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Inquiry into murder suicide involving Afghan veteran to being early next year
HALIFAX – The long-awaited fatality inquiry into the death of an Afghan war veteran who killed his family and himself in rural Nova Scotia is expected to begin early next year – more than two years after the killings. Renovations…
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Alberta hiring more paramedics, buying new ambulances to improve front line care
EDMONTON – Alberta is hiring more paramedics and deploying more ambulances in an attempt to improve front-line medical care. Health Minister Sarah Hoffman says the province is adding 58 first responders in Edmonton and Calgary to go with more than…
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Notwithstanding clause or not, Quebec must accommodate its employees
Will the new Coalition Avenir Quebec government go ahead with its election promise to prohibit certain civil servants from wearing religious symbols at work? For now, Premier Francois Legault has decided to wait until the spring to table a bill…
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N.S. sentencing hearing underway for businessman who allegedly underpaid workers
HALIFAX – A Halifax businessman is facing a sentencing hearing today after pleading guilty to submitting false records regarding the employment of foreign workers. Filipino temporary workers whom Hector Mantolino allegedly underpaid were also in Nova Scotia Supreme Court for…
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Trudeau says government will limit gun access as Polytechnique victims remembered
MONTREAL – Fourteen beams of light shone into the night sky from Montreal’s Mount Royal Thursday evening in memory of the 14 women who died at the Ecole Polytechnique engineering school 29 years ago. A crowd, which included Prime Minister…
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LCBO selling Norman Hardie wines again following misconduct allegations
WELLINGTON, Ont. – The LCBO is putting Norman Hardie wines back on its shelves, nearly six months after the brand was pulled amid sexual harassment allegations against the popular winemaker. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario said Tuesday that after…
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Precautionary lockdown lifted on 15 Manitoba schools
SELKIRK, Man. – The lockdown placed on 15 schools in a community north of Winnipeg a day after they were closed due to online threats has been lifted. Educators say the Lord Selkirk School Division and Sergeant Tommy Prince School…
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Worker killed by reversing CN railcar in northern New Brunswick
EDMUNDSTON, N.B. – The union that represents CN rail workers has identified the person killed at a railyard in Edmundston, N.B., as a 33-year-old father of two. Teamsters Canada says the man, whose name was not released, started working at CN…
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Calgary man faces dozen charges after RCMP officer injured during traffic stop
AIRDRIE, Alta. – An RCMP officer who was injured during a traffic stop is recovering in hospital from surgery and a 25-year-old Calgary man is facing numerous charges. Police say officers tried to stop a suspicious vehicle in Airdrie, just…
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Arrests made after online threats against Winnipeg region school division
SELKIRK, Man. – Charges were pending after the RCMP arrested three people following online threats that prompted a Manitoba school division to cancel classes Monday in all of its 15 schools. Mounties in Selkirk said an 18-year-old man who lives…
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Fishing boat beacons would lower risks of Canada’s deadliest job: report
HALIFAX – Emergency radio beacons should be mandatory on fishing vessels in an effort to curb fatalities in Canada’s deadliest sector, a Senate committee said in a new report. The report released Thursday from the Senate Committee on Fisheries and…
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Video of sexual relations can be used at grievance in fire department firings
VANCOUVER – Two employees of the fire department in Vernon, B.C., are battling to keep their jobs after a videotape showed them having sexual relations in the interim fire chief’s office. The pair, who are not named, were fired two…
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Alberta takes steps to ban mandatory high heels in the workplace
EDMONTON – Alberta has taken steps to ban employers from requiring people to wear high heels at work. Labour Minister Christina Gray says the province is amending the occupational health and safety code that currently allows employers to make high…
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Jury recommends mental health education for RCMP members following inquest
BURNABY, B.C. – A coroner’s inquest jury is recommending the RCMP make changes to mental health programs for its officers and their families after the death by suicide of a sergeant in 2013 who was involved in a high-profile case…
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Canada reviewing presence in Cuba after another diplomat falls mysteriously ill
OTTAWA – Canada is reconsidering its diplomatic presence in Cuba following another unexplained illness among embassy staff. Government representatives will travel to Havana next week to begin a review, and while it is too early to say what steps might…
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Wife’s MS has Tory MP urging more support for people with episodic disabilities
OTTAWA – Conservative MP David Yurdiga says people suffering from disabilities that worsen and ease, like his wife and daughter, are not treated fairly under Canadian law and he wants to change that. Yurdiga said support for people with disabilities…
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RCMP officer breaks down at coroner’s inquest recalling officer’s last emails
BURNABY, B.C. – A supervisor of an RCMP officer who took his own life in 2013 broke down Wednesday as he read the last few emails exchanged between the two men to a coroner’s inquest. RCMP Supt. Denis Boucher, who…
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Complaints about several Manitoba municipal police forces decline: report
WINNIPEG – A new report shows there was a decline in the number of formal complaints filed last year by Manitobans against 11 municipal police departments in the province. The annual report from the Law Enforcement Review Agency, released Wednesday,…
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Waterloo police officer facing attempted murder charge: police watchdog
WATERLOO, Ont. – A Waterloo, Ont., police officer is facing several charges, including attempted murder, after an investigation by the province’s police watchdog. The Special Investigations Unit says the charges have been laid in connection with the shooting of a…
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First responders attend memorial service for Rosetown volunteer firefighter
ROSETOWN, Sask. – Hundreds of first responders from across Western Canada gathered in Rosetown for a memorial service to honour a volunteer firefighter who died on the job. Darrell Morrison was struck by a truck last week while responding to…