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Concern about political interference with RCMP spotlighted at Emergencies Act inquiry
By Laura Osman and David Fraser, The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – A few hours after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the history-making decision to invoke the Emergencies Act, his national security adviser reached out to the RCMP for a threat assessment of the protests that had blockaded downtown Ottawa and several border crossings. Jody Thomas did not go through official channels when she asked ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mother of Canadian detained in Syria accuses of Ottawa of shirking duty to help
By The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – The mother of a Canadian man being held in northeastern Syria accuses the federal government of doing “precisely nothing” to secure his release. Sally Lane is urging the Liberal government to send a delegate overseas to help free son Jack Letts and other Canadians detained in atrocious conditions. Letts, who turned 27 this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada monitoring reports of Russian missiles hitting Poland: Anand
By The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – Defence Minister Anita Anand says she is in contact with Polish authorities over reports that two people were killed when Russian missiles hit the NATO ally. Anand would only say that Canada is monitoring the situation as she entered the House of Commons for question period this afternoon. The Associated Press reports Russian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defence closes case in sexual assault trial of ex-PQ legislator Harold LeBel
By The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
RIMOUSKI, Que. – The defence for former Parti Québécois legislator Harold LeBel closed its case today in his trial for sexual assault. Earlier in the day, Superior Court Justice Serge Francoeur called prosecutor Jérôme Simard to order because the lawyer brought up a declaration the accused made to police during his 2020 arrest. Simard told ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health Canada won’t say how much pain medicine for kids is coming or where it’s going
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – Health Canada officials say more doses of children’s painkillers and fever medication will be available soon, but they won’t say how many or where exactly they’ll be sent. Deputy Minister Stephen Lucas and several other senior Health Canada officials with responsibility for pharmaceutical policy were summoned to the House of Commons health committee ... Read More »
1 responseNicholson ‘sorry’ for how Hockey Canada handled sexual assault claims under his watch
By The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – Former Hockey Canada president and CEO Bob Nicholson says he’s “sorry” for not putting written guidelines in place on how the national sport organization should handle sexual assault claims during his time in charge. Testifying before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on Parliament Hill on Tuesday, Nicholson said he’s satisfied with how ... Read More »
2 responsesTrudeau deletes tweet that cited false information in denouncing the Iranian regime
By The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office says it deleted a tweet that his account posted overnight denouncing the Iranian regime based on false information that had been circulating on social media. The message said Iran’s decision to impose the death penalty on nearly 15,000 protesters was “barbaric,” but that number has been widely discredited ... Read More »
2 responsesCabinet didn’t get up-to-date police briefing during Emergencies Act deliberations
By The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki says she didn’t get to tell cabinet that Ottawa had a complete plan to remove the “Freedom Convoy” protest as ministers deliberated whether to invoke the Emergencies Act. Lucki is testifying at the public inquiry into the federal government’s decision to invoke the act on Feb. 14, more than ... Read More »
1 responseHealth Canada won’t say how much new kids’ pain medicine coming, where it’s going
By The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – Health Canada officials say more doses of children’s painkillers and fever medication will be available soon but it won’t say how many or where exactly they’ll be sent. Senior officials are answering questions at a House of Commons committee as hospitals and nervous parents with sick kids at home struggle to find children’s ... Read More »
1 responseHydro-Québec employee alleged to have sent secrets to China makes court appearance
By The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
LONGUEUIL, Que. – A Montreal-area Hydro-Québec employee charged with economic espionage has made a first court appearance since he was accused of sending trade secrets to China. Yuesheng Wang, 35, appeared in Quebec court in Longueuil, Que., today by videoconference from RCMP headquarters in Montreal and was assisted by a translator. The resident of Candiac, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Auditor general finds aging icebreakers, aircraft hamper monitoring of Arctic waters
By The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
Canada’s auditor general says the federal government doesn’t have a good handle on what’s going on in its Arctic waters. In a report tabled today, Karen Hogan says the agencies responsible for safety and security in the North don’t have a clear picture of traffic in the region. She says Transport Canada and the Canadian ... Read More »
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