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In the news today, June 22
By The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2018
( ) stories in the news for Friday, June 22 – – – PROTEST TEEPEE BACK UP AT SASK. LEGISLATURE To the sound of beating drums and applause, people put up a teepee outside the Saskatchewan legislature only days after the government ordered it taken down and police arrested Indigenous protesters. The Justice for our ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Protest teepee back near Saskatchewan legislature days after ordered taken down
By The Canadian Press on June 21st, 2018
REGINA – To the sound of beating drums and applause people put up a teepee outside the Saskatchewan legislature only days after the government ordered it taken down and police arrested Indigenous protesters. The Justice for our Stolen Children camp was set up in February after the acquittals of Gerald Stanley in the fatal shooting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Albertan who killed three people gets life, no parole chance for 30 years
By The Canadian Press on June 21st, 2018
EDMONTON – An Alberta man who fatally shot three people has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 30 years. In April, a jury convicted Mickell Bailey, who is 21, of three counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of a woman, her partner and her daughter. The bodies of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tribunal orders Quebec crane operators ordered back to work
By The Canadian Press on June 21st, 2018
MONTREAL – Quebec’s crane operators are being ordered back to work. A labour tribunal hearing ruled Thursday evening in favour of an order sought by the province’s construction commission, forcing workers to end any work stoppage or slowdown tactics. The tribunal will decide at a later date whether the actions constituted a illegal strike when ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fake police arrest and force woman to deposit cash in latest Canada Revenue scam
By The Canadian Press on June 21st, 2018
Vancouver police say there’s a new twist on a Canada Revenue Agency scam they’ve been warning the public about and the swindle involves being arrested. Police say a 58-year-old woman received a phone call on Wednesday afternoon from someone claiming to be from the agency, who said she owed $6,000 in taxes and there was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada faces mounting pressure to end safe third country agreement with U.S.
By Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press on June 21st, 2018
OTTAWA – The Canadian government is facing mounting pressure to suspend its Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States amid concerns over child migrants being detained at the U.S. border but the pact has long been widely panned by refugee law experts and advocates. Efrat Arbel is an associate professor at the University of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two adults and child killed when truck and car collide in British Columbia
By The Canadian Press on June 21st, 2018
CACHE CREEK, B.C. – Two adults and a child have died in a two vehicle collision near Cache Creek, B.C. The RCMP say the accident happened shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of highways 97 and 99 north of Cache Creek. Police say a commercial vehicle and a car collided on Highway 97 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada focusing on existing climate plan, has no current plan to raise targets
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on June 21st, 2018
OTTAWA – Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says Canada has no immediate plans to follow Europe’s lead and increase its target for cutting emissions. McKenna is in Belgium this week for the second ministerial meeting of Canada, European Union and China on their climate change alliance to keep driving progress on the Paris agreement. During the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Privacy questions linger as new Canada-U.S. terror list sharing kicks in
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on June 21st, 2018
OTTAWA – Canada and the United States have begun sharing information about suspected terrorists under a revamped agreement even though the federal privacy watchdog is still studying the possible risks for Canadians. Privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien recently received a federal assessment of the new version of the program known as Tuscan, short for Tipoff U.S./Canada, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawyer seeking mental tests for former TV journalist accused in bank robberies
By Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press on June 21st, 2018
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. – The lawyer for a former TV journalist accused in several bank robberies says he plans to speak to the Crown about arranging for psychiatric tests to determine his client’s mental state. Stephen Vogelsang is charged with robbing two banks in Medicine Hat, Alta., three in Regina and one in Saskatoon last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘She never said no to me once,’ military cop tells his sex-assault court martial
By Keith Doucette, The Canadian Press on June 21st, 2018
HALIFAX – A Halifax-based military policeman facing a sexual assault charge says a female officer didn’t object at any point during sex he believes was consensual. Sgt. Kevin MacIntyre took the stand in his own defence Thursday at his military court martial hearing. MacIntyre has pleaded not guilty to a sexual assault charge resulting from ... Read More »
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