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Halt defence counter-intelligence searches of workplace computers, spy watchdog urges
By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
OTTAWA – The national spy watchdog is calling on the military’s counter-intelligence unit to suspend investigative searches of a workplace computer system over concerns about employee privacy. A National Security and Intelligence Review Agency report released today says Defence employees and Armed Forces members have a reasonable expectation of privacy when making personal use of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec killer, alleged suspect in fatal Montreal fire, pleads guilty to prison escape
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
MONTREAL – A convicted killer who spent 51 months on the lam from a prison in Quebec – and who court documents cite as a suspect in a Montreal fire that killed seven people – has pleaded guilty to escaping custody. Listed as one of Quebec’s most wanted criminals, Denis Bégin was arrested in May ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa aims to set temporary resident targets for the first time this fall
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
OTTAWA – Immigration Minister Marc Miller says for the first time, Canada will set targets for the number of new temporary resident arrivals to the country. He says he plans to decrease the temporary resident population by five per cent over the next three years. Canada has seen a sharp increase in the number of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N.L. tables budget with $152-million deficit a day after protest shut legislature
By Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Newfoundland and Labrador’s finance minister released her 2024-25 budget Thursday, after sleeping at the legislature the night before following a chaotic demonstration by fish harvesters that had prevented officials from entering the building. Siobhan Coady was scheduled to deliver the budget on Wednesday, but the crowd forced the government to call ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Commission releases interim report into unmarked graves at residential schools
By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
OTTAWA – An interim report from an international group hired to provide advice on identifying and locating the unmarked graves of children who attended residential schools says Canada can should continue funding searches beyond 2025. The report from the International Commission on Missing Persons, based in The Hague, covers the work it has done so ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Ottawa to set targets for temporary resident arrivals
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
OTTAWA – Immigration Minister Marc Miller says for the first time, Canada will set targets for the number of new temporary resident arrivals. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberal MP decries ‘political games’ over criticism of Conservatives on Ukraine
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
OTTAWA – One of the Liberals’ point people on foreign policy says framing the Tories as soft on Ukraine isn’t helping the country fend off Russia’s invasion. Toronto MP Rob Oliphant is parliamentary secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, a job that has him travel on her behalf to events at home and abroad. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: N.L. tables budget with $152-million deficit amid protests from fishers
By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Newfoundland and Labrador Finance Minister Siobhan Coady today presented her budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year, projecting a deficit of $152 million. Coady delivered the $10.4-billion budget a day late after protesting fishers managed to block the entrance to the legislature ahead of the planned tabling on Wednesday. Today’s budget speech ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel arms ban still ‘being refined,’ as envoy says country can defend itself
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
OTTAWA – A senior official in Canada’s foreign service says Ottawa is still sorting out the implications of the government committing to stop future military exports to Israel. “This is being refined as we speak,” Global Affairs Canada regional head Alexandre Lévêque told senators Wednesday. Most Liberal MPs joined the NDP in backing a motion ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former premiers, other dignitaries pay respects to Brian Mulroney in Montreal
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
MONTREAL – Prominent Quebec political leaders and other dignitaries arrived to St. Patrick’s Basilica in Montreal Thursday to pay their final respects to former prime minister Brian Mulroney, who died Feb. 29 at age 84. Lucien Bouchard, Quebec premier from 1996 to 2001 and a cabinet minister in Mulroney’s Progressive Conservative government until a falling ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec inmate who spent 51 months on lam pleads guilty to escaping federal prison
By The Canadian Press on March 21st, 2024
MONTREAL – A Quebec man who spent 51 months on the lam from a federal prison before he was arrested last year has pleaded guilty to escaping custody. Denis Bégin was sentenced to 18 months in prison to be served concurrently with a life sentence that he is already serving for second-degree murder. Court documents ... Read More »
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