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First, she aimed to transform Canada’s military culture. The public service is next
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on April 28th, 2024
OTTAWA – Corporate boardrooms. Military barracks. Federal government offices. They’re not locales with a reputation for fostering diversity. Anita Anand has been trying to change that. Ensuring people of all backgrounds feel accepted and heard no matter the venue is a mission that has followed her at every stage in her life and career, she ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Transit trips up among seniors since Montreal introduced free fare program, city says
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2024
Montreal says public transit trips were up between 15 and 20 per cent among people age 65 and over in the six months after it made the service free for local seniors. The program, which took effect on July 1 of last year, offers residents who are 65 or older free fare for transit trips ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Workplace safety officials investigating truck driver death at Port of Montreal
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2024
Montreal’s port authority says a man has died after an apparent accident at one of its wharves. Port of Montreal spokesperson Renée Larouche says the authority was notified of an accident involving a truck driver at the Viau shipping terminal northeast of downtown at around 2 p.m. on Friday. Police and emergency services were called ... Read More »
2 responsesWoman dies after head-on collision on highway west of Montreal
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2024
LACHUTE, Que. – Quebec provincial police say a 51-year-old woman has died after a head-on collision in the town of Lachute, roughly 50 kilometres west of Montreal, early this morning. Police spokesperson Frédéric Deshaies says preliminary information suggests a vehicle heading west on Quebec highway 50 entered the oncoming traffic lane and hit the car ... Read More »
2 responsesHaida elder suing Catholic Church and priest, hopes for ‘healing and reconciliation’
By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2024
CALGARY – The lawyer for a residential school survivor leading a proposed class-action defamation lawsuit against the Catholic Church over residential schools says the court action is a last resort. Maxime Faille, the lawyer for Sphenia Jones, says the goal is understanding – not money. “Sphenia is 80 years-old. She doesn’t care about money for ... Read More »
2 responses‘The world is too messy for bureaucratic hurdles’: Canada still bars Afghanistan aid
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2024
Ottawa has plans to finally stop blocking Canadian development aid to Afghanistan this year. But by the time its new system is fully up and running, the Taliban will have been in control of the country for about three years. Humanitarian organizations say that’s an interminable delay for those who need help, especially since other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. sex offender pleads guilty to breaching supervision order following manhunt
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2024
VANCOUVER – A high-risk sex offender who went on the run for 10 days in Vancouver has pleaded guilty to breaching his long-term supervision order and failing to attend court. The province’s prosecution service confirmed that Randall Hopley entered the guilty pleas in provincial court on Friday. Hopley walked away from a halfway house in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. premier says public use rules should have been in place before decriminalization
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2024
VANCOUVER – British Columbia is preparing to ban most public drug use, a change to parts of its decriminalization pilot project that the premier says should have been in place all along. The province has made an “urgent” request to Health Canada to make amendments to B.C.’s exemption under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Corrective to April 25 NextStar foreign workers story
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Canadian Press erroneously attributed a Conservative statement about subsidies to Sebastian Skamski, a spokesperson for Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre. In fact, it was a joint statement from Conservative industry critic Rick Perkins and Conservative trade critic Kyle Seeback... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. asks Health Canada to make drug use in public illegal again
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2024
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government is asking Health Canada to “urgently change” the province’s decriminalization policy to stop drug use in public. Premier David Eby says in a statement the change would make illicit drug use illegal in all public spaces, including inside hospitals, on transit and in parks. The U-turn by the provincial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: B.C. asks Health Canada to make drug use in public illegal again
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2024
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government is asking Health Canada to “urgently change” the province’s decriminalization policy to stop drug use in public. Premier David Eby says in a statement the change would make illicit drug use illegal in all public spaces, including inside hospitals, on transit and in parks. The U-turn by the provincial ... Read More »
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