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French prime minister to address Quebec legislature today, meet with premier
By The Canadian Press on April 11th, 2024
QUEBEC – French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is scheduled to address Quebec’s legislature this afternoon. It’s the first speech by a foreign leader at the province’s legislature since then-French president François Hollande addressed the national assembly in 2014. Jacques Palard, a French political scientist, says the visit is a sign the French government wants to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservative, NDP leaders portray starkly different visions for Canada’s future
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on April 11th, 2024
OTTAWA – The only thing Pierre Poilievre and Jagmeet Singh had in common Thursday was their timing. Separately but simultaneously, Canada’s federal Conservative and NDP leaders laid out their respective visions for how best to defeat Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. And while each took aim at Trudeau’s record and rallied the party faithful with now-familiar ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!House of Commons faces marathon voting session over government’s jobs bill
By The Canadian Press on April 11th, 2024
OTTAWA – MPs are staring down another voting marathon as the Conservatives push forward with dozens of proposed amendments to the government’s sustainable jobs bill. Bill C-50 is a bureaucratic to-do list outlining how government must help prepare energy workers for the new skills and job requirements that are coming with the global clean-tech economic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. judge rejects bid to throw out Ibrahim Ali’s conviction for teen girl’s murder
By The Canadian Press on April 11th, 2024
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has rejected an application to throw out the conviction of Ibrahim Ali for the murder of a 13-year-old in Burnaby, B.C., over what his lawyers say were unreasonable delays in the trial process. Justice Lance Bernard made the ruling, with reasons to follow, moments after defence lawyer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: B.C. judge rejects bid to throw out Ibrahim Ali’s murder conviction
By The Canadian Press on April 11th, 2024
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has rejected an application to throw out the conviction of Ibrahim Ali for the murder of a 13-year-old in Burnaby, B.C., over what his lawyers say were unreasonable delays in getting him to trial. Justice Lance Bernard made the ruling, with reasons to follow, moments after defence ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Élections Québec scraps plan to hold internet vote pilot project in 2025
By The Canadian Press on April 11th, 2024
MONTREAL – Quebec’s elections agency has cancelled a pilot project to test internet voting during the 2025 municipal elections. Élections Québec said in a statement today the companies that answered a call for tenders to set up the infrastructure were not able to meet the necessary requirements. Jean-François Blanchet, head of the organization, says a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Foreign interference is ‘huge challenge,’ French PM says after meeting with Trudeau
By The Canadian Press on April 11th, 2024
OTTAWA – French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal says foreign interference is a “huge challenge” that requires countries to keep their citizens informed about the risks. Attal made the comment today alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa. On Wednesday, Trudeau told at a public inquiry into allegations of foreign meddling that he would often push ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal English school board seeks leave to appeal Bill 21 ruling to Supreme Court
By The Canadian Press on April 11th, 2024
MONTREAL – The English Montreal School Board says it will seek permission to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a recent decision upholding Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21. Quebec’s Court of Appeal ruled in February that Bill 21 is constitutional, overturning a lower court ruling that exempted English school boards from applying ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Higgs says he didn’t expect gender policy changes in schools to become national wave
By The Canadian Press on April 11th, 2024
OTTAWA – Premier Blaine Higgs says he never expected other provinces to follow New Brunswick’s lead on requiring teachers to seek parental consent before using a student’s preferred pronouns. Higgs was speaking to a crowd of conservative faithful at the annual Canada Strong and Free Network conference in Ottawa. New Brunswick was the first province ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court won’t hear families’ years-long case over access to Bernardo documents
By The Canadian Press on April 11th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada’s top court says it won’t hear arguments about the release of prison and parole documents concerning serial killer Paul Bernardo. The decisionmarks the end of a years-long battle to expose confidential information used to decide Bernardo’s prospects for parole. Family members of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French have long sought the release ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New report slams RCMP treatment of homeless Indigenous women in Northwest Territories
By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on April 11th, 2024
OTTAWA – Homeless Indigenous women in the North do not feel well-protected by the RCMP and instead face violence and discrimination by police, a new report from the Yellowknife Women’s Society has found. The organization held two sessions with women last October, and every single participant said she either experienced abuse by an RCMP officer ... Read More »
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