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Canadian Heritage changes vetting process for anti-racism funds after nixing contract
By The Canadian Press on February 13th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canadian Heritage has changed the way it vets funding requests for community and anti-racism projects after it cut ties with an organization that was accused of antisemitism. The federal government suspended a contract with the Community Media Advocacy Centre back in August after it gave the group $133,000 for projects to help combat ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CF-18s still waiting for advanced missiles used by U.S. to destroy flying objects
By The Canadian Press on February 13th, 2023
OTTAWA – More than two years after they were ordered, Canadian fighter jets still have not been armed with the type of missiles used by the American military to bring down four airborne objects in recent weeks. The U.S. government first approved the potential sale of 50 AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles and advanced radars to Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal justice minister orders appeal for Manitoba man in murder case
By The Canadian Press on February 13th, 2023
WINNIPEG – A Manitoba man who spent more than two decades behind bars is getting a new chance to overturn his murder convictions. Federal Justice Minister David Lametti has referred the case of Robert Sanderson to the Manitoba Court of Appeal for a new hearing, saying he has concluded there was likely a miscarriage of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Justice minister orders appeal for Manitoba man in murder case
By The Canadian Press on February 13th, 2023
WINNIPEG – A Manitoba man behind bars for more than two decades is getting another chance at overturning his murder conviction. Federal Justice Minister David Lametti has referred the case of Robert Sanderson to the Manitoba Court of Appeal for a new hearing, saying he has concluded the case was likely a miscarriage of justice. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Week of uncertainty begins in Toronto after mayor’s plan to resign following affair
By Jordan Omstead and Sharif Hassan, The Canadian Press on February 13th, 2023
TORONTO – Uncertainty hung over Toronto on Monday as the city looked to recover from Mayor John Tory’s announcement that he planned to resign following an affair with a former staffer ““ a revelation that came days before major deliberations over the municipal budget. Tory, 68, stunned observers on Friday when he admitted to an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inquest hears from mother of two Quebec sisters killed by their father in July 2020
By The Canadian Press on February 13th, 2023
QUEBEC – The mother of two Quebec girls killed by their father in July 2020 told a coroner’s inquest today that she still has no explanation for why Martin Carpentier committed the irreparable acts. Amélie Lemieux says she always thought that Carpentier – who killed himself after murdering sisters Romy, 6, and Norah, 11 – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Yukon celebrates 50th anniversary of watershed self-governance meeting
By Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press on February 13th, 2023
WHITEHORSE – For Peter Johnston, Grand Chief of the Council of Yukon First Nations, the history of the territory’s modern self-government agreements runs in his blood. On Feb. 14, 1973, his father – Sam Johnston, former chief of the Teslin Tlingit Council – was part of a delegation of Yukon First Nations leaders who flew ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Weekend ‘anomaly’ over Montana first detected in Canadian airspace: Norad commander
By The Canadian Press on February 13th, 2023
WASHINGTON – An “anomaly” that military officials were tracking through the weekend before fighter jets downed an unknown object over the Great Lakes was first detected in Canadian airspace. Norad commander Gen. Glen VanHerck says radar first picked up the object on Saturday at about 4:45 p.m. EST, about 110 kilometres north of the Canada-U.S. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Halifax man to fly to Turkey after earthquake to join brothers searching for sister
By Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press on February 13th, 2023
HALIFAX – The oldest brother of a Canadian woman missing since an earthquake struck Turkey is trying to rent equipment and join his two siblings in a desperate search for their sister. The Feb. 6 earthquake has killed more than 35,000 people and has turned large portions of cities in Turkey and Syria into fragments ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russian ambassador claims Canada a ‘very dangerous country’ to visit
By The Canadian Press on February 13th, 2023
OTTAWA – Russia’s ambassador in Ottawa says Canada is a “very dangerous country” for Russians to visit. Oleg Stepanov says Canada keeps sanctioning people and claimed that Russians are regularly experiencing racism. In a Russian-language interview last Friday, Stepanov said, “I would not recommend (visiting Canada) for tourism, education or business.” However, he added that ... Read More »
1 responseTwelve people, including two children, injured in Ottawa gas explosion
By The Canadian Press on February 13th, 2023
OTTAWA – Officials say 12 people, including two children, were injured in a gas explosion in an east Ottawa suburb, with two of them being pulled out of the rubble. Ottawa Paramedic Services say six people were taken to hospital following the explosion in Orleans, including the two children. They say two men have serious ... Read More »
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