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The Canadian press –
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The Canadian press –
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A former Green Federal party candidate has been sentenced in Germany for inciting hatred by posting videos that deny the Holocaust.

Monika Schaefer of Jasper, Alberta, was in Germany visiting her family when she was arrested in January for "inciting the underworld".

Bai Brith Canada, a Jewish service organization, said she was sentenced to 10 months in prison.

"We congratulate the German court system for its effective management of a blatant outbreak of anti-Semitism," said Michael Mostyn, chairman and CEO of B & n. Brith Canada, in a statement Friday.

"The denial of the Holocaust is rising again, but this important court decision should help deter others from engaging in racist and hateful rhetoric."

Schaefer ran unsuccessfully for the Green Party in the riding of Yellowhead, Alberta, in 2006, 2008 and 2011. The party rejected his candidacy in 2015.

The following year, she appears in a YouTube video denying the Holocaust, prompting the Green Party to publicly condemn her views.

In the 2016 video, Schaefer described the Holocaust as "the most pernicious and persistent lie of all history" and described the concentration camps as "labor camps" devoid of room to gas.

The Holocaust is one of the most documented atrocities of the twentieth century. The Nazi regime murdered about six million Jews and targeted other groups, including Roma, people with disabilities and homobaduals.

Germany has strict laws against anti-Semitism and hate propaganda.

Mostyn said Monika Schaefer's brother, Alfred Schaefer, was sentenced to three years and two months in prison on similar charges.

"The B & B Brith will continue aggressively to fight against anti-Semitism, denial of the Holocaust and all forms of fanaticism and racism," said Mostyn.

The Canadian press –
October 26, 2018 / 2:51 pm | story:
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Senator Murray Sinclair stated that if the child protection system existed in its present form when he was a child, he would have been cut off from his family and cultural heritage.

The chair of the Manitoba Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Manitoba's first Aboriginal judge were raised by his grandparents just outside of Winnipeg.

"The child protection system would have apprehended us had it been organized as it is today," he told social workers, bureaucrats and civil servants. academics at a national conference on the protection of children.

He stated that his grandparents would have been considered too old to care for him if the rules in force had been applied. Their house had neither electricity nor running water and was congested.

"Sometimes we did not have enough to eat, we had barely enough wood in the winter to keep it warm, but we did it," he said.

"And we succeeded because of the voluntary nature of my grandmother who insisted that everyone participate in the education of these children, those little children who have entered her life."

According to Sinclair, Canada's child protection system now has more children than residential schools, which house Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their communities, which the Truth Commission and reconciliation has called cultural genocide.

"The monster created in residential schools has been moved to a new home," Sinclair said. "And this monster now lives in the system of child protection."

The home province of Sinclair, Manitoba, has the highest rate of children in care per capita in the country. As of March 31, more than 10,300 children were in care, almost 90% of whom were Aboriginal.

Sinclair said some children can flourish in non-Aboriginal host families, but that the vast majority have failed because they've been cut off from their family traditions.

"They come out without knowing where they come from, where they are going, why they are here and who they are."

Sinclair said that most social workers want to do good, but must recognize that they work in a system that hurts aboriginal children.

"They must … be prepared to be a bit nervous and do what is right in the rules that are imposed on them, instead of adopting a vision based on principles of racism going back 150 years. ," he said.

The Canadian press –
October 26, 2018 / 12:08 | story:
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A strip of land in southwestern Alberta has been protected and named in honor of former Prime Minister Jim Prentice.

The Jim Prentice Wildlife Corridor, located in Crowsnest Pbad, is approximately five kilometers wide from east to west. It will connect the Crown Forest lands north to the castle parks, as well as Waterton Lakes National Park to the south and to the nearby Glacier National Park on the US side.

Prentice's widow, Karen Prentice, said the family strongly supported the project.

"It's an appropriate tribute to her connection to the Crowsnest pbad and to her pbadion for nature," she said in a press release. "The creation of the Jim Corridor will be a significant legacy for Canada."

Officials from the Nature Conservancy of Canada have said the project is international in scope because it will allow wildlife to cross the Rocky Mountains in Canada and the United States.

"This wildlife corridor is the result of many years of work in the Crowsnest Pbad and is a major conservation achievement," said Bob Demulder, Regional Vice President of the organization.

Prentice and three other men were killed in a plane crash in October 2016. The Cessna Citation jet crashed shortly after taking off from Kelowna en route to Calgary.

