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Blair says he couldn’t sell cabinet on meeting ‘magical threshold’ of NATO target
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
OTTAWA – Defence Minister Bill Blair says he couldn’t convince the Liberal cabinet that Canada’s government needed to meet NATO’s spending target in its recent defence policy update. All NATO allies, including Canada, have agreed to spend at least two per cent of GDP on defence. Canada spends about 1.33 per cent, according to NATO ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa ‘urgently’ waiting for info from B.C. before deciding on drug criminalization
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
OTTAWA – Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks says the decision about whether to recriminalize drug use in British Columbia needs to be made urgently, but she’s still waiting for more information from the province before making a call. The province is one year into a three-year pilot project to decriminalize possession of small ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservatives call on Commons Speaker to resign, say he let Trudeau cross the line
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
OTTAWA – Conservative MPs want House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus to resign after ejecting their leader – and not Prime Minister Justin Trudeau – during a heated debate Tuesday. The Conservatives say Fergus did not apply the rules equally during a tense back and forth between Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Poilievre was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nova Scotia mass shooting: progress report released on response to public inquiry
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
HALIFAX – An independent committee released today its first report on how governments and the RCMP are responding to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives. The federal-provincial inquiry, known as the Mass Casualty Commission, submitted a final report last year that included 130 non-binding recommendations for change, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: McGill asks police for help, Trans Mountain expansion starts up
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Montreal police asked to clear McGill protestors Officials at McGill University are awaiting word from Montreal police, following a request to help clear a pro-Palestinian encampment on the school grounds. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police set to begin search of Saskatoon landfill for woman missing since 2020
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
SASKATOON – Police and specialized dogs are set to start searching Saskatoon’s landfill for a woman who has been missing for more than three years. Mackenzie Lee Trottier was 22 when last seen in December 2020. Police have said that during their investigation devices were seized and information has pointed officers to a specific part ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario’s police watchdog continues probe of high-speed pursuit involving fatal crash
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
The investigation continues into a fatal collision that occurred during a high-speed police chase on the wrong way of Highway 401, located to the east of Toronto, on Monday night. Monica Hudon of Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit confirmed with the media Tuesday that officers initiated the chase after spotting a cargo van they believed had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal police have been asked by McGill to dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
Officials at McGill University are awaiting word from Montreal police, following a request to help clear a pro-Palestinian encampment on the school grounds. The call for assistance comes after efforts to persuade the protesters to end what the school has called an illegal action failed. The demonstrators say they have no intention of dismantling their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawyers for man accused of killing Manitoba women argue publicity creates juror bias
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on April 30th, 2024
WINNIPEG – A psychologist who went over hundreds of media stories about the killings of four women in Winnipeg says pretrial publicity creates bias in jurors. Dr. Christine Ruva, a professor and chair of psychology at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus, testified Tuesday in the case of Jeremy Skibicki. Skibicki, 37, has pleaded ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. Conservatives’ ‘biological sex’ sports bill is quickly quashed in legislature
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on April 30th, 2024
VICTORIA – A proposal by British Columbia Conservative Leader John Rustad to use “biological sex” to classify participants in publicly funded sports teams and events, effectively banning transgender athletes, didn’t get to first base. His private member’s bill, the Fairness in Women’s and Girls’ Sports Act, was voted down at first reading, a fate that’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!With portable toilets and barricades, Gaza protesters at UBC dig in for long haul
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on April 30th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Pro-Palestinian protesters camped out at the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus are bringing in water, food and other supplies in preparation to stay as long as it takes the school to accept their demands. The encampment that went up Monday has since grown to about 30 tents, with some filled with large ... Read More »
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