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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 1, 2023 9:39 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Federal Court has rejected an attempt to overturn Ottawa’s decision in 2022 to reallocate part of the lucrative elver fishery quota to First Nations. In a written decision, Justice Elizabeth …
Read More »Paul Bernardo prison transfer needed to be kept ‘low profile,’ officials said
Senior officials within Correctional Service Canada (CSC) and Public Safety Canada said the then-looming transfer of serial killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison needed to be kept “low profile” and under a “close hold” just days before it happened, internal emails show. The newly-released emails also show the CSC …
Read More »How did Paul Bernardo get a prison transfer? CSC set to share review – National
Correctional Service Canada (CSC) will reveal Thursday the outcome of its review regarding the controversial prison transfer of notorious murderer and rapist Paul Bernardo. CSC Commissioner Anne Kelly will present the results of the review at a news conference scheduled for 1:45 p.m. Eastern in Ottawa. She will be joined …
Read More »Bernardo transfer spurred CSC questions on whether Mendicino knew: emails
Days after Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino shared his outrage on social media over the transfer of notorious serial killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison, the head of Canada’s federal prison system asked the department whether the politician had been told of the move. Anne Kelly, the commissioner of …
Read More »Pressure continues to mount on Mendicino over Bernardo transfer briefings – National
Pressure continued to mount on Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino Thursday over what he knew about Paul Bernardo’s prison transfer last month. Mendicino faced resignation calls from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre Wednesday after the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) revealed it alerted the minister’s office months before the notorious rapist …
Read More »Poilievre calls on feds to reverse Paul Bernardo prison transfer
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the federal government to use whatever tools it can to reverse a decision by the Correctional Service of Canada to transfer killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison. Bernardo‘s move to a facility in Quebec was made public last week after the correctional …
Read More »Notorious killer Paul Bernardo moved to a medium-security prison
Convicted teen killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo was quietly moved to a medium-security prison in Quebec on Monday, the lawyer for his victims’ families says. Bernardo has been serving a life sentence for kidnapping, torturing and killing Kristen French, 15, and Leslie Mahaffy, 14, in the early 1990s near …
Read More »Blue Jays claim Luplow, transfer Ryu to 60-day IL
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 5, 2023 2:48 pm Updated April 5, 2023 2:49 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Outfielder Jordan Luplow was claimed off waivers by the Blue Jays from the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday and then optioned to Toronto’s triple-A …
Read More »Gazprom claims Canada-to-Germany gas turbine transfer not in step with contract
Delivery of a Nord Stream 1 gas turbine to Germany from Canada after maintenance was not in line with the contract, Gazprom’s senior manager said on Friday, stepping up criticism of manufacturer Siemens Energy. The comments signalled a deepening of a row in which Russia has cited turbine problems as …
Read More »Military has tried to transfer 62 sexual offence files to civilian police — but half were rejected
Military police in Canada have tried to transfer 62 sexual assault cases to civilian police forces since last fall — but about half of those files have been declined and sent back. The Canadian Armed Forces released new figures in response to requests from CBC News and the release of a …
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