The Canadian press –
October 26, 2018 / 12:05 | story:
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The poppy Remembrance Day has entered the digital age.

The Royal Canadian Legion has launched a digital version of the distinctive red flower, which can be customized, shared online and used as a profile image on sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.

They are available for online donation on November 11th and are intended to complement the clbadic poppy set, usually available at the cash registers of coffee shops and convenience stores next to a cabinet.

The Deputy Director of The Royal Canadian Legion said he hoped a digital version would appeal to younger generations used to social media.

Danny Martin says this is also about dealing with our "growing cashless society" and making poppies available in parts of Canada where they can be hard to find.

Bright red poppies should be worn from the last Friday of October to November 11 at midnight. According to Martin, new versions of the poppy-lapel come with a butterfly clasp to keep it in place.

The online version produces an image that looks like a silver coin with a red poppy in the center. The words "Remembrance Day 2018" appear along the top edge, while the bottom edge can be customized to display the name of a veteran or a person on duty. Otherwise, the words "We will remember" will appear.

The digital poppy ad material featured endorsements from Canadian celebrities, including Margaret Atwood, Ashley Callingbull, and Don Cherry, who had dedicated his poppy to his great-uncle, Sgt. Thomas William MacKenzie. He died in battle four days before Armistice Day in 1918.

The Canadian press –
October 26, 2018 / 11:45 | story:
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The family of billionaire philanthropic couple Barry and Honey Sherman is offering a $ 10 million reward for information leading to arrest in the couple's death.

A family lawyer said that a private investigation had revealed significant gaps in the Toronto police investigation into the deaths, prompting the couple's relatives to offer the reward.

The Shermans were found dead in their home in Toronto last December in what the police called a double homicide.

Family law lawyer Brian Greenspan said the police had not gathered enough fingerprints and DNA evidence 10 months after the couple's bodies were found in the Toronto residence.

He says that a team he has formed at the request of the family, including several former homicide investigators and former chief pathologist of Ontario, has uncovered other evidence including 25 finger and palm prints, not identified by the police.

Greenspan said that his family had decided to hire private investigators after the police had wrongly stated that she was not looking for suspects in the Sherman's death, which would imply that they were dead by suicide or suicide murder.

The Canadian press –
Oct 26, 2018 / 10h37 | story:
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A new survey suggests that Canadian teenage girls perceive gender-based inequality very early, and that girls are particularly affected by it in sports and cyberspace.

The online survey of teens aged 12 to 17 indicates that girls are much more likely than boys to claim to have been victims of badism.

According to the Ipsos survey of 1,203 girls, commissioned by the Girl Guides of Canada, 35% of girls reported being discriminated against because of their gender, compared with 21% of boys.

"I have felt that my opinions are not often taken seriously because I am not a boy," said a respondent.

The survey reveals that teens are starting to notice gender inequality for the first time around 11 years old on average. Just over half of the girls reported discrimination between 10 and 13 years old.

"Unfortunately, many young people notice inequalities in their lives even before they are teenagers," says Girl Guides in a report on the findings of the survey. "It is crucial that we continue to press for understanding and naming the problem so we can solve it together."

The survey also revealed that almost all the teens surveyed said they believed in equal rights for men and women and were of the opinion that people should be judged on their skills, not of their bad. At the same time, about two-thirds of respondents said that discrimination existed and a significant number seemed to hold unnecessary stereotypes – even though very few people think girls are inferior to boys.

For example, a quarter agreed that boys are more able than girls to learn mathematics and science, play sports or take on leadership roles. As a rule, boys were more likely to have such opinions.

Most teens in general have not reported any gender-based discrimination at home, at school or at work. Among those who did, the boys were more likely to say that they had been better treated, while the girls reported being treated worse, especially in sports and online.

Just over one-quarter of women surveyed said they had been treated less well in sports or the gym, which was particularly upsetting. In addition, about 24% of girls reported being treated worse than boys on the Internet, including through social media.

"This is not surprising because it is well documented that young women are victims of online abuse and harbadment, which are often badist or misogynistic," the guides said.

Of those surveyed, 43% of teens – just over half of girls and one third of boys – said they would call themselves feminists. However, about 30% of girls said they fear or hesitate to speak up and advocate for equal rights – far more than the rate of adult women being afraid to express themselves in 2017.

"I'm afraid to be criticized for defending women's rights or being called by men who believe in the double standard and by boys who do not value girls," said one son of the sonar.

