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CTV News
13 hours ago
- General
- CTV News
Daily Dish: hidden gem in Vanier
Ottawa Watch Your newest hidden gem in the heart of Vanier; Anina's cafe is serving up breakfast food and coffee.
CBC
10-04-2025
- CBC
Baby found on doorstep of London, Ont., home. Police looking for mother
Social Sharing As officials look for the mother of a newborn found on London, Ont., porch, the woman on whose stoop the baby boy was found is telling her story. "I have empathy for the mom, for sure," said Bria Vanier, who lives on Sterling Street near Oxford Street in the city's east end. She says the newborn was wrapped in a flannel blanket. "I think this was someone who was in a lot of pain to give up their child. It was someone who was desperate." A passerby heard the newborn's cries early Wednesday afternoon and called 911, police said. Two officers knocked on Vanier's door, asking if the baby belonged to anyone in her home. "I opened the door and there's two cops standing there and a baby on the doormat, wrapped up in a blanket. It was a little surprising," she said. WATCH | Officials looking for mother: London police call for public help to find mother of an infant found on porch 5 hours ago Duration 0:47 "They didn't know how to pick up a baby, so I brought him inside to get him warm. He was the cutest thing. He was just looking around, very alert. He must have been a little confused, but he was a sweet little thing." Vanier says a note left with the infant included a plea. "The note said essentially, 'Give my baby a good home, I'm not able to care for him.' It said he was a home birth that he didn't like bright lights, and she wanted someone to care for him," she said. The baby was a day old according the note, Vanier says. She picked him up, brought him inside and cuddled him, keeping him warm until paramedics arrived. Police want to assure the infant's parents that he is in good health, and that their primary concern is getting appropriate medical care for the mother, said Det. Insp. Sean Travis of the London Police Service. Police are "very concerned about the safety of the mother," Travis told CBC News. "The infant appears well cared for, but reuniting the family so that we can have the proper process take place, such as adoption or reunification as a family unit, is the top priority." Such instances are very rare and tug at the heartstrings of officers and other first responders, he added. "As a parent myself, I understand the attachment and the need of a parent to want to care for their child," he said. "Our paramount concern is everyone's safety and then letting a process of community support take its place from there." A team of investigators is trying to find the mother, and police are asking anyone with video surveillance footage on Sterling Street north of Oxford Street between 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET to contact them at 519-661-5670. Reports can also be made anonymously through CrimeStoppers.
CBC
10-04-2025
- CBC
'Give my baby a good home,' says note left with abandoned newborn
As officials ask the mother of a newborn found on a porch to contact them, the woman on whose stoop the baby boy was found is sharing her story. "I have empathy for the mom, for sure," said Bria Vanier, who lives on Sterling Street near Oxford Street and said the newborn was wrapped in a flannel blanket with an accompanying note. "I think this was someone who was in a lot of pain to give up their child. It was someone who was desperate." A passerby heard the newborn's cries at about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and called 911, police said. Two officers knocked on Vanier's door, asking if the baby belonged to anyone in her home. "I opened the door and there's two cops standing there and a baby on the doormat, wrapped up in a blanket. It was a little surprising," she said. "They didn't know how to pick up a baby, so I brought him inside to get him warm. He was the cutest thing. He was just looking around, very alert. He must have been a little confused, but he was a sweet little thing." London police call for public help to find mother of an infant found on porch 2 hours ago Duration 0:47 Vanier said that a note left with the infant included a plea. "The note said essentially, 'Give my baby a good home, I'm not able to care for him.' It said he was a home birth that he didn't like bright lights, and she wanted someone to care for him," she said. The baby was a day old, Vanier said. She picked him up, brought him inside and cuddled him, keeping him warm until paramedics arrived. Police want to assure the parents of the infant that the baby is in good health, and that their primary concern is getting appropriate medical care for the mother, said Det. Insp. Sean Travis. "I want to assure everyone that the London police is very concerned about the safety of the mother," Travis told CBC News. "The infant appears well cared for, but reuniting the family so that we can have the proper process take place, such as adoption or reunification as a family unit, is the top priority." Such instances are very rare and tug at the heartstrings of officers and other first responders, he added. "As a parent myself, I understand the attachment and the need of a parent to want to care for their child," he said. "Our paramount concern is everyone's safety and then letting a process of community support take its place from there." A team of investigators is trying to find the mother, and police are asking anyone with video surveillance footage on Sterling Street north of Oxford Street between 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. to contact them at 519-661-5670. Reports can also be made anonymously through CrimeStoppers.
CBC
19-02-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Quebec higher education minister intervenes in Dawson College course on Palestinian culture
Quebec Higher Education Minister Pascale Déry says she intervened at Dawson College, asking the institution to avoid speaking about sensitive topics during a French-language course about Palestinian culture. "I indeed intervened on the content of a course," she said at a Tuesday news scrum at the National Assembly. "For a good and simple reason, that the context was truly explosive. We really had tensions on campus, as we've known in the past few months." The teachers' union disputes Déry's view on Dawson's ability to tackle sensitive subjects in the classroom. "I think that it's a mischaracterization that the climate at Dawson is explosive," said Antonia Fikkert, the secretary treasurer of the Dawson Teachers' Union. Avoiding topics because they are sensitive or can lead to disagreement is "really dangerous for an institution of higher learning," she said. Déry's intervention comes as her ministry is investigating Dawson and Vanier colleges. The investigation is looking into allegations of a toxic climate over the Israel-Hamas war. The Fédération nationale des enseignantes et des enseignants du Québec, a provincial teachers' union, says Déry is in a conflict of interest. WATCH | Teachers denounce investigation: Teachers call Quebec's campus investigation over Israel-Hamas war a 'fishing' expedition 2 days ago Duration 2:17 Last December, the Quebec government announced plans to investigate an alleged toxic climate at Montreal's Vanier and Dawson colleges in connection with the latest Israel-Hamas war. A teachers' union is denouncing how the province is conducting that investigation. Before she was elected, she served as a member of the board at the Quebec branch of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA). Reporters asked Déry about the federation's claims on Tuesday. "The question we'd like to ask them, that I'd like to know, is what they are referring to when they say Minister Déry is in conflict of interest," she replied. Noah Brender, a humanities professor at Dawson, said the minister is avoiding tough questions through deflection. "And my answer is that the appearance of conflict is between the minister's political position on Israel and her duties as minister of higher education," he said. Québec Solidaire introduced a motion at Quebec's National Assembly, condemning all forms of political interference in CEGEP classrooms. The motion was supported by the Liberal Party and the Parti Québécois, but the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) majority voted against it. In a statement, Sol Zanetti, Québec Solidaire's spokesperson for higher education, accused the CAQ of breaking the consensus on academic freedom. "Politics should not interfere with course content, and the independence of education must be preserved. This should be obvious," he said in the statement. CBC News sent an interview request to CIJA and got a statement instead. It says it has been calling on Montreal police, all levels of government and academic institutions to take concrete action against the hate, toxicity and antisemitism on campuses. "Students have been clear about the unacceptable situation they are experiencing," the statement says. The higher education minister's investigation is one step, but "much more action is necessary to address what we see happening in our schools and on our streets," it says.
