💸🇩🇪Governor General's four-day visit to Germany with 32 guests cost taxpayers $700K
Governor General Mary Simon’s first overseas trip as vice-regal to attend the Frankfurt Book Fair and meet with German leaders cost taxpayers over $700,000 in travel expenses for the four-day visit — including over $100,000 in in-flight catering costs for the transatlantic flight, documents reveal.
The documents were provided in response to an order paper question submitted by Bloc Québécois MP Julie Vignola. The cost breakdowns show over $50,000 of public funds spent hosting several receptions and banquets, as well as more than $45,000 in hotel bills.
In-flight meals for the trip came to $103,263.85, consisting of 98 breakfasts, 325 lunches and 107 dinners for the 33 passengers as well as the crew.
Air and ground transportation costs, which include fuel and ground transport costs for the 19 air crew members, rang in at $97,622.24.
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Governor General Mary Simon’s first overseas trip as vice-regal to attend the Frankfurt Book Fair and meet with German leaders cost taxpayers over $700,000 in travel expenses for the four-day visit — including over $100,000 in in-flight catering costs for the transatlantic flight, documents reveal.
The documents were provided in response to an order paper question submitted by Bloc Québécois MP Julie Vignola. The cost breakdowns show over $50,000 of public funds spent hosting several receptions and banquets, as well as more than $45,000 in hotel bills.
In-flight meals for the trip came to $103,263.85, consisting of 98 breakfasts, 325 lunches and 107 dinners for the 33 passengers as well as the crew.
Air and ground transportation costs, which include fuel and ground transport costs for the 19 air crew members, rang in at $97,622.24.
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🇨🇦🇺🇸Roxham Road still busy after Biden-Trudeau pact
Asylum seekers warned by police they could be sent back continued to walk into Canada through the unofficial U.S. border crossing into Quebec at Roxham Road a day after the two countries amended a 20-year-old asylum pact trying to stem the influx.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced changes to the Safe Third Country Agreement on Friday after a record number of asylum seekers arrived in Canada via unofficial border crossings, putting pressure on Trudeau to address it.
🔹The Safe Third Country Agreement, signed in 2002 and which came into effect in 2004, originally meant asylum seekers crossing into either Canada or the United States at formal border crossings were turned back and told to apply for asylum in the first "safe" country they arrived in.
🔹Now it applies to the entire 6,416-km land border. Under the revised pact, anyone who crosses into either country anywhere along the land border and who applies for asylum within 14 days will be turned back.
#US #border
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Asylum seekers warned by police they could be sent back continued to walk into Canada through the unofficial U.S. border crossing into Quebec at Roxham Road a day after the two countries amended a 20-year-old asylum pact trying to stem the influx.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced changes to the Safe Third Country Agreement on Friday after a record number of asylum seekers arrived in Canada via unofficial border crossings, putting pressure on Trudeau to address it.
🔹The Safe Third Country Agreement, signed in 2002 and which came into effect in 2004, originally meant asylum seekers crossing into either Canada or the United States at formal border crossings were turned back and told to apply for asylum in the first "safe" country they arrived in.
🔹Now it applies to the entire 6,416-km land border. Under the revised pact, anyone who crosses into either country anywhere along the land border and who applies for asylum within 14 days will be turned back.
#US #border
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🇺🇸Allow unvaccinated Canadians to cross U.S. border, Poilievre asks President Joe Biden
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Friday he asked President Joe Biden to remove the U.S. government’s requirement that Canadians be vaccinated for COVID-19 before crossing the border.
He told reporters after their meeting that American citizens are no longer required to have their shots and Canada allows unvaccinated Americans to visit.
“There are millions of good, decent, honourable people who, through a personal medical decision, are discriminated against at the border. I encouraged the president to lift those restrictions to allow them freedom of mobility,” Poilievre said.
He met with Biden on Parliament Hill Friday during the president’s 27-hour visit to the Canadian capital.
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Friday he asked President Joe Biden to remove the U.S. government’s requirement that Canadians be vaccinated for COVID-19 before crossing the border.
He told reporters after their meeting that American citizens are no longer required to have their shots and Canada allows unvaccinated Americans to visit.
“There are millions of good, decent, honourable people who, through a personal medical decision, are discriminated against at the border. I encouraged the president to lift those restrictions to allow them freedom of mobility,” Poilievre said.
He met with Biden on Parliament Hill Friday during the president’s 27-hour visit to the Canadian capital.
