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Mendicino to testify at inquiry, Russia active over Arctic : In The News for Nov. 22

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 22 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Nov 22, 2022

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino to testify at 'Freedom Convoy' inquiry

OTTAWA - Top government ministers will continue testifying today at the Public Order Emergency Commission, which has already heard from more than 65 witnesses over five weeks on the federal government...

Nov 22, 2022

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to deliver televised address during dinner hour

EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith is scheduled to deliver a televised address to Albertans this evening. Smith, who became leader of the United Conservative Party in early October, is to return next w...

Nov 22, 2022

Sentencing hearing to begin for Alberta man who admitted to murdering woman, toddler

HINTON, Alta. - A sentencing hearing is scheduled to begin today for a man who admitted to killing a woman and her 16-month-old son in western Alberta. Robert Major pleaded guilty in May to two counts...

Nov 22, 2022

Vancouver city council to vote on motion allocating funding for more police, nurses

Vancouver city council is expected to vote on a motion today launching a flagship promise by the city's new mayor to hire more police and mental health nurses, but the idea facing pushback. Mayor Ken ...

Nov 22, 2022

Russia resuming bomber, submarine patrols near North America after pause: Norad

OTTAWA - A senior Canadian military official says Russia has started sending long-range bombers back across the Arctic toward North America following a pause during the early months of its war in Ukra...

Nov 21, 2022

Seven commercial poultry flocks in B.C.'s Fraser Valley have bird flu: ministry

VICTORIA - Seven commercial poultry farms in British Columbia's Fraser Valley have been quarantined because they've tested positive for a highly infectious avian flu. A statement from the B.C. Ministr...

Nov 21, 2022

Critics say red-flag provision in federal firearms bill could weaken public safety

OTTAWA - Critics of a planned new measure to remove guns from the wrong hands say it could actually undermine efforts to make people safer. A government bill being studied by MPs would allow anyone to...

Nov 21, 2022

RCMP monitored hostility from anti-vaccine movement against Trudeau

OTTAWA - An RCMP threat assessment prepared shortly after 'Freedom Convoy' protesters arrived in Ottawa last winter says people online were trying to find out Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's location....

Nov 21, 2022

Last year saw highest rate of gang-related homicides in 16 years: Statistics Canada

Data from Statistics Canada show there was an increase in homicides in 2021 and nearly one-quarter of the killings were connected to gangs. There were 788 homicides in the country last year - up three...

Nov 21, 2022