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Still no sign of missing man whose boat was found near bodies of eight migrants
By The Canadian Press on April 3rd, 2023
There is still no sign of a missing Akwesasne man whose boat was found where the bodies of eight migrants were pulled from the St. Lawrence River last week. Akwesasne Mohawk Police have been looking for 30-year-old Casey Oakes since Thursday, whom officers were searching for when the first bodies were discovered. Oakes was last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Who will be the first Canadian in deep space? Officials to unveil Artemis II crew
By James McCarten, The Canadian Press on April 3rd, 2023
HOUSTON – It’s like a high-tech, high-stakes Canadian Idol finale – only instead of a recording contract, the prize is a perilous 10-day journey into deep space and a permanent place in history. Later today, NASA and the Canadian Space Agency will introduce the four astronauts who will steer the next stage of an ambitious ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Over a year after government invoked Emergencies Act, court to hear legal challenge
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on April 3rd, 2023
OTTAWA – A national civil liberties group is set to argue that “nebulous or strained claims” about economic instability or general unrest weren’t enough to legally justify the Liberal government’s use of the Emergencies Act early last year. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is among the groups and individuals appearing in Federal Court today to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Making things a little more accessible’: Paralyzed Bronco looks to improve buildings
By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press on April 3rd, 2023
CALGARY – Spending the last five years using a wheelchair has given former Humboldt Broncos hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki a new path forward. The 23-year-old from Airdrie, Alta., says so many times friends and family have had to carry his chair up stairs, wheel him down sketchy ramps and find other ways to get him ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Canada’s Corey Conners wins Valero Texas Open
By The Canadian Press on April 2nd, 2023
Canada’s Corey Conners has won the Valero Texas Open for a second time. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Toronto Raptors clinch play-in spot with win and Brooklyn Nets win
By The Canadian Press on April 2nd, 2023
The Toronto Raptors have clinched a spot in the NBA’s play-in round. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inquiry into N.S. killings calls for bold change to tackle family violence ‘epidemic’
By The Canadian Press on April 2nd, 2023
OTTAWA – The public inquiry into the April 2020 shootings in Nova Scotia is calling for an overhaul of the way society handles the “epidemic” of gender-based, intimate-partner and family violence. In addition to creating better supports for victims of such violence, the Mass Casualty Commission says governments should pass laws to abolish mandatory arrest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Search for man whose boat was found near eight migrants stretches into third full day
By The Canadian Press on April 2nd, 2023
MONTREAL – Akwesasne Mohawk Police say the search is still underway today for a local man whose boat was found where eight bodies were pulled from the St. Lawrence River last week. The force issued an afternoon statement saying a search will continue until sunset for 30-year-old Akwesasne resident Casey Oakes, whom officers have been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Going back to the moon: ‘This is Canada on the world stage, doing big things’
By James McCarten, The Canadian Press on April 2nd, 2023
WASHINGTON – Ask Marc Garneau if he’d go back to space and the first Canadian to ever make the trip doesn’t hesitate: “In a wink.” It’s another matter entirely, of course, whether the now-retired former astronaut and Quebec MP – at 74, he finally gave up his seat in the House of Commons just three ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP hopes to gain recruits with 150th anniversary, as N.S. inquiry casts new shadow
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on April 2nd, 2023
OTTAWA – The RCMP is hoping to boost recruitment numbers in marking its upcoming 150th anniversary – even as the national force’s structure and practices come under damning new scrutiny. The Mass Casualty Commission released its final report last week into the April 2020 shooting rampage that left 22 people dead in Nova Scotia. It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Six Canadian children to return from Syrian detention without their mother: advocates
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on April 2nd, 2023
OTTAWA – Six Canadian children are set to leave a Syrian prison camp and fly to Canada without their mother, who cannot come with them because federal officials have not completed her security assessment, advocates for the family say. The federal government gave the Quebec woman until today to decide whether her children would join ... Read More »
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