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Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino to testify at ‘Freedom Convoy’ inquiry
By The Canadian Press on November 22nd, 2022
OTTAWA – Top government ministers will continue testifying today at the Public Order Emergency Commission, which has already heard from more than 65 witnesses over five weeks on the federal government’s response to last winter’s “Freedom Convoy” protests. The inquiry is scrutinizing the events and advice that led to the mid-February decision to invoke the ... Read More »
2 responsesAlberta Premier Danielle Smith to deliver televised address during dinner hour
By The Canadian Press on November 22nd, 2022
EDMONTON – Premier Danielle Smith is scheduled to deliver a televised address to Albertans this evening. Smith, who became leader of the United Conservative Party in early October, is to return next week to the legislature after winning a byelection in the constituency of Brooks-Medicine Hat. She has promised an ambitious agenda that includes help ... Read More »
2 responsesSentencing hearing to begin for Alberta man who admitted to murdering woman, toddler
By The Canadian Press on November 22nd, 2022
HINTON, Alta. – A sentencing hearing is scheduled to begin today for a man who admitted to killing a woman and her 16-month-old son in western Alberta. Robert Major pleaded guilty in May to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Mchale Busch, who was 24, and her son, Noah McConnell. Major also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Deadly shooting in Prince Rupert, B.C., mall was an isolated incident: RCMP
By The Canadian Press on November 21st, 2022
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. – Prince Rupert RCMP say a 44-year-old man is believed to have shot and killed a 52-year-old woman at a local mall Monday morning before attempting to take his own life, in an incident that sparked a lockdown of the area. Police were called to Ocean Centre Mall after reports of gunfire ... Read More »
3 responsesRussia resuming bomber, submarine patrols near North America after pause: Norad
By The Canadian Press on November 21st, 2022
OTTAWA – A senior Canadian military official says Russia has started sending long-range bombers back across the Arctic toward North America following a pause during the early months of its war in Ukraine. Norad deputy commander Lt.-Gen. Alain Pelletier says Russian submarines are also operating off both coasts as the country seeks to demonstrate its ... Read More »
3 responsesSeven commercial poultry flocks in B.C.’s Fraser Valley have bird flu: ministry
By The Canadian Press on November 21st, 2022
VICTORIA – Seven commercial poultry farms in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley have been quarantined because they’ve tested positive for a highly infectious avian flu. A statement from the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture says the farms tested positive between Nov. 16 and Nov. 19. Six of the farms are in Abbotsford and one is in Chilliwack, ... Read More »
3 responsesEx-mayor McCallum cleared of mischief, in case behind political storm in Surrey, B.C.
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on November 21st, 2022
SURREY, B.C. – Doug McCallum, the former mayor of Surrey, B.C., has emerged victorious from a criminal case that became entwined with his political fate, five weeks after losing his bid for re-election. He thanked his family for their support, his lawyers for their “tremendous efforts” and the media for their “sensitivity” after a provincial ... Read More »
2 responsesRCMP monitored hostility from anti-vaccine movement against Trudeau since election
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on November 21st, 2022
OTTAWA – The RCMP worried that after arriving in Ottawa, participants in the “Freedom Convoy” would try to pinpoint Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s location, new documents suggest – just as demonstrators had tried to do during last fall’s election campaign. The concerns are outlined in assessments by the force’s intelligence unit that were tabled as ... Read More »
2 responsesMayor calls mall shooting in Prince Rupert, B.C., that killed one ‘truly tragic’
By The Canadian Press on November 21st, 2022
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. – The mayor of Prince Rupert says a shooting at a local mall that left one person dead and another critically injured is “truly tragic” and that supports are available for anyone in the small community who may need them. Prince Rupert RCMP said they were called to the Ocean Centre Mall ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Keep comments on protest convoy ‘temperate,’ Blair advised cabinet colleagues
By Laura Osman, Stephanie Taylor and David Fraser, The Canadian Press on November 21st, 2022
OTTAWA – Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair warned his cabinet colleagues to keep their rhetoric “temperate” when it came to the “Freedom Convoy” protest last winter. Blair is the first federal minister to testify before the Public Order Emergency Commission that is probing the government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act on Feb. 14. Blair ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Critics say red-flag provision in federal firearms bill could weaken public safety
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on November 21st, 2022
OTTAWA – Critics of a planned new measure to remove guns from the wrong hands say it could actually undermine efforts to make people safer. A government bill being studied by MPs would allow anyone to apply to a judge for an emergency order to prohibit someone who might cause harm, such as a stalker ... Read More »
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