Three stories in the news today, Oct. 30
Posted Oct 30, 2015 2:01 am.
Last Updated Oct 30, 2015 2:40 am.
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Three stories in the news today, Oct. 30, from The Canadian Press:
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NETANYAHU-TRUDEAU HOLD ‘WARM’ CALL
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered his congratulations to prime minister designate Justin Trudeau in a telephone call affirming the friendship of the two countries — even if it won’t always be shouted from Canada’s rooftops.Rafael Barak, Israel’s ambassador to Canada, said the call from Netanyahu took place last Friday, and left his country assured that relations between Canada and the Jewish state will remain strong after the defeat of the Harper Conservatives on Oct. 19.
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FIRST NATIONS LEADER TURNED PARLIAMENTARIAN HOPES TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT CAN BUILD BRIDGES WITH ABORIGINAL PEOPLES
A former Assembly of First Nations regional chief who is a newly elected member of Justin Trudeau’s caucus says she’s confident the incoming Liberal government can mend fences with Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples. Jody Wilson-Raybould says she hopes for reconciliation after the often acrimonious relationship with the outgoing Harper government. The new elected Vancouver MP is thought by some to be cabinet material and she says she’ll take on any role Trudeau would like her to. The Liberals have promised the road toward reconciliation will involve greater funding for First Nations education and an inquiry on the number of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada.
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SHELL SAYS IT WANTS TO WORK WITH NOTLEY
Royal Dutch Shell says its announcement scrapping the Carmon Creek oilsands project in northwestern Alberta was not deliberately timed to coincide with this week’s Alberta budget.In a letter to Cheryl Oates, Premier Rachel Notley’s press secretary, Shell spokeswoman Tara Lemay says the timing of the announcement was “due to the market disclosure of an impairment” in advance of the company’s quarterly results.
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