Singh urges solidarity, respect amid heightened fear in Jewish and Muslim communities
By The Canadian Press on January 2nd, 2024
OTTAWA – Federal New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says Canadians can and must do better as hate crimes increase during the Israel-Hamas war. Singh says in a year-end interview with The Canadian Press that there has to be space for people to express their fears, worries and political opinions without provoking hateful conduct. He says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: CEO pay broke new records in 2022: report
By The Canadian Press on January 2nd, 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… Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs broke new compensation records in 2022: report The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs broke records with their compensation in 2022. The organization’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Amid push for foreign registry, many say other measures needed to fight interference
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on January 2nd, 2024
OTTAWA – For more than a year, Canada has been mulling the creation of a foreign agent registry to fight interference in the country’s democratic processes. The Liberal government and even some firm supporters of the idea acknowledge such a registry would be just one of several tools to prevent hostile actors from meddling in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians across country celebrate New Year’s Day with polar bear swims
By Lyndsay Armstrong and Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press on January 1st, 2024
Hundreds of people across Canada shrieked, shivered and smiled their way into a new year on Monday as they took part in the long-standing tradition of Jan. 1 polar bear dips. Canadians have been marking New Year’s Day with plunges into lakes, oceans and rivers made frigid by typical January conditions since at least 1920, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec appeal court upholds ruling finding that police watchdog issued biased release
By The Canadian Press on January 1st, 2024
MONTREAL – A Quebec appeals court has upheld a ruling that found the province’s police watchdog issued a biased news release harming the family of a man who was killed by officers in 2017. The family of Koray Kevin Celik sued the agency, known as the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes, arguing that a press release ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians across country celebrate New Year’s Day with polar bear swim
By Lyndsay Armstrong, The Canadian Press on January 1st, 2024
HUBBARDS, N.S. – Hundreds across Canada are set to celebrate 2024 with a polar bear plunge Monday, maintaining a long-held tradition of braving the January cold for a swim to mark the new year. Joanie McNally, from Sackville N.S., lost no time in kicking off this year’s polar dips when she ran into the frigid ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Detector dogs could help sniff out more fentanyl, firearms at border, review suggests
By The Canadian Press on January 1st, 2024
OTTAWA – An internal evaluation by Canada’s border agency suggests its detector dogs could play a bigger role in sniffing out deadly fentanyl and illicit firearms. The agency has dozens of canines trained to detect smuggled currency, drugs, guns, and food, plant and animal products. A recently published evaluation found the detector dog service helped ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two people struck and killed by speeding driver in Montreal, 23-year-old man arrested
By The Canadian Press on January 1st, 2024
Montreal police say they’ve arrested a man who allegedly struck and killed two people with his car before fleeing the scene early this morning. Police spokeswoman Const. Caroline Chèvrefils alleges the driver was travelling at high speed when he struck the two pedestrians in Montreal’s northern Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough shortly after 1 a.m. Police say the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gas tax paused in Manitoba, returns in Alberta at a lower rate
By The Canadian Press on January 1st, 2024
As one province pauses the gas tax to provide savings at the pumps, another is bringing it back. The Manitoba government says that starting Monday, motorists won’t have to pay 14 cents per litre in fuel tax for the next six months. The province has said it introduced the measure to help motorists with inflation. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan to stop collecting carbon levy from natural gas and electrical heat
By Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press on January 1st, 2024
REGINA – The Saskatchewan government says its natural gas utility is to stop collecting the carbon levy as of Monday from residential customers. The move comes after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau exempted those who use home heating oil from paying the levy, mostly benefiting residents in Atlantic Canada. Saskatchewan asked for the exemption to cover ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘I am done’: Amid rider woes, is Ottawa’s transit system a victim of its own success?
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on January 1st, 2024
OTTAWA – It didn’t feel like the glory days at the time, climbing onto a crowded bus and pushing into the crush of bodies, riders sweating into their wool coats and parkas. But despite the cramped rides and the occasional backpack to the face, April Lesnick said those days in the early 2000s were the ... Read More »
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