UN rejects Canadian push to call out “deliberate cruelty” of Hamas attacks
By James McCarten, The Canadian Press on October 27th, 2023
WASHINGTON – A Canadian effort to formally call out Hamas for the “deliberate cruelty” of its deadly Oct. 7 attacks on Israel has gone down to defeat at the United Nations. Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, urged delegates Friday to back an amendment that would have named Hamas in a draft resolution ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Miller to provinces: If you can’t fix international student rackets then feds will
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on October 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government is prepared to crack down on dubious post-secondary institutions that recruit international students if provinces aren’t up to the task, Immigration Minister Marc Miller warned Friday. Miller made the comments as he announced new rules to curb fraud and “bad actors” in the international student program, following an investigation this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U.S. man lost at sea is rescued by Canadian crew west of Vancouver Island
By The Canadian Press on October 27th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Sharp-eyed mariners on a Canadian vessel have rescued a U.S. man, one day after the United States Coast Guard ended its search for a commercial fishing boat from Washington state with two people aboard. U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Steve Strohmaier says crew aboard the Canadian fish boat Ocean Sunset spotted a life-raft ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At United Nations, Canada to speak about humanitarian pauses in Israel-Hamas war
By The Canadian Press on October 27th, 2023
WASHINGTON – Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations is expected to speak later today about a UN effort to establish a temporary pause in the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Bob Rae will take the podium on Day 2 of a special emergency session of the UN General Assembly as delegates debate a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Immigration minister announces new rules to curb international student fraud schemes
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on October 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Immigration Minister Marc Miller has announced new rules aimed at protecting international students from fraud, following an investigation this summer into more than 100 cases involving fake admission letters. The immigration department launched a task force in June to investigate a scheme that dates back to 2017, which saw immigration agents issue fake ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Israel strikes outskirts of Gaza City during second ground raid
By The Canadian Press on October 27th, 2023
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today “¦ Israel strikes outskirts of Gaza City during second ground raid in as many days Israeli forces conducted another ground raid in Gaza in advance of an expected invasion of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defence’s fight for internal police documents continues in ‘Freedom Convoy’ trial
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on October 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – The lawyers for two “Freedom Convoy” organizers are expected to continue their legal fight for access to internal Ottawa Police Service documents today. Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are on trial for their role in the massive demonstration against COVID-19 public-health measures that gridlocked the streets of Ottawa for three weeks in early ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C.’s new fossil emblem an 80-million-year-old marine reptile called elasmosaur
By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia has officially designated a large, fierce-looking marine reptile that swam in waters off Vancouver Island 80 million years ago as the province’s official fossil emblem. The government adopted the long-necked, sharp-toothed 12-metre elasmosaur as the fossil emblem on Thursday, adding to the list of provincial symbols. The designation follows a five-year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Manitoba premier apologizes, meets with families about searching landfill for remains
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023
WINNIPEG – Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew apologized Thursday to the families of two slain First Nations women whose remains are believed to be in a Winnipeg-area landfill for what he called being reduced to a “political prop” by the former government during the recent provincial election. Kinew met with the families of Morgan Harris and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberal bill updating sex-offender registry in response to court decision becomes law
By The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – A Liberal bill that adds victims’ input to the process for publication ban decisions and changes how the national sexual offender registry works has received royal assent. The new law requires judges to ask prosecutors if they have sought a victim’s input when seeking a publication ban, and requires victims’ preferences about receiving ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smith says Alberta’s CPP exit campaign to continue despite questions over key number
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on October 26th, 2023
EDMONTON – Premier Danielle Smith says Alberta will continue its $7.5-million pension-exit advertising and survey campaign, despite acknowledging the key dollar figure is disputed and likely headed to court. Smith says her government stands by its assertion that Alberta deserves $334 billion if it leaves the Canada Pension Plan – a figure that represents more ... Read More »
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