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Indian envoy warns of ‘big red line,’ days after charges laid in Nijjar case
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on May 7th, 2024
OTTAWA – India’s envoy to Canada insists relations between the two countries are positive overall, despite what he describes as “a lot of noise.” During his first public remarks since the RCMP arrested three Indian nationals in the case, High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma seemed to link the case to domestic crime. But he warned ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa approves British Columbia’s request to make public drug use illegal again
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on May 7th, 2024
OTTAWA – Public drug use became illegal in British Columbia once again on Tuesday, after the federal government granted the province’s request to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot. The change represents a major policy climbdown for the provincial NDP government more than a year into the three-year pilot program with Ottawa that is aimed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta announces committee to help speed up oilsands tailings reclamation
By The Canadian Press on May 7th, 2024
EDMONTON – The Alberta government is appointing a new committee to look into ways to speed up reclamation of tailings ponds in the province’s oilsands. The province says in a release that the committee will examine potential policies and options that would allow reclamation to happen as quickly and safely as possible. The six-member committee ... Read More »
1 responseUBC president says endowment fund doesn’t directly own stocks targeted by protesters
By The Canadian Press on May 7th, 2024
VANCOUVER – The president of the University of British Columbia says its endowment fund doesn’t directly own any stocks that are the target of divestment demands by pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up an encampment on the Vancouver campus. Benoit-Antoine Bacon says the targeted companies are instead part of “pooled funds and managed by external ... Read More »
1 responseOrca pod spotted in vicinity of orphan B.C. killer whale, but no evidence of family
By The Canadian Press on May 7th, 2024
ZEBALLOS, B.C. – A reported sighting of an orca pod off Vancouver Island near where an orphan killer whale is spending her time after escaping from a lagoon has an expert expressing caution and downplaying a possible family reunion. A confirmed sighting of a pod of nine orcas was reported Monday near Kyuquot Sound, about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Haitian says Canada used property for helicopter airlift, but wouldn’t lift sanctions
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on May 7th, 2024
The Canadian government used a Haitian executive’s property for helicopter evacuations of its citizens as violence escalated there last month, even while refusing to remove him from a sanctions list, a Federal Court application says. The Canadian government sanctioned Reynold Deeb in December 2022, along with two other “high-profile members of the economic elite in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!India envoy says Canada must rebuild brand after international student deaths
By The Canadian Press on May 7th, 2024
OTTAWA – India’s envoy to Ottawa says Canadians need to rebuild the country’s brand as a destination for bright minds, lamenting that a number of international students have died after being exploited. High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma told the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations that exploitation is undermining the role Indian students in Canada play ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa approves British Columbia’s request to scale back drug decriminalization pilot
By The Canadian Press on May 7th, 2024
OTTAWA – Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks says the federal government has granted British Columbia’s request to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot program. Saks says the change takes effect immediately. The province requested that Health Canada amend an exemption allowing the decriminalization of small amounts of drugs such as heroin, fentanyl, cocaine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Ottawa approves B.C. request to scale back drug decriminalization pilot
By The Canadian Press on May 7th, 2024
OTTAWA – Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks says the federal government has granted British Columbia’s request to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot program. Saks says the change takes effect immediately. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberal government not immune from auto thefts: 48 vehicles stolen in recent years
By The Canadian Press on May 7th, 2024
OTTAWA – The federal Liberals are trying to crack down on a scourge of auto thefts across the country. Recently released data show the federal government, too, is struggling to keep its own vehicles away from thieves. Documents tabled in the House of Commons this week show 48 government vehicles were stolen between January 2016 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Protests as three Indian nationals face B.C. court, accused of Nijjar murder
By The Canadian Press on May 7th, 2024
SURREY, B.C. – Three Indian nationals accused of murdering Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar have appeared by video in a British Columbia court, with scores of Sikh community members inside and outside the hearing. Protesters outside province court in Surrey, B.C., carried placards honouring Nijjar, a campaigner for Sikh independence, and waved the movement’s blue ... Read More »
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