Source Feed: Global News - Canada
Author: Paul Soucy
Publication Date: January 9, 2025 - 13:41
Kingston city council could declare food insecurity an emergency
January 9, 2025
Kingston could declare food insecurity an emergency, urging governments to raise social assistance rates, expand school food programs and tackle poverty's root causes.
Unpublished Newswire
A Mexican man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for assisting in the smuggling of more than 100 migrants who made their way into the United States from Canada.In a statement Friday, U.S. law-enforcement officials said Luis Fernando Barragan-Palacios netted $500,000 through his role in a cross-border smuggling ring in less than five months in late 2023 and early 2024. He was arrested following a car chase near the Canadian border in a Vermont community one year ago.
January 10, 2025 - 20:52 | Colin Freeze | The Globe and Mail
One of the men who became “the voice of the protest” at the Coutts, Alta., border crossing in early 2022 has been sentenced to four months in jail for mischief over his involvement in the two-week highway blockade.Marco Van Huigenbos, 35, was sentenced on Friday to 120 days in jail, after a day-long sentencing hearing at Court of King’s Bench in Lethbridge. Co-accused George Janzen was sentenced to 90 days, to be served as a conditional sentence in the community.
January 10, 2025 - 20:31 | Jana G. Pruden | The Globe and Mail
Who says you can't home?
January 10, 2025 - 20:13 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
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