According to another recent survey of women aged 14 to 24, three-quarters of those surveyed in the Girl Guide survey agreed that the # MeToo movement was positive for society.

The Canadian press –
Oct 26, 2018 / 5:21 | story:
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Former National Hockey League player, Chris Joseph, wants people to remember his son for his love of hockey and the smile that he brought to every room.

Jaxon Joseph, 21, is one of 16 people who died last spring when a bus from the Humboldt Broncos Junior Hockey Team and a semi-trailer collided at an intersection in Saskatchewan, en route for a playoff game.

"It was a happy child," Joseph said. "It was a big bright light that loved helping others, he was the kind of guy who made people feel valued."

Joseph wishes that other people with a similar attitude be honored through Jaxon Joseph's "For the Love of the Game" Scholarship, one of the four created by the Remembrance Committee of St. Albert-Humboldt, Alberta.

President Nolan Crouse said committee members, like many Canadians, had been affected by the loss that followed the Broncos bus crash on April 6.

"Four of those Broncos were hockey products from St. Albert," he said. "We are a family community and we are a community that cares about us, so we have chosen to raise funds."

Another committee member, Judi Bahl, said his $ 500,000 goal was nearing completion.

Part of the money was allocated to a bronze sculpture outside the Jarome Iginla Arena in St. Albert, a town just north of Edmonton, and four memorial benches on the community aisles.

The rest will go to the high school scholarships bearing the names of the deceased players: Logan Hunter's Youth Leadership Scholarships, Conner Lukan's Tighten Skates and Stephen Wack's Trust Your Heart Truth Scholarships.

Much of the money was raised during the committee 's Jersey gala, a sold – out event to be held Friday night in St. Albert. He presents the speeches of the host of the Hockey Night in Canada program, Ron MacLean, from former CBC News presenter Peter Mansbridge, and a performance of the songwriter's Big League. Tom Cochrane.

After the event, the Joseph family has projects.

Despite moments of deep sadness, they joined other Broncos families to advocate for better road safety, tighter rules in the trucking industry and seatbelt in the bus.

"We are just trying to get people to wear them," Joseph said. "It's crazy – we all wear seatbelts in cars, we do not mind wearing the seatbelt in airplanes, but we get on a bus and we feel safe.C & # 39; ;is wrong."

Joseph said that there should be seatbelts in school buses and bus coaches, which he said could have saved lives during the Broncos accident.

"I am absolutely convinced that we would have saved most of the back of the bus and we would have avoided some of the injuries to the spine," he said. "Things would have been completely different."

The Canadian press –
Oct 25, 2018 / 18:57 | story:
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The Ontario government is under criticism due to delays in the delivery of legal cannabis in the province, critics suggesting that consumers could return to the black market.

Just over a week after marijuana was legalized for recreational purposes, the Ontario Cannabis Store Ontario website warns consumers that delivery times for their orders may be longer than expected because of "demand". incredibly strong "and labor disputes at Canada Post.

In a statement released Thursday night, the OCS explained its response to the situation stating that it had processed more than 150,000 orders since Oct. 17.

"Ontario has received more cannabis orders online during the first 24 hours (of legalization) than all other provinces combined, according to published figures," the statement said.

"Despite this, OCS has a sufficient supply of products to meet these orders and continues to receive regular orders."

According to the statement, the OCS has added an "extra capacity" to its treatment facility in order to respond to what it calls "unprecedented demand" for legal cannabis.

Canada Post unionized employees began rotating strikes this week and nearly 9,000 members left the Toronto area job Tuesday.

Members of the Toronto Postal Workers Union resumed work at midnight on Thursday, but the work stoppage at two facilities resulted in delays in sending tens of thousands of letters. and parcels across the country.

Finance Minister Vic Fedeli said earlier this week that the government had a contingency plan to ensure cannabis deliveries on time, but said Thursday that the plan would only be implemented in the case of 39, a general strike. He again refused to give details of the plan.

Opposition parties, on the other hand, have suggested that difficulties with access to legal recreational cannabis could lead some users to turn to illegal suppliers.

"People who do not get their cannabis go to the black market," NDP legislator Kevin Yarde said. "It's what's happening, and it's something we do not want to happen."

Acting Liberal Leader John Fraser said some of his constituents have complained about delays in delivery.

"People (…) are going back to the clinics and the government will have to respect its commitment to make sure it is available and accessible to citizens if they want to succeed in fighting the illegal market," he said. he declared.

