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Defence Department receives approval to spend $7B on 16 F-35s: sources
By Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
OTTAWA – The Department of National Defence recently received quiet approval to spend $7 billion on 16 F-35 fighter jets and related gear. Two defence sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss matters not yet made public, said a funding request sent to the Treasury Board got the green light earlier this ... Read More »
1 responseDefence Department gets OK to spend $7 billion on 16 F-35 fighter jets: sources
By The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
OTTAWA – The Department of National Defence has quietly received approval to buy 16 F-35 fighter jets and related gear for a price tag of $7 billion. Two defence sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss matters not yet made public, say a funding request sent to the Treasury Board got the ... Read More »
1 response‘We’re gonna stick together’: Ontario condo residents help each other after shooting
By Fakiha Baig, The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
VAUGHAN, Ont. – Residents of a condominium complex north of Toronto are coming together to support one another after five people were killed in a shooting at one of its buildings. Patricia Acara said she has been been checking in daily with residents and staff at her Vaughan, Ont., complex since Sunday night’s shooting, which ... Read More »
1 responseCanada, China set aside differences to help COP15 nature talks succeed: Guilbeault
By The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
OTTAWA – Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the COP15 biodiversity framework reached Monday in Montreal was possible because Canada and China were able to set aside their diplomatic differences to co-lead the negotiations. The framework itself will bind the two countries together because it is named after the cities in China and Canada where it ... Read More »
1 responseToronto-area condo residents supporting each other through shooting
By The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
VAUGHAN, Ont. – Residents of a condominium complex north of Toronto are coming together to support one another after five people were killed in a shooting at one of its buildings. Three members of the building’s condo board were among the victims of Sunday night’s shooting in Vaughan, Ont., that ended with the suspected gunman ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec premier ‘more optimistic’ on health-funding deal after meeting with Trudeau
By The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
MONTREAL – Quebec Premier François Legault says he is “more optimistic” about reaching a health-care funding deal with Ottawa after his meeting today with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Legault spoke to reporters after meeting with the prime minister in Montreal, but Trudeau did not take questions. Canada’s premiers are in negotiations with the federal government ... Read More »
1 responseSouthern B.C. snowstorm halts flights at Vancouver airport, creates travel chaos
By The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
VANCOUVER – Most of British Columbia is covered by weather warnings as snow, extreme cold and arctic winds grip the province, forcing the suspension of all flights at Vancouver International Airport and playing havoc with transportation across the south coast. Officials with the Ministry of Transportation said as much as 30 centimetres of snow had ... Read More »
1 responseAir Force reinstates officers disciplined for ‘egregious’ fighter pilot call sign
By The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
OTTAWA – The Royal Canadian Air Force is reinstating two officers disciplined over a homophobic nickname given to a fighter pilot. Maj.-Gen. Iain Huddleston announced the decision to reinstate Col. Colin Marks and Lt.-Col. Casey Mask in a message to Air Force members today. The two officers pleaded guilty at a hearing last week after ... Read More »
1 responseThe Canadian Press Newsmakers of the Year since 1946
By The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
OTTAWA – The group of “Freedom Convoy” protesters who took over the streets around Parliament Hill and blockaded border crossings to demand an end to COVID-19 restrictions has been named The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year for 2022. Here is a list of who’s had the title in the past, as chosen in an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters voted The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
OTTAWA – They came to Ottawa by the thousands with different goals and grievances, but united in their disenfranchisement with the federal Liberal government and COVID-19 health restrictions. The protesters who formed the self-titled “Freedom Convoy” and similar demonstrations across the country blockaded the streets of the capital and international border crossings, marking a new ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa sanctions two Haiti cabinet ministers over alleged gang ties
By The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
OTTAWA – Canada is sanctioning two of Haiti’s cabinet ministers it accuses of helping violent gangs sow chaos in that country. Ottawa is barring Haiti’s Justice Minister Berto Dorcé and Interior Minister Liszt Quitel from entering Canada, and ordering any assets they hold in Canada to be frozen. The Trudeau government accuses the pair of ... Read More »
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