Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Easter weekend vacation in Montana cost taxpayers nearly a quarter of a million dollars, CBC News has learned — far more than the sum reported to Parliament. Price tag for the trip came to $228,839 — far higher than the sum disclosed to Parliament Prime Minister …
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She called 911 during a break-in scare, but says the operator left her feeling helpless
Maria Sabourin thought someone was breaking into her apartment, but says when she called 911 for help she was repeatedly interrupted, misunderstood and treated with disrespect by the operator — an experience that left her "emotionally destroyed." Maria Sabourin asked 4 times if police were coming before operator said yes …
Read More »Chief, mayor call for P.E.I. councillor’s resignation over offensive sign about residential schools
A councillor in the village of Murray Harbour, P.E.I., is being asked to step down after a sign on his property carried a message offensive to residential school survivors and other members of the Indigenous community. Words now removed from sign on John Robertson's property in Murray Harbour WARNING: This …
Read More »Manifesto of man accused of terror attack against London, Ont., Muslim family read at murder trial
A manifesto titled "A White Awakening" that was written by Nathaniel Veltman, who's accused of killing a Muslim family in London, on June 6, 2021, outlines his hatred of Islam and opposition to multiculturalism and mass immigration, his trial in an Ontario court in Windsor was told Wednesday. 4 of …
Read More »Years after scathing report into mistreatment of Indigenous people in Quebec, few calls to action imposed
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 …
Read More »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 …
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