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Liberals must create national autism framework after Tory bill receives royal assent
By Cindy Tran, The Canadian Press on March 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal health minister will be required to develop a framework on autism spectrum disorder, including identifying ways to give financial support to autistic people, within the next 18 months. A Senate public bill calling for such a framework received royal assent on Thursday after clearing the House of Commons with unanimous support ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inquiry calls for changes to clarify relationship between RCMP, federal government
By The Canadian Press on March 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – A public inquiry is calling for a clearer definition of the relationship between the federal minister of public safety and the commissioner of the RCMP. The Mass Casualty Commission, which examined the circumstances and aftermath of the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia, says the RCMP Act should clarify that the top ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Timeline of April 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting
By Lyndsay Armstrong, The Canadian Press on March 30th, 2023
TRURO, N.S. – The final report released Thursday into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting chronicles minute by minute how the tragedy unfolded. — After 9 p.m. on April 18, the killer’s rampage began when he violently assaulted his partner, Lisa Banfield. Gabriel Wortman handcuffed Banfield in the back of his replica police cruiser. He ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inquiry into N.S. mass shooting calls for sweeping changes to gun laws
By The Canadian Press on March 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – The inquiry into a mass shooting that left 22 people dead in Nova Scotia in 2020 is calling on the federal government to ban all semi-automatic handguns and many types of semi-automatic rifles and shotguns. The Mass Casualty Commission released its final report today, making a series of recommendations aimed at tightening gun ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals must create national autism framework after Tory bill gets unanimous support
By The Canadian Press on March 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – A bill that commits the government to tabling a federal framework on autism will become law after passing unanimously in the House of Commons this week. Conservative member of Parliament Mike Lake, a longtime advocate for such a framework, delivered a speech on Wednesday to mark the moment. Lake spoke about the triumphs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court of Canada to review Charter arguments in fentanyl trafficking case
By The Canadian Press on March 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada will look at whether police violated a man’s Charter rights while impersonating a drug dealer in order to arrest him. The sequence of events began in June 2017 when police in Guelph, Ont., seized the cellphone of a known drug dealer and noticed incoming text messages about a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carbon price and rebates rising Saturday in Ontario, Prairies
By The Canadian Press on March 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – It will cost many Canadians a bit more to fill their gas tanks or heat their houses next month as the national carbon price rises Saturday in the three Prairie provinces and Ontario. At the same time, the government is increasing the size of the carbon price rebate cheques issued to families in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!House passes bill creating carve-outs for farmers in Canada’s carbon pricing scheme
By The Canadian Press on March 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – A private member’s bill that would create specific carve-outs for farmers in Canada’s carbon pricing scheme has passed in the House of Commons. The bill would exempt farmers from paying for emissions from natural gas and propane they use for certain activities performed on their farms, such as drying grain, preparing feed, irrigating ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Conservative MP Candice Bergen to help run Tory election campaign in Manitoba
By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press on March 30th, 2023
WINNIPEG – Candice Bergen has signed on to co-chair the Manitoba Progressive Conservative election campaign, weeks after resigning her seat in the House of Commons. Bergen, who was the member of Parliament for Portage-Lisgar for 15 years, says she aims to unite the provincial Tories in advance of the election scheduled for Oct. 3. “I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former priest, 93, acquitted of assaulting girl at residential school decades ago
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on March 30th, 2023
WINNIPEG – A judge has acquitted a now-retired priest of forcing himself on a residential school student more than 50 years ago, saying she believes an assault happened but could not determine beyond a reasonable doubt who did it. Victoria McIntosh, who had about a dozen supporters with her in Winnipeg court, grimaced and had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Key recommendations of Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry
By The Canadian Press on March 30th, 2023
TRURO, N.S. – Here are some of the main recommendations from the public inquiry into the mass shooting that claimed 22 lives in Nova Scotia on April 18-19, 2020: — An external, independent review of the RCMP, including a review of the contract system under which the RCMP provide policing services to much of rural ... Read More »
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