Quebec’s ombudsman published the first update on the commission and found that less than a third of the calls to action have been implemented. 1st update on commission published Wednesday Nearly four years after Quebec's Viens report documented the mistreatment of Indigenous people, less than a third of the calls …
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B.C. RCMP to hold regimental funeral Wednesday for officer killed in Coquitlam
The funeral is scheduled to take place at 2 p.m. PT at the Langley Events Centre. It will include a procession and a memorial service concluding with a final salute. Const. Rick O'Brien was shot dead while executing a drug-related search warrant at a home The RCMP are holding a …
Read More »RCMP holds regimental funeral for officer killed in Coquitlam, B.C.
The funeral is scheduled to take place at 2 p.m. PT at the Langley Events Centre. It will include a procession and a memorial service concluding with a final salute. Const. Rick O'Brien was shot dead while executing a drug-related search warrant at a home The RCMP are holding a …
Read More »Accountability in Greenbelt controversy leads back to Premier Doug Ford, political experts say
One political observer says Ontario's premier is likely to survive the recent Greenbelt scandal since he's apologized and reversed course, but political scientists and a former Liberal cabinet minister say the responsibility for initiating the policy and allowing it through cabinet still lies with him. Premiers have 'ultimate control' over …
Read More »Blair steals a page from the Harper playbook to justify cuts to National Defence
For years when it was in power, the former Conservative government railed against a great, faceless bureaucracy it blamed for undermining its goals for the Department of National Defence (DND). That tactic appears to have been adopted by the current Liberal defence minister as he explains the government’s intention to …
Read More »Solid NDP win cements Kinew as 1st First Nations premier in Manitoba history
The NDP sailed to victory Tuesday night with a solid win that cements leader Wab Kinew as Manitoba's first First Nations premier and also nets the party enough seats to form a majority government. New Democrats emerge with enough seats to form majority government The NDP sailed to victory Tuesday …
Read More »Jurors learn what a forensic examiner found in laptop of accused killer of a London, Ont., Muslim family
Inside the laptop found in the small apartment of a man accused of killing a Muslim family in London, a digital forensic investigator found an early version of a manifesto and a video of someone shooting two people, jurors at his trial in an Ontario court in Windsor heard Tuesday. …
Read More »Thousands march at regimental funeral for RCMP officer killed in Coquitlam, B.C.
The funeral is scheduled to take place at 2 p.m. PT at the Langley Events Centre. It will include a procession and a memorial service concluding with a final salute. Const. Rick O'Brien was shot dead while executing a drug-related search warrant at a home The RCMP are holding a …
Read More »Thousands mourn B.C. RCMP officer Rick O’Brien at regimental funeral
The funeral is scheduled to take place at 2 p.m. PT at the Langley Events Centre. It will include a procession and a memorial service concluding with a final salute. Const. Rick O'Brien was shot dead while executing a drug-related search warrant at a home The RCMP are holding a …
Read More »Bear that killed campers in Banff not previously known to Parks Canada
Parks Canada said the grizzly bear that killed two hikers in Banff National Park last week had lower than normal body fat for this time of year. Bear spray found at scene of deadly attack, food was properly stored, Parks Canada says Parks Canada said the grizzly bear that killed …
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