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MP Han Dong threatens legal action against Global over foreign interference report
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Han Dong is threatening legal action against Global News and its parent company Corus Entertainment after the media outlet published an allegation the Toronto MP spoke to a Chinese diplomat about delaying the release of two Canadians. The Liberal-turned-Independent MP says in a statement released today that he has retained a lawyer “to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa’s slow rollout of internet to First Nations creating economic rift: audit
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government’s slow rollout of high-speed internet to rural areas is putting First Nations at an economic disadvantage while billions of dollars earmarked to fix the issue remains untouched, says Canada’s auditor general. The lack of internet access continues to exclude First Nation reserves from accessing education, work and medical or government ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Disorganized foreign-aid reporting means Ottawa can’t track feminist outcomes: audit
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Global Affairs Canada has no sense of whether development aid meant to help women and girls abroad is actually advancing gender equity, according to an audit tabled in Parliament on Monday morning. “It was highly problematic that critical information, such as project progress reports, could not be readily found,” reads a report by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Centre Block construction within cost, but Ottawa needs to make faster decisions: AG
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s auditor general says the modernization of Parliament’s Centre Block is within budget so far, but the federal government needs to do a better job at making up their minds before major construction begins. Karen Hogan warns in a report released today that if decision-making remains fragmented, it could lead to construction delays ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec girl, 9, dies after snow fort collapses behind residence
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
SAINT-UBALDE, Que. – A nine-year-old girl has died after a snow fort collapsed in a forest behind a rural Quebec home. The young victim was building a fort with another girl, 7, when it collapsed on them in the town of St-Ubalde, about 100 kilometres west of Quebec City. Quebec provincial police were called to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Border crossings returning to pre-pandemic opening hours
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Opening hours are being extended at 39 border crossings with the United States and at several airports across the country as the Canada Border Services Agency returns to pre-pandemic hours. The changes will take effect on March 31. The border agency first restricted hours at land border crossings in April 2020, closing many ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada sanctions more Iran guard corps members, police after Toronto rally criticism
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
Ottawa is adding more Iranian individuals and companies to its sanctions list after the government faced heavy criticism at a diaspora event this weekend. The new sanctions apply to eight people, as well as a company that creates armoured vehicles and a cybersecurity training institute. The Tehran commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israeli diplomats in Canada join strike against Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Israeli diplomats in Canada have joined a strike against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary. Israeli Embassy spokesman Eli Lipshitz confirmed that mission in Ottawa is closed in accordance with a decision by Israel’s largest trade union, Histadrut. The consulates in Toronto and Montreal are also closed and on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for March 27 : A final goodbye to two fallen Edmonton police officers
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 27 … What we are watching in Canada … A regimental funeral is set to be held today for two Edmonton police officers who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Funeral for two Edmonton police officers shot and killed responding to family dispute
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
EDMONTON – A regimental funeral is set to be held today for two Edmonton police officers who were shot and killed by a 16-year-old boy. Police say a 2 1/2-kilometre procession from the Alberta legislature to Rogers Place in Edmonton’s downtown is scheduled to begin just before noon. The funeral for Const. Travis Jordan, who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada argues court misconstrued Charter in directing feds to bring men in Syria home
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Canadian government says a federal judge misinterpreted the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in directing officials to secure the release of four men from detention in northeastern Syria. Government lawyers are set to stress that point in the Federal Court of Appeal today as they seek to overturn a January ruling by ... Read More »
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