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Trudeau ‘closely monitoring’ situation in Poland as Biden calls emergency meeting
By Marie-Danielle Smith and Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – U.S. President Joe Biden has called an “emergency” gathering of G7 and NATO leaders in Indonesia, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying Canada is “closely monitoring” the situation. Biden gathered the urgent meeting of like-minded leaderson the sidelines of the G20 summit after Poland said Tuesday that a Russian-made missile hit its territory ... Read More »
3 responses‘Harm to the girls’: Girl Guides of Canada to rename Brownies branch
By Angela Amato, The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
Girl Guides of Canada plans to rename Brownies, saying it has heard from several current and former members that the name has caused them personal harm. CEO Jill Zelmanovits says they are changing the name to further remove barriers to belonging for racialized girls and women. “It is clear that this change is the right ... Read More »
4 responsesCanada monitoring situation as Poland says Russian-made missile killed two
By Marie-Danielle Smith and Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – With Poland saying that a Russian-made missile hit its territory on Tuesday and killed two people, Canada and other NATO members on both sides of the Atlantic are scrambling over how to respond to a potential escalation of the war in Ukraine. Defence Minister Anita Anand said earlier Tuesday that she was in ... Read More »
4 responsesAlleged Chinese spy at Hydro-Québec formally charged, considered flight risk
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
LONGUEUIL, Que. – A former employee of Quebec’s hydro utility made a first appearance in court Tuesday on charges that he fraudulently obtained a trade secret for the benefit of China, and he was ordered to remain detained ahead of a bail hearing. Yuesheng Wang, 35, appeared in Quebec court in the Montreal suburb of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal COVID response had negative ‘collateral impacts’ on population, report finds
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
MONTREAL – The COVID-19 pandemic and the health measures brought in to limit it caused widespread collateral impacts that disproportionately harmed the most vulnerable, Montreal’s public health director said Tuesday. Mylène Drouin presented a report on the city’s COVID-19 management that includes 11 recommendations to help it respond to future health crises more efficiently and ... Read More »
3 responsesGirl Guides of Canada to rename Brownies after hearing that the name causes harm
By The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
TORONTO – Girl Guides of Canada plans to rename Brownies, saying that it has heard from several current and former members that the name has caused them personal harm. CEO Jill Zelmanovits says they are changing the name to further remove barriers to belonging for racialized girls and women. The organization says the change will ... Read More »
2 responsesSaskatchewan mother accused of faking death, fleeing the country faces more charges
By The Canadian Press on November 15th, 2022
SASKATOON – An Indigenous woman from Saskatoon who was arrested in the United States after police say she faked her own death is facing more charges in Canada. The 48-year-old woman and her seven-year-old child disappeared in July, prompting a missing persons investigation and extensive community searches. They were found in Oregon City, Ore., in ... Read More »
1 responseConcern 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 »
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