
1 responseAlberta premier says she is limiting media questions in order to provide more answers
By The Canadian Press on April 15th, 2023
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says there’s no question she welcomes media questions, but says she is imposing limits on those questions in order to provide more answers. Smith made the comments on her Corus radio call-in show a day after she announced the new policy for media as her United Conservative party ramps ... Read More »
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