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🏥Ontario to end program providing health care to uninsured residents
The Ontario government will be ending a program that provides health-care services to uninsured people at the end of the month.
In March 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic was first ramping up, the ministry of health established temporary funding for doctors to provide care to those without provincial health insurance, including those without coverage under the Ontario Health Insurance Plan.
The program allowed anyone to access medically necessary physician and hospital services.
In a memo sent to Ontario hospitals and health providers, the government said this funding would no longer be available as of March 31.
#Ontario #healthcare
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The Ontario government will be ending a program that provides health-care services to uninsured people at the end of the month.
In March 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic was first ramping up, the ministry of health established temporary funding for doctors to provide care to those without provincial health insurance, including those without coverage under the Ontario Health Insurance Plan.
The program allowed anyone to access medically necessary physician and hospital services.
In a memo sent to Ontario hospitals and health providers, the government said this funding would no longer be available as of March 31.
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High winds knock out power for over 20,000 Hydro One customers across southern Ontario
Crews from the province’s hydro company are working to restore power to more than 20,000 customers across southern Ontario.
Shortly before 6:30 p.m., Hydro One posted a tweet about the 200-plus outages, which are caused by "persistent high winds."
Environment Canada has issued wind warnings for several parts of the province, including Kingston, Prince Edward, Niagara, Hamilton, London, Middlesex, and Chatham-Kent and Windsor. The national weather agency said those areas could see strong southwesterly winds gusting up to 90 or 100 km/h beginning Saturday evening.
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Crews from the province’s hydro company are working to restore power to more than 20,000 customers across southern Ontario.
Shortly before 6:30 p.m., Hydro One posted a tweet about the 200-plus outages, which are caused by "persistent high winds."
Environment Canada has issued wind warnings for several parts of the province, including Kingston, Prince Edward, Niagara, Hamilton, London, Middlesex, and Chatham-Kent and Windsor. The national weather agency said those areas could see strong southwesterly winds gusting up to 90 or 100 km/h beginning Saturday evening.
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🇬🇧🇨🇦Charles and Camilla's two-day 2022 visit cost Canadians $2 million
Last year’s three-day Royal visit by the Charles and Camilla, then the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, cost taxpayers $2 million dollars, newly released documents reveal.
The tour was held on March 17-19 to commemorate Queen Eizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.
🔹Expenses for the tour incurred $1.1 million in protection costs by the RCMP.
🔹Total costs incurred by the Royal Canadian Air Force for flying the royal couple and a 53-person entourage from London to St. John’s, Ottawa and Yellowknife came to just over $417,000.
🔹Ahead of the actual tour, staff from the Department of Canadian Heritage embarked on three dress rehearsals and site visits, costing $197,301.88 in airfare, hotel and expenses.
Franco Terrazzano, federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, said there’s little excuse for the event to cost so much.
“The government couldn’t figure out a way to host a two-day event for less than $2 million? The feds need to learn how to do things without breaking the bank,” Terrazzano said.
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Last year’s three-day Royal visit by the Charles and Camilla, then the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, cost taxpayers $2 million dollars, newly released documents reveal.
The tour was held on March 17-19 to commemorate Queen Eizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.
🔹Expenses for the tour incurred $1.1 million in protection costs by the RCMP.
🔹Total costs incurred by the Royal Canadian Air Force for flying the royal couple and a 53-person entourage from London to St. John’s, Ottawa and Yellowknife came to just over $417,000.
🔹Ahead of the actual tour, staff from the Department of Canadian Heritage embarked on three dress rehearsals and site visits, costing $197,301.88 in airfare, hotel and expenses.
Franco Terrazzano, federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, said there’s little excuse for the event to cost so much.
“The government couldn’t figure out a way to host a two-day event for less than $2 million? The feds need to learn how to do things without breaking the bank,” Terrazzano said.
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Military under fire as thousands of troops face lost cost-of-living allowance
The Canadian Armed Forces is under fire for its plan to cut thousands of troops off a cost-of-living allowance without much notice.
The military announced last week that about 7,700 Armed Forces members will no longer receive the top-up starting in July.
The Armed Forces is instead introducing a new housing benefit that it says will better assist those who need it the most.
Charlotte Duval-Lantoine of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute think tank says the issue underscores longstanding concerns about how the military treats those in the ranks, with many members relying on the allowance to make ends meet.
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The Canadian Armed Forces is under fire for its plan to cut thousands of troops off a cost-of-living allowance without much notice.
The military announced last week that about 7,700 Armed Forces members will no longer receive the top-up starting in July.
