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Manitoba premier to speak about deadly bus crash : In The News for June 19

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 June 19 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jun 19, 2023

Premier, RCMP and health official to hold news conference about Manitoba bus crash

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson will speak with reporters today about last week's bus crash that killed 15 people and left 10 others seriously injured. The news conference will take plac...

Jun 19, 2023

MPs call for reform of Canada's extradition system to avoid 'further injustices'

OTTAWA - The Liberal government should undertake a "comprehensive reform" of Canada's extradition law as soon as possible to prevent "further injustices" due to shortcomings, a House of Commons commit...

Jun 19, 2023

Here's what observers are watching for in Monday's four federal byelections

OTTAWA - Four new MPs are set to be elected to the House of Commons Monday in a handful of byelections that political watchers say could expose rifts within the Conservative party and bring a new Libe...

Jun 19, 2023

High government spending means more inflation? It's complicated, economists say

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's attempt to block the federal government's budget bill from passing earlier this month is the latest example of government spending coming under scrutiny...

Jun 19, 2023

'A bit of help': Canadian Red Cross funding medical clinics for displaced in Ukraine

KORSUN-SHEVCHENKIVSKYI - Medical intern Alina Manko sits at a desk and speaks with a woman as other patients wait for their turn. Wearing a red vest and cap, Manko is part of a group staffing mobile u...

Jun 19, 2023

Quebec provincial police say man, 32, killed northeast of Montreal is homicide victim

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say they are investigating a homicide after a man was allegedly gunned down in his car in a city northeast of Montreal. Police say Nol Garcia-Frias, 32, was found F...

Jun 18, 2023

Trudeau calls byelection in riding of Calgary Heritage for July 24

OTTAWA - Voters in the federal riding of Calgary Heritage will go to the polls late next month. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a byelection will be held in the Alberta riding on July 24. ...

Jun 18, 2023

Quebec wildfire: Lebel-sur-Quévillon citizens return, but remain on evacuation alert

MONTREAL - Authorities have reopened the road into Lebel-sur-Quvillon, Que., and residents will come home as planned today, but the mayor is warning locals the return could be short-lived due to the m...

Jun 18, 2023

In Labrador, those caring for a town's homeless population face backlash, criticism

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. - On a recent spring day in a sandy church parking lot in Labrador, Vanessa Hamel stopped mid-sentence to lean out of a food truck window and wave to an approaching group ...

Jun 18, 2023