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Most Canadians got more from carbon-price rebates than they spent in 2021: report
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – Most of the Canadians who paid the national carbon price in 2021 got far more back than they paid, a newly released annual report on pollution pricing says. Based on the numbers in the report, the average amount that people paid in the four provinces where the carbon price applied that year was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pet dog infected with avian flu but risk to public is low, federal government says
By The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – A pet dog has been infected with H5N1 avian flu, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Tuesday. The dog in Oshawa, Ont., was infected after chewing on a wild goose and developed symptoms and died. “It is the only case of its kind in Canada,” the agency said in a news release. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coroner to hold public inquests into deadly Montreal fire, police killing
By Caroline Plante, The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2023
Quebec’s chief coroner has accepted a request by the province’s public security minister to hold public inquests into the killing of a provincial police officer and a fire in Old Montreal that left seven people dead. Public Security Minister François Bonnardel said Tuesday he hoped the public hearings would lead to recommendations to help prevent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pet dog infected with avian flu for first time in Canada, federal government says
By The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says a pet dog has been infected with H5N1 avian flu for the first time in Canada. A news release from the agency says the dog in Oshawa, Ont., was infected after chewing on a wild goose. The dog developed symptoms and died. A necropsy completed yesterday showed ... Read More »
1 responseRomanian family’s dream of life in Canada ended tragically in waters off Akwesasne
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2023
A Romanian family who had hoped to build a life near Toronto with their two Canadian-born children saw their dreams end tragically in the frigid waters off Akwesasne, Que., after fleeing a deportation order. Florin Iordache, his wife Cristina (Monalisa) Zenaida Iordache, their two-year-old daughter Evelin and one-year-old son Elyen were among eight people found ... Read More »
1 response‘At a crossroad’: Canada’s police chiefs request urgent meeting with premiers
By The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2023
WINNIPEG – The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police is requesting an urgent meeting with Canada’s premiers to discuss bail reform and the recent killings of officers. In a letter to Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson, association president Danny Smyth says there has been a link in the rise of violence by people released on bail ... Read More »
1 responseDefamation case against ‘Freedom Convoy’ lawyer resolved outside court, firm says
By The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – A lobbying firm that filed a defamation lawsuit against a lawyer who represented “Freedom Convoy” organizers during a public inquiry says the case has been resolved out of court. The dispute arose during last fall’s Public Order Emergency Commission hearings, when lawyer Brendan Miller alleged that hateful imagery at the “Freedom Convoy” protest ... Read More »
1 responseTrump makes history, pleading not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records
By The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2023
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump has reportedly pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Media reports say the ex-president entered the plea today in a heavily guarded New York courtroom – the first former commander-in-chief in U.S. history ever to do so. Live television coverage showed a stone-faced Trump, clad in his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Winnipeg police say another Indigenous woman’s body has been found in a landfill
By The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2023
Winnipeg police are reporting the discovery of another Indigenous woman’s body in a landfill. Police say the remains of Linda Mary Beardy, 33, were found Monday afternoon by staff at the city-run Brady landfill in south Winnipeg. Insp. Shawn Pike said Tuesday the death is suspicious and is being investigated by the homicide unit. He ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!$55-million lotto winner in Sidney, B.C., plans to buy a new house with a dock
By The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2023
VICTORIA – Bookkeeper William Scott Gurney says he’s sure he won’t be back for another tax season. He doesn’t have to after claiming the winning ticket on Tuesday for the $55-million Lotto Max draw on Feb. 28. Gurney, who’s from Sidney on Vancouver Island, says news of the single winning ticket purchased locally was all ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec calls for public inquests into police officer’s killing, deadly Montreal fire
By The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2023
MONTREAL – The Quebec government is asking the coroner to hold public inquests into the killing of a provincial police officer and a deadly fire in Old Montreal. Provincial police Sgt. Maureen Breau was stabbed to death March 27 while attempting to make an arrest in Louiseville, Que. The man accused of killing her – ... Read More »
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