The Armed Forces is instead introducing a new housing benefit that it says will better assist those who need it the most.
Charlotte Duval-Lantoine of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute think tank says the issue underscores longstanding concerns about how the military treats those in the ranks, with many members relying on the allowance to make ends meet.
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🇨🇦Chronicles of the week: March 20-26, 2023
▪️Former Toronto police chief Mark Saunders joins mayoral race. The byelection for Toronto mayor is set for Monday, June 26.
▪️Canada’s population grows by over 1 million in 2022. International migration accounted for 95.9% of the growth.
▪️MP Han Dong leaves Liberal caucus and is planning to sit as an Independent.
▪️During Biden visit Canada and the U.S. announce northern border deal that allows both countries to turn away asylum seekers who cross the border illegally.
▪️Canada announces $100M in aid to the Haitian National Police to help the country restore law and order.
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▪️Former Toronto police chief Mark Saunders joins mayoral race. The byelection for Toronto mayor is set for Monday, June 26.
▪️Canada’s population grows by over 1 million in 2022. International migration accounted for 95.9% of the growth.
▪️MP Han Dong leaves Liberal caucus and is planning to sit as an Independent.
▪️During Biden visit Canada and the U.S. announce northern border deal that allows both countries to turn away asylum seekers who cross the border illegally.
▪️Canada announces $100M in aid to the Haitian National Police to help the country restore law and order.
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🇮🇱Israeli diplomats in Canada join strike against judicial overhaul
Israeli diplomats in Canada have joined a strike against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary.
Israeli Embassy spokesman Eli Lipshitz confirmed that mission in Ottawa is closed in accordance with a decision by Israel’s largest trade union, Histadrut. The consulates in Toronto and Montreal are also closed and on strike.
Histadrut spokesman Yaniv Levy says missions are providing only emergency services.
#Ontario #Quebec
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Israeli diplomats in Canada have joined a strike against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary.
Israeli Embassy spokesman Eli Lipshitz confirmed that mission in Ottawa is closed in accordance with a decision by Israel’s largest trade union, Histadrut. The consulates in Toronto and Montreal are also closed and on strike.
Histadrut spokesman Yaniv Levy says missions are providing only emergency services.
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🇲🇼🇲🇿Canada announces $8M in humanitarian assistance in response to Tropical Cyclone Freddy in Malawi and Mozambique
The Government of Canada will provide up to a total of $8M in humanitarian assistance for those affected by the cyclone Freddy in Malawi and Mozambique.
The Tropical Cyclone caused 600 deaths and left nearly 2 million in need of humanitarian assistance.
Canada’s support will provide critical emergency assistance, including food, safe water and sanitation, health services and shelter to those in need.
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The Government of Canada will provide up to a total of $8M in humanitarian assistance for those affected by the cyclone Freddy in Malawi and Mozambique.
The Tropical Cyclone caused 600 deaths and left nearly 2 million in need of humanitarian assistance.
Canada’s support will provide critical emergency assistance, including food, safe water and sanitation, health services and shelter to those in need.
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🚙 Majority support income-based speeding tickets
The majority of Canadians support a new model of issuing speeding tickets, which increases charges based on the offender’s income, according to a new survey.
🔹65% of Canadians support a “progressive punishment” approach to speeding tickets – increasing the fine based on each offender’s level of disposable income and how much the offender exceeded the speed limit.
The idea was least popular among families earning more than $100,000 annually. The families were 10% more likely than the national average (24%) to answer in opposition.
Support for a progressive speeding-ticket model was highest in the provinces of British Columbia and Quebec, and lowest in Alberta.
🔹58% supported the same progressive punishment model for parking tickets, based on income and days the ticket was outstanding.
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The majority of Canadians support a new model of issuing speeding tickets, which increases charges based on the offender’s income, according to a new survey.
🔹65% of Canadians support a “progressive punishment” approach to speeding tickets – increasing the fine based on each offender’s level of disposable income and how much the offender exceeded the speed limit.
The idea was least popular among families earning more than $100,000 annually. The families were 10% more likely than the national average (24%) to answer in opposition.
Support for a progressive speeding-ticket model was highest in the provinces of British Columbia and Quebec, and lowest in Alberta.
🔹58% supported the same progressive punishment model for parking tickets, based on income and days the ticket was outstanding.
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🌎 Global Affairs Canada slammed in audit for not tracking billions in foreign aid
Global Affairs Canada has no sense of whether development aid meant to help women and girls abroad is actually advancing gender equity, according to an audit tabled in Parliament on Monday morning.
