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B.C. judge halts the medically assisted death of Alberta woman
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2024
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia judge has granted an injunction stopping a woman’s medically assisted death, the day before it was scheduled to take place in Vancouver. The injunction granted on Saturday to the woman’s common-law partner prevents Dr. Ellen Wiebe or any other medical professional from helping end the life of the 53-year-old Alberta ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec names new head of embattled youth protection agency amid multiple scandals
By The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2024
QUEBEC – The Quebec government has named Lesley Hill as the province’s new youth protection director, after her predecessor stepped down earlier this week amid a number of scandals plaguing the agency. Hill is a longtime youth services worker who served on the Laurent Commission, a public inquiry that examined the state of the province’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. groups lose bid to stop Alaskan fishery’s sustainable certification
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2024
A coalition of Canadian environmental groups has lost its latest bid to prevent Alaska’s salmon fishery from being labelled as sustainable by an international certification body. The groups – including the Raincoast Conservation Foundation and Watershed Watch Salmon Society – say an adjudicator has upheld the Marine Stewardship Council’s decision to certify the Alaskan fishery ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Global Affairs won’t confirm reports Canadian dead in Russia was foreign fighter
By The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2024
OTTAWA – Global Affairs Canada says it is aware of the death of a Canadian citizen in Russia. But the department won’t confirm reports the Canadian was among four foreign fighters who had crossed into Russia to fight for Ukraine. The Globe and Mail reported today that four foreigners, including at least one Canadian, were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mother of teen victim in mass killing suing Manitoba’s child welfare agency
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2024
WINNIPEG – The mother of a 17-year-old victim in a mass slaying in Manitoba is suing a child welfare agency for allegedly failing to protect the girl. Juliette Hastings claims in the lawsuit that Winnipeg Child and Family Services, the General Child and Family Services Authority and the director of Child and Family Services were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Comeback Kid’ of B.C. election says NDP must adapt and build bridges
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2024
VICTORIA – The New Democrat whose 27-vote, come-from-behind election victory is being credited with giving B.C. Premier David Eby a razor-thin majority says he’s a bridge builder in his community and the party needs similar relationships across the province. Garry Begg’s slim win over the B.C. Conservative candidate in Surrey-Guildford is still subject to a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!TSB says B.C. helicopter crashed in 2021 after rotors collided
By Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2024
Canada’s Transportation Safety Board says the fatal crash of a British Columbia logging helicopter was caused when the chopper’s rotor system broke up mid-flight. A final report from the board says that on Oct. 4, 2021, the pilot of the Kaman K-1200 dropped off a load of logs into Jervis Inlet on B.C.’s south coast, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!State adversaries getting ‘bolder’ in cyberspace, Canadian threat forecast warns
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2024
OTTAWA – A new federal threat forecast warns that foreign adversaries are becoming bolder and more aggressive with their tactics in cyberspace. The 2025-26 forecast from the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security says state-sponsored cyberthreat actors are almost certainly combining disruptive computer network attacks with online information campaigns to shape public opinion. The report says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PM says he’s trying to get Poilievre names of Tories linked to foreign interference
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2024
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s asked national security services to find a way to share information with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre about foreign interference affecting his caucus. Earlier this month, Trudeau told a public inquiry that he has been given the names of past and present Conservative parliamentarians and candidates who are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Not going to play their games,’ Singh won’t help Tories, Bloc topple the Liberals
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2024
OTTAWA – NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his caucus will not cave to demands from the Bloc Québécois and Conservative leaders to help them bring down the Liberal government. On Tuesday Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet said he will make good on his threat to work with opposition parties to topple the minority Liberals with a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former foreign ministry official recalls fear Abdelrazik would end up in Guantanamo
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2024
OTTAWA – A former senior official at Canada’s foreign ministry says there were fears two decades ago that Montreal man Abousfian Abdelrazik might end up at a prison for suspected terrorists in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Daniel Livermore, who was director general in the department’s security and intelligence bureau, testified in Federal Court today in Abdelrazik’s ... Read More »
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