Unpublished Newswire
Here's what's open and closed in Ottawa around New Year's Day.
December 29, 2024 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
November 29, 2024 - 04:01 | | CBC News - Canada
This story was originally published on Nov. 28, 2024, for the 35th anniversary of the massacre at École Polytechnique.
Statistics suggest as few as 20 per cent of Canada’s current residents were adults living in Canada on Dec. 6, 1989 — 35 years ago — when the country suffered a landmark injury.
That was the day 14 people were killed and another 14 injured by a gunman at École Polytechnique, a post-secondary engineering school in Montreal, in the so-called Montreal Massacre.
It became clear, sooner for some than others, that all of the dead and 10 of the injured were young women...
November 28, 2024 - 07:00 | Adrian Humphreys | National Post
Six-year-old B.C. girl, Oaklynn Schweder, has been found.
She was discovered on Sunday in a forested area between her home and the Skin Tyee First Nation band office.
The RCMP believes Oaklynn was probably moving around during the time she was missing.
She was described by her family as autistic and non-verbal. Though, they said, she makes noises to communicate. Her family also said she likes to crawl into small spaces. She was on her own for three days.
“Everyone searching remained dedicated to bringing her home safely,” said Burns Lake RCMP detachment commander, Staff Sgt....
September 23, 2024 - 16:32 | Stewart Lewis | National Post
A former medical school dean at the University of Toronto has returned his honorary degree in protest at its handling of the anti-Israel protest encampment.
“It’s symbolic. To me it’s a mark of great distinction. I was very proud to get the honorary degree. The fact I’m willing to give it back to signify my discomfort with the university indicates how much my discomfort is,” said Arnold Aberman, a professor emeritus and former dean of the University of Toronto’s faculty of medicine, in an interview Monday.
He said he was “profoundly disappointed” that there was no clear statement...
September 16, 2024 - 13:47 | Joseph Brean | National Post