“It was highly problematic that critical information, such as project progress reports, could not be readily found,” reads a report by auditor general Karen Hogan.
Hogan found Ottawa does not track whether an annual $3.5 billion in bilateral aid is actually meeting the goals of Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy, and she noted that aid for Africa has been diverted to Ukraine.
The audit found the department struggled to provide information on projects because of a lack of standardized record keeping and forms not getting filled out.
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Global Affairs Canada has no sense of whether development aid meant to help women and girls abroad is actually advancing gender equity, according to an audit tabled in Parliament on Monday morning.
“It was highly problematic that critical information, such as project progress reports, could not be readily found,” reads a report by auditor general Karen Hogan.
Hogan found Ottawa does not track whether an annual $3.5 billion in bilateral aid is actually meeting the goals of Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy, and she noted that aid for Africa has been diverted to Ukraine.
The audit found the department struggled to provide information on projects because of a lack of standardized record keeping and forms not getting filled out.
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Feds open survey to hear public’s opinion on immigration
Canadians will have the opportunity to share their opinions about the Trudeau government’s immigration policy.
The government announced the launch of “An Immigration System for Canada’s Future,” saying the initiative would inform the future of immigration policy in Canada.
“I encourage all Canadians to take the time to share their ideas and perspectives, and help us shape an immigration system that will contribute to Canada’s success for generations to come,” said Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration.
The survey opens Monday, Mar. 27th, and closes Thursday, Apr. 27th.
The news comes a week after Statistics Canada showed that international migration made up more than 95% of Canada’s population 1 m people growth in 2022.
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Canadians will have the opportunity to share their opinions about the Trudeau government’s immigration policy.
The government announced the launch of “An Immigration System for Canada’s Future,” saying the initiative would inform the future of immigration policy in Canada.
“I encourage all Canadians to take the time to share their ideas and perspectives, and help us shape an immigration system that will contribute to Canada’s success for generations to come,” said Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration.
The survey opens Monday, Mar. 27th, and closes Thursday, Apr. 27th.
The news comes a week after Statistics Canada showed that international migration made up more than 95% of Canada’s population 1 m people growth in 2022.
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📈Canada’s population grows by over 1 million for first time
Canada’s population grew 2.7% in 2022, the fastest expansion among advanced economies and on par with many African nations.
The country added a record 1,050,110 people over a one-year period to…
Canada’s population grew 2.7% in 2022, the fastest expansion among advanced economies and on par with many African nations.
The country added a record 1,050,110 people over a one-year period to…
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🏠 Government introduces amendments to foreign buyer ban
The Government of Canada announced a series of amendments to the foreign buyer ban — officially called the Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act — to expand the exceptions to the regulations.
The four amendments to the foreign buyer ban are effective immediately, as of March 27, 2023, and are:
▪️The foreign control threshold rises from 3 up to 10%
▪️Non-Canadians are allowed to purchase residential property for the purpose of development
▪️The ban no longer applies to vacant land
▪️The ban no longer applies to work permit holders
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The Government of Canada announced a series of amendments to the foreign buyer ban — officially called the Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act — to expand the exceptions to the regulations.
The four amendments to the foreign buyer ban are effective immediately, as of March 27, 2023, and are:
▪️The foreign control threshold rises from 3 up to 10%
▪️Non-Canadians are allowed to purchase residential property for the purpose of development
▪️The ban no longer applies to vacant land
▪️The ban no longer applies to work permit holders
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🇨🇦🇺🇸B.C. to limit access to diabetes drug that has social media fame for weight loss
British Columbia's health minister says he's pushing through a regulatory change to limit the sale of the diabetes drug Ozempic to non-Canadian residents as celebrities promote its weight loss side-effects.
The province is taking action after thousands of prenoscriptions for the much-hyped drug were found to be going to Americans, the vast majority filled at two pharmacies in Metro Vancouver and issued by one Nova Scotia doctor.
The province is working with the drug's supplier to ensure there's enough Ozempic for diabetes patients in B.C., and the health minister says he's pushing for the federal government to address what he calls an “unacceptable situation.”
Data indicated upwards of 15 per cent of Ozempic prenoscriptions in the first two months of 2023 were filled for Americans.
#BritishColumbia #US
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British Columbia's health minister says he's pushing through a regulatory change to limit the sale of the diabetes drug Ozempic to non-Canadian residents as celebrities promote its weight loss side-effects.