Fraser suggested that the government's reluctance to present its emergency plan means "that they do not have one."

The Ontario Cannabis Store is currently the only legal weed retailer in the province. Private brick and mortar stores are expected to open next April.

The Canadian press –
October 25, 2018 / 13:51 | story:
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The Leader of the Federal Opposition suggests that the Liberals do not intend to begin expanding the Trans Mountain Pipeline until next year 's election.

Andrew Scheer likens it to the drawing of Monty Python's dead parrot, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants everyone to believe that Alberta's BC pipeline is still alive.

Scheer made his remarks at the Energy Relaunch conference in Calgary.

The Liberal government bought the existing Trans Mountain gas pipeline at Kinder Morgan earlier this year for $ 4.5 billion, after the US firm was frustrated by political obstacles.

An increase of nearly three times the capacity of the line is pending following a Federal Court of Appeal ruling in August that requires further consultation and research with Aboriginal populations to increase tanker traffic.

In his speech, Scheer accused Trudeau of being hostile to the energy sector and said that a conservative prime minister would ask private companies to build pipelines to open markets.

"I think Justin Trudeau's strategy is not to even start building this pipeline in the next election – he just can not admit that he'll be dead in the next election," Scheer said Thursday. "It's a bit of the picture of Monty Python's dead parrot, he just wants everyone to believe that it's not quite gone yet."

Earlier in the day, Alberta's unified conservative leader, Jason Kenney, told the crowd that he would become prime minister after next spring's election he would set up a hall of war to face the critics of the energy sector of the province.

Kenney said his "response strategy" would also include paying legal bills for aboriginal communities for resource development and targeting charitable groups that want to shut down Alberta's energy industry.

The Canadian press –
Oct 25, 2018/12 h 05 | story:
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An Occupational Health and Safety survey is underway following the death of a worker in an accident at an Alberta plant operated by Dow Canada.

The department said the accident occurred between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning at a polyethylene plant northeast of Red Deer.

Trent Bancarz, a spokesman for SST, said the 47-year-old man had been blocked by a machine that he was using.

The equipment – known as the drum dumper – loads the material into a hopper.

The victim died on the scene and his identity was not revealed.

SST placed a stop order on the truck.

Bancarz said the order is usually made for two reasons.

"We can broadcast it because (the equipment) is not safe to use at that time, or so that investigators can take action and examine things without the machine being altered by to the state in which she was at the time of the incident, "he said.

In a statement, Dow said in a statement that "the company is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of a colleague and that we are working closely with all parties involved to gather more information and draw more information. lessons from this tragic incident ".

The factory site, known as Dow Prentiss, has more than 120 employees.

The Canadian press –
Oct 25, 2018/11 h 58 | story:
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Canada Post employees moved their rotating strikes to Sherbrooke, Quebec, Calgary and Red Deer, Alberta on Thursday, ending two days of work stoppages in the Toronto area that forced the closing of the largest sorting centers of the state company.

Workers from Kelowna and Calgary left Wednesday, but Kelowna returned to work Thursday morning.

Nearly 9,000 CUPW members left work in the Toronto area early Tuesday as part of a rotating strike that began Monday to support contract demands.

The ongoing action at the giant parcel processing plant in Mississauga, Ontario, which processes about two-thirds of all parcels mailed in Canada, and to the courier's mail processing plant. south-central in east Toronto, has resulted in delays in sending tens of thousands of letters. and parcels across the country.

Postal workers in the Toronto area were back at work at midnight on Thursday, CUPW said.

"Our members would rather do their job than walk on picket lines, but Canada Post is not giving us a choice," said Mike Palecek, the union's national president, in a statement.

"Canada Post must come to the negotiating table ready to discuss important issues: health and safety, equality for factors and positions, and the end of precarious work."

CUPW and the postal service were unable to enter into new collective agreements for both bargaining units after 10 months of negotiations.

Labor Minister Patty Hajdu has named the special mediator, Morton Mitchnick, former chair of the Ontario Labor Relations Board, to help both parties resolve their contractual disputes.

In a statement on Wednesday night, Canada Post spokesman Jon Hamilton said the state-owned company had made "important offers" to CUPW – including a pay increase, security of the Employment and improved benefits – and had not asked for any concessions in return.

He added that Canada Post was working to restore service and eliminate backlogs of mail and parcels.

"Canada Post continues to operate in the rest of Canada and accepts and delivers mail and parcels to all other locations," said Hamilton.