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Family, friends to gather for funeral of man shot in condo building north of Toronto
By The Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2022
TORONTO – The family of a man who was among five people killed in a shooting rampage at a Toronto-area condo says the 59-year-old’s funeral will be held at a mosque today. Police have said Naveed Dada and four others were killed on Sunday night by a 73-year-old gunman who was later shot dead by ... Read More »
1 responseMore flight delays possible as storm approaches Toronto: In The News for Dec. 22
By The Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2022
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 Dec. 22 … What we are watching in Canada … A major winter storm bearing down on Toronto is adding to the calamity in Canadian ... Read More »
1 responseBack-to-office mandate has some public-service parents scrambling to find child care
By Cindy Tran, The Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2022
OTTAWA – Tania Marcil doesn’t have much time to spare before the holidays set in. Now, instead of using those rare moments to get ready for the season, she says she is spending them scrambling to find last-minute care for her three children. The Halifax-based worker is among the public servants who received a controversial ... Read More »
1 responseMore flight delays possible as storm approaches Toronto : In The News for Dec. 22 …
By The Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2022
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 Dec. 22 … What we are watching in Canada … A major winter storm bearing down on Toronto is adding to the calamity in Canadian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto and Vancouver airports warn of operational impacts today due to weather
By The Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2022
TORONTO – A major winter storm bearing down on Toronto is adding to the calamity in Canadian airports already plagued by flight cancellations and delays set off early this week by heavy snow in Vancouver. Environment Canada says Toronto’s storm will begin today with rain or snow followed by plummeting temperatures, a potential flash freeze ... Read More »
1 responseCanadians gleaned naval intelligence from Russian defector, newly released files show
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2022
OTTAWA – The young Russian seaman who turned up exhausted and bleeding on the British Columbia shore struck a Canadian intelligence official as well mannered, sincere and athletic, built like Tarzan of the movies. Less than two years later, defector Sergei Kourdakov would die in a California motel room – apparently by accidentally shooting himself ... Read More »
1 responseTrudeau signals shift away from humanitarian aid toward financing infrastructure
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is signalling a shift away from humanitarian aid toward funding infrastructure projects in developing countries. “A lot of it is less around humanitarian development, in my conversations with the Global South, and much more about, well, how can you create investments in renewable energies that’s going to last the ... Read More »
1 responseOver 100 people attended vigil for Vaughan, Ont., shooting victims and their families
By Sharif Hassan, The Canadian Press on December 21st, 2022
VAUGHAN, Ont. – Family, friends and shocked community members held a candlelight vigil Wednesday night to honour the victims of the deadly condo shooting north of Toronto. Dozens of people holding candles and flowers gathered outside the city hall in Vaughan, Ont., to pay their respects. Police have identified the victims as Rita Camilleri, Vittorio ... Read More »
1 responseCandlelight vigil underway for victims of Toronto-area fatal condo shooting
By The Canadian Press on December 21st, 2022
VAUGHAN, Ont. – A candlelight vigil is underway outside the city hall in Vaughan, Ont., to honour the victims of a deadly condo shooting. Dozens of people are at the vigil, braving the cold weather, some holding lit candles, others flowers. York Regional Police have said a 73-year-old man who was in a lengthy dispute ... Read More »
1 responseWintry woes put Canadian holiday travel on ice, as airports brace for another blast
By Nono Shen and Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on December 21st, 2022
VANCOUVER – The woes for travellers stranded by heavy snow at Vancouver’s airport have spread across the country and Toronto Pearson International Airport is now advising of an approaching storm that could derail things further. Among the passengers worrying about making it home for Christmas was Fort McMurray, Alta., resident Jennifer Alberto, who sat on ... Read More »
1 responseRegional chief warns of ‘tight’ turnaround as Ottawa eyes First Nations policing law
By Stephanie Taylor and Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on December 21st, 2022
OTTAWA – Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he hopes to introduce legislation declaring First Nations policing an essential service early in the new year, with one regional chief calling that timeline “tight.” In a year-end interview with The Canadian Press, Mendicino said the prospective law is under developmentwith input from Indigenous stakeholders and communities, ... Read More »
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