March 29th, 2024

Three men dead after apparent avalanche during snowmobile trip in Quebec

By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024

SAINTE-ANNE-DES-MONTS, Que. – Three men died after an apparent avalanche on Quebec’s Mount Médaille on Tuesday during a snowmobiling expedition on the Gaspé Peninsula. Quebec provincial police say a fourth member of the snowmobiling group called emergency services at around 5:30 p.m. to report the disappearance of his three companions in the Chic-Chocs nature reserve. ... Read More »

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Interference inquiry must walk very fine line on secrecy, transparency: commissioner

By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024

OTTAWA – The head of an inquiry into foreign interference says the need for secrecy about the sensitive subject has not hindered her work to date. Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue cautions, however, that the inquiry must walk a very fine line in balancing confidentiality and the desire for transparency. Hogue’s remarks come as the commission begins ... Read More »

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RCMP release progress report on their response to inquiry into 2020 mass shooting

By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024

HALIFAX – The RCMP released today a strategy that they say will ensure “meaningful change” results from their response to the public inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives. Commissioner Mike Duheme issued a statement admitting the national police force is aware that its previous responses to other reviews ... Read More »

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In the news today: Foreign interference inquiry begins today, findings due May 3

By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Interference inquiry to hear from diaspora members Members of diaspora communities are slated to testify today as a federal inquiry begins two weeks of hearings into foreign meddling allegations and how ... Read More »

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Interference inquiry to hear from members of diaspora communities as hearings resume

By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024

OTTAWA – Members of diaspora communities are slated to testify today as a federal inquiry begins two weeks of hearings into foreign meddling allegations and how the government responded to them. The hearings will focus on possible interference by China, India, Russia and others in the last two general elections. The commission of inquiry, led ... Read More »

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RCMP to release progress report on response to inquiry into 2020 mass shooting

By Michael MacDonald, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024

HALIFAX – The RCMP are expected to provide an update today on progress they have made in responding to the inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting that killed 22 people. The report from RCMP commissioner Mike Duheme comes three months after the police force’s self-imposed deadline passed, and almost a year after the ... Read More »

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Trudeau says premiers complaining about carbon price didn’t pitch better ideas

By The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2024

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back against premiers who are asking him to cancel an upcoming increase to the federal carbon price, saying they have not proposed better ideas to fight climate change. Trudeau says in a letter to premiers today that the last time they discussed the issue in 2022, their ... Read More »

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Four found dead in rural Saskatchewan were members of the same family: RCMP

By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2024

NEUDORF, SASK. – RCMP say four people found dead in a rural Saskatchewan home were members of the same family. They say their initial investigation has found the deceased were two parents and their two adult children. Police are not publicly releasing their names, and next of kin have been notified. Mounties have said investigators ... Read More »

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13 arrested in RCMP raids targeting ‘suspected Montreal criminal organization’

By The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2024

MONTREAL – RCMP say they have arrested 13 people in a major operation against a suspected Montreal criminal organization. Spokesman Charles Poirier says police executed some 20 warrants for searches in businesses, residences and vehicles. He says nine men and four women were taken into custody as part of the operation targeting an alleged crime ... Read More »

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Four Canadian men held in Syria ask Supreme Court to revisit request for hearing

By The Canadian Press on March 26th, 2024

OTTAWA – Four Canadian men detained in Syria are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to reconsider their pleas for a hearing that could open the door to their freedom. In November, the Supreme Court declined to hear the men’s challenge of a Federal Court of Appeal ruling that said Ottawa is not obligated under ... Read More »

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