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Johnston will finalize own mandate for election interference probe
By The Canadian Press on March 17th, 2023
OTTAWA – Former governor general David Johnston says he will have a hand in determining his own mandate as special rapporteur on foreign interference in recent federal elections. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tapped the former governor general and legal scholar on Wednesday to probe allegations of Chinese interference in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians mourn the deaths of two Edmonton police officers : In The News for March 17
By The Canadian Press on March 17th, 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 17 … What we are watching in Canada … People in Edmonton and across Canada are paying tribute to two city police officers who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians mourn the deaths of two Edmonton police officers : In The News for Mar. 17
By The Canadian Press on March 17th, 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 Mar. 17 … What we are watching in Canada … People in Edmonton and across Canada are paying tribute to two city police officers who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!People honouring two slain Edmonton police officers gunned down responding to a call
By The Canadian Press on March 17th, 2023
EDMONTON – People in Edmonton and across Canada are paying tribute to two city police officers who were fatally shot while responding to a domestic violence call. Constables Brett Ryan and Travis Jordan were gunned down early Thursday morning after entering an apartment building. A police source says the shooter was a 16-year-old boy who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Internal documents show what RCMP considered ‘lessons learned’ from ‘Freedom Convoy’
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on March 17th, 2023
OTTAWA – After policing the “Freedom Convoy,” the RCMP came away with lessons learned, newly released documents show – including the need to better prepare for the potential targeting of emergency phone lines. Briefing notes obtained by The Canadian Press under access-to-information laws also point to security pressures to protect leaders in Ottawa and detail ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver mayor says foreign meddling ‘insinuations’ are because he’s not Caucasian
By The Canadian Press on March 16th, 2023
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said his race is behind “insinuations” in a newspaper report connecting him to election meddling by Chinese diplomats. Sim said at a news conference Thursday he was not aware of any foreign interference in the 2022 municipal election that saw him defeat incumbent Kennedy Stewart. “If there’s proof of foreign interference ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guards union says second pigeon with a backpack found in B.C. prison
By The Canadian Press on March 16th, 2023
VANCOUVER – A pigeon wearing a tiny empty backpack has been captured inside a federal prison in British Columbia, in what a union official says was likely another plan by inmates to smuggle drugs. The discovery at the Matsqui prison in the Fraser Valley comes just a few months after another pigeon was captured carrying ... Read More »
1 response‘Unthinkable and horrific:’ two Edmonton police constables fatally shot, suspect dead
By Angela Amato, The Canadian Press on March 16th, 2023
EDMONTON – Officers embraced each other and wiped away tears Thursday as Edmonton’s police chief relayed details of how two constables were shot and killed at an apartment complex while responding to a domestic violence call. “Today, the Edmonton Police Service has been marked by an unthinkable and horrific tragedy as two of our members ... Read More »
1 responseGovernment finds discrimination at Canadian Human Rights Commission, union says
By The Canadian Press on March 16th, 2023
OTTAWA – A union representing public service lawyers says the government has found there was discrimination and systemic racism in an institution specifically designed to root it out. The Association of Justice Counsel says the Canadian Human Rights Commission, whose mandate is to protect the core principle of equal opportunity, discriminated against Black and racialized ... Read More »
1 responseVancouver councillor supports foreign interference probe at municipal level
By The Canadian Press on March 16th, 2023
Vancouver Coun. Lenny Zhou says he is in full support of a foreign interference probe for elections at all levels of Canada’s governments after he was named in a newspaper report on the issue. Zhou says he is “100 per cent” supportive of a “thorough and transparent” investigation into federal, provincial and municipal elections, because ... Read More »
1 responseOttawa misses latest deadline on inking deal with Quebec shipyard for icebreakers
By Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press on March 16th, 2023
Ottawa has quietly missed its own deadline for finalizing an agreement with a Quebec shipyard so it can start work on replacing the Canadian Coast Guard’s aging icebreaker fleet. The government said last summer that pending successful negotiations, it expected an agreement by the end of the year confirming Chantier Davie’s addition to Canada’s multibillion-dollar ... Read More »
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