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Accused cop killer has ‘nuanced’ understanding of trial, Crown tells fitness hearing
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
VANCOUVER — A prosecutor says the suspect in the killing of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang has an “exceptionally nuanced and sophisticated understanding” of the trial process. But Colleen Smith says the Crown isn’t taking a position on whether Jongwon Ham is fit to stand trial for first-degree murder. Ham has been a vocal presence at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada supplying 23.6 million barrels of oil under IEA release plan
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — Canada plans to contribute 23.6 million barrels of oil to an International Energy Agency plan to help stabilize energy markets as the war in the Middle East continues to choke off tanker shipments from the Persian Gulf. The announcement from Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson’s office late Friday comes two days after he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec Tories sour on Grapes as caucus members support Don Cherry for Order of Canada
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — Opposition is mounting among Quebec’s federal Conservatives to their own party’s push to award the Order of Canada to controversial hockey commentator Don Cherry. In a social media post late Thursday, the party’s Quebec lieutenant Pierre Paul-Hus said he believes appointing Cherry would be “a bad idea” given his “unacceptable remarks toward the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada supplying 23.6 million oil barrels under IEA release plan
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — Canada has committed to supplying 23.6 million barrels of oil as part of a larger International Energy Agency plan to help stabilize energy markets as the war in the Middle East continues. The announcement comes two days after Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said Canada would “do its part” to lower the cost ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Canada supplying 23.6 million oil barrels under IEA release plan
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — Canada has committed to supplying 23.6 million barrels of oil as part of a larger International Energy Agency plan to help stabilize energy markets as the war in the Middle East continues. The announcement comes two days after Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said Canada would “do its part” to lower the cost ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Environment committee engaging in ‘junior high behaviour’: former climate advisers
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — Two former advisers on Ottawa’s climate policies say recent antics by parliamentarians at the House of Commons environment committee demonstrate why they resigned from Canada’s independent net-zero advisory body last year. Simon Donner and Catherine Abreu were at the centre of some committee fireworks on Thursday, when Conservative and Bloc Québécois MPs tried ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada rejects Iraqi government’s claim that Ottawa will take detainees from ISIL era
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada is rejecting a claim by the Iraqi government that Ottawa will bring home Canadian men detained during the rule of the Islamic State group. The Iraqi claim followed a meeting on Tuesday between Canada’s ambassador in Baghdad, Christopher Boehm, and Iraq’s national security adviser Qasim Al-Araji. Al-Araji’s office issued a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Questions linger about duties of incoming national security and intelligence adviser
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — As Canada’s national security and intelligence adviser prepares to leave her post, there are questions about the exact role her successor will play. Early this month, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that David Morrison, currently deputy minister of foreign affairs, would become his senior diplomatic and international affairs adviser and his representative for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa earmarks half a billion dollars for labs and research equipment
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — Ottawa committed to $552 million in science funding on Friday for equipment, tools and labs needed for academic research projects across the country. The federal government released a list of 92 research projects which have secured funding through the Canadian Foundation for Innovation. The money, distributed through the Innovation Fund, will be put ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unions, MPs warn funding cuts could affect services for veterans
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — Unions and MPs say a bureau at Veterans Affairs Canada which provides free legal advice to veterans who have been denied disability benefits is about to have its workforce cut almost in half. Toufic El-Daher, national president of the Union of Veterans’ Affairs Employees, told a House of Commons committee this week that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man charged in murder of Montreal store owner had stabbed to death B.C. woman in 2012
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
MONTREAL — A man charged with first-degree murder in the death on Thursday of a Montreal convenience store owner has a lengthy criminal record, which includes a conviction in 2015 for stabbing to death a woman in British Columbia. Xavier Gellatly, 35, was formally charged on Friday at the Montreal courthouse for allegedly murdering 55-year-old ... Read More »
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