The province is taking action after thousands of prenoscriptions for the much-hyped drug were found to be going to Americans, the vast majority filled at two pharmacies in Metro Vancouver and issued by one Nova Scotia doctor.
The province is working with the drug's supplier to ensure there's enough Ozempic for diabetes patients in B.C., and the health minister says he's pushing for the federal government to address what he calls an “unacceptable situation.”
Data indicated upwards of 15 per cent of Ozempic prenoscriptions in the first two months of 2023 were filled for Americans.
#BritishColumbia #US
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💰Chrystia Freeland abandons budget balance plan, adding $50 billion in debt
▪️Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has abandoned the Liberal government’s pledge to return the federal budget to balance, instead committing to years of further deficits as she made bigger spending plans to transform the economy to use less carbon.
▪️Last fall, she predicted that after years of sky-high, pandemic-driven deficits, the government would finally return to balance, gradually reducing deficits until moving into a $4.5 billion surplus in 2027. That previous projection has been dropped and replaced with a $14-billion deficit.
▪️Across all of the next five years, the deficits are also larger than previously estimated, with the government ending this coming year $43 billion in the red compared to an estimated $36.4 billion just a few months ago.
▪️In total, Canada’s debt will climb by over $50 billion in the years ahead.
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▪️Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has abandoned the Liberal government’s pledge to return the federal budget to balance, instead committing to years of further deficits as she made bigger spending plans to transform the economy to use less carbon.
▪️Last fall, she predicted that after years of sky-high, pandemic-driven deficits, the government would finally return to balance, gradually reducing deficits until moving into a $4.5 billion surplus in 2027. That previous projection has been dropped and replaced with a $14-billion deficit.
▪️Across all of the next five years, the deficits are also larger than previously estimated, with the government ending this coming year $43 billion in the red compared to an estimated $36.4 billion just a few months ago.
▪️In total, Canada’s debt will climb by over $50 billion in the years ahead.
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💰The 2023 budget includes
▪️one-time “grocery rebate” that will cost $2.5 billion to help 11 million low- and modest-income Canadians pay their bills
▪️$46.2 billion more than previously earmarked for health care
▪️refundable 15 per cent clean electricity investment tax credit for investments in non-emitting electricity generation systems, and electricity storage or transmission, at a cost of $6.3 billion over 4 years
▪️refundable clean technology manufacturing tax credit equal to 30 per cent of the cost of investments in machinery used to manufacture or process clean technologies, at a cost of $4.5 billion over five years
▪️$48.9 million on protecting diaspora communities as well as Canadians from attempts by foreign states to interfere
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▪️one-time “grocery rebate” that will cost $2.5 billion to help 11 million low- and modest-income Canadians pay their bills
▪️$46.2 billion more than previously earmarked for health care
▪️refundable 15 per cent clean electricity investment tax credit for investments in non-emitting electricity generation systems, and electricity storage or transmission, at a cost of $6.3 billion over 4 years
▪️refundable clean technology manufacturing tax credit equal to 30 per cent of the cost of investments in machinery used to manufacture or process clean technologies, at a cost of $4.5 billion over five years
▪️$48.9 million on protecting diaspora communities as well as Canadians from attempts by foreign states to interfere
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3 pipe bomb explosions in southern Alberta lead to arrests
RCMP have charged two people in relation to three pipe bomb explosions in Claresholm, Alta., about 100 kilometres south of Calgary.
The investigation started on March 6 when police were called to Amundsen Park to investigate a garbage can that had been blow up around 2 a.m.
Police said officers canvassed the area and got doorbell camera footage that showed two people walking up to the garbage can and putting a pipe bomb inside.
On Saturday, police were called to a complaint of a loud bang coming from a garage in Claresholm, said RCMP.
Police said officers found two people inside the garage where the bang came from.
Police searched the home and found ammunition, pieces of pipe, fireworks, an explosive fuse and ammunition that had been cut up to remove the gunpowder, according to RCMP.
Both were charged with making an explosive substance and causing an explosion. The suspects are scheduled to appear in court on April 5.
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RCMP have charged two people in relation to three pipe bomb explosions in Claresholm, Alta., about 100 kilometres south of Calgary.
The investigation started on March 6 when police were called to Amundsen Park to investigate a garbage can that had been blow up around 2 a.m.
Police said officers canvassed the area and got doorbell camera footage that showed two people walking up to the garbage can and putting a pipe bomb inside.
On Saturday, police were called to a complaint of a loud bang coming from a garage in Claresholm, said RCMP.
Police said officers found two people inside the garage where the bang came from.
Police searched the home and found ammunition, pieces of pipe, fireworks, an explosive fuse and ammunition that had been cut up to remove the gunpowder, according to RCMP.
Both were charged with making an explosive substance and causing an explosion. The suspects are scheduled to appear in court on April 5.
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Multiple petitions demand resignation of controversial Ottawa school trustee
Multiple online petitions are demanding the resignation of progressive Ottawa public school trustee Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth amid her controversial conduct during board meetings.
The original petition came after Kaplan-Myrth silenced a father concerned about biological males using girls’ washrooms at a March board meeting – claiming his speech created “an unsafe environment for people who identify as gender diverse.”
Kaplan-Myrth responded to the first petition by calling for it to be shut down; claiming it was “transphobic hate speech” that actively discriminated against LGBTQIA people.
The removal of the first petition prompted an Ottawa parent living in Kaplan-Myrth’s zone to start a new one. The Ottawa parent believes Kaplan-Myrth has not abided by OCDSB policies and its code of conduct, and thus needs to be reprimanded.
Kaplan-Myrth has been the centre of controversy since she was elected to the board in October 2022.
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Multiple online petitions are demanding the resignation of progressive Ottawa public school trustee Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth amid her controversial conduct during board meetings.
The original petition came after Kaplan-Myrth silenced a father concerned about biological males using girls’ washrooms at a March board meeting – claiming his speech created “an unsafe environment for people who identify as gender diverse.”
Kaplan-Myrth responded to the first petition by calling for it to be shut down; claiming it was “transphobic hate speech” that actively discriminated against LGBTQIA people.
The removal of the first petition prompted an Ottawa parent living in Kaplan-Myrth’s zone to start a new one. The Ottawa parent believes Kaplan-Myrth has not abided by OCDSB policies and its code of conduct, and thus needs to be reprimanded.
Kaplan-Myrth has been the centre of controversy since she was elected to the board in October 2022.
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Conservatives slam Trudeau’s bail reforms, introduce new bill to reform Criminal Code
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre held a press conference Wednesday criticizing the Trudeau government’s bail reforms after several recent attacks in Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver.
“The crime wave is the direct result of Justin Trudeau and the NDP allowing repeat violent offenders onto the streets again. They have flooded our streets with repeat, dangerous offenders and drugs and the results are plain to all eyes,” said Poilievre.
“It’s time to bring some common sense back to our justice system. Today we propose an end to the catch-and-release parole system,” he added.
Quebec Conservative MP Pierre Paul-Hus introduced Bill C-325 to reform Canada’s Criminal Code. The bill proposes to create a new offence in the Criminal Code for the violation of parole conditions.
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Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre held a press conference Wednesday criticizing the Trudeau government’s bail reforms after several recent attacks in Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver.
“The crime wave is the direct result of Justin Trudeau and the NDP allowing repeat violent offenders onto the streets again. They have flooded our streets with repeat, dangerous offenders and drugs and the results are plain to all eyes,” said Poilievre.
“It’s time to bring some common sense back to our justice system. Today we propose an end to the catch-and-release parole system,” he added.
Quebec Conservative MP Pierre Paul-Hus introduced Bill C-325 to reform Canada’s Criminal Code. The bill proposes to create a new offence in the Criminal Code for the violation of parole conditions.
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Over 87,000 abortions recorded in 2021
The Canadian Institute for Health Information recently released its latest statistics confirming 87,485 induced abortions in Canada in 2021.
▪️The most recent data, which was released last week, includes the number of induced abortions performed both in a hospital setting and in clinics. Surgical abortions accounted for nearly two-thirds (63%) of abortions while medical abortions made up 37% of abortions in Canada.
▪️The age of women who sought an abortion was similar across all age groups, with most procedures done on women between the ages of 18-24 (20,825). Women who were older than 35 were the second most common group seeking abortions (20,208).
Nearly 35,000 abortions were performed in Ontario alone.
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The Canadian Institute for Health Information recently released its latest statistics confirming 87,485 induced abortions in Canada in 2021.
▪️The most recent data, which was released last week, includes the number of induced abortions performed both in a hospital setting and in clinics. Surgical abortions accounted for nearly two-thirds (63%) of abortions while medical abortions made up 37% of abortions in Canada.
▪️The age of women who sought an abortion was similar across all age groups, with most procedures done on women between the ages of 18-24 (20,825). Women who were older than 35 were the second most common group seeking abortions (20,208).
Nearly 35,000 abortions were performed in Ontario alone.
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