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RCMP officers face firing for ‘atrocious’ racist behaviour, harassment, documents say
By The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Three RCMP members from a Metro Vancouver detachment could be fired over alleged “atrocious,” “racist” and “horrible” behaviour detailed by a fellow officer. A schedule from the RCMP shows Constables Philip Dick, Ian Solven and Mersad Mesbah are slated to appear next February for code of conduct hearings over allegations including discrimination, harassment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Joly says around 45,000 Canadians are in Lebanon as violence escalates
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2024
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says close to 45,000 Canadians are in Lebanon months after warning there is no guarantee Ottawa can evacuate them if the situation deteriorates further. Joly has been urging Canadians to leave the country for months after attacks between Israel and Lebanon. But the government has never been clear ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada announces $151 million for polio eradication, after outbreak in Gaza Strip
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada is setting aside $151 million for the fight to eradicate polio worldwide. International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen announced the news at a Rotary International conference in Toronto. The funding comes a month after Palestinian officials announced the first cases of polio in 25 years in the Gaza Strip. The funding will support ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP officers face firing over ‘atrocious’ racist behaviour, harassment
By The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Three RCMP members from a Metro Vancouver detachment could be fired over alleged “atrocious,” “racist” and “horrible” behaviour detailed by a fellow officer. A schedule from the RCMP shows Constables Philip Dick, Ian Solven and Mersad Mesbah are slated to appear next February for code of conduct hearings over allegations including discrimination, harassment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three men injured after man enters Montreal-area mosque bearing a knife
By Maura Forrest, The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2024
MONTREAL – Three men have been injured after a 24-year-old man entered a mosque southwest of Montreal armed with a knife. Police in Châteauguay, Que., on Montreal’s South Shore, say the three men were in their fifties and suffered only minor injuries, with one transported to hospital. The suspect entered the Muslim cultural centre in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Three men injured after man enters Quebec mosque bearing a knife
By The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2024
MONTREAL – Three men have been injured after a 24-year-old man entered a mosque southwest of Montreal armed with a knife. Police in Châteauguay, Que., on Montreal’s South Shore, say the three men were in their fifties and suffered only minor injuries, with one transported to hospital. The suspect entered the Muslim cultural centre in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police fan out across Quebec after ‘vile’ death of teen linked to organized crime
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2024
MONTREAL – Quebec police said they would make their presence felt in major cities across the province on Friday, as a war between Hells Angels and street gangs was linked to the death of a 14-year-old boy southeast of the provincial capital. Multiple media reports say police found the body of a teenager from Montreal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Harrods boss Al Fayed was a ‘monster’ who abused young women, including three Canadians, lawyers for accusers say
By Pan Pylas, The Associated Press on September 20th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – Mohamed Al Fayed, the former boss of Harrods, was a “monster’ who raped and sexually abused young women, including three Canadians, lawyers representing dozens of his accusers said Friday. The abuse went on through much of Al Fayed’s 25-year tenure – from 1985 on – at the helm of the world-renowned London ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. NDP Leader David Eby launches election campaign a day early in key battleground
By The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2024
SURREY, B.C. – New Democrat Leader David Eby has launched his British Columbia election campaign a day early, making the key battle ground of Surrey his first stop. The fixed election date of Oct. 19 means the campaign doesn’t officially start until Saturday. But Eby boarded the bus today with his youngest daughter, Gwen, in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: B.C. NDP Leader David Eby launches election campaign a day early
By The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2024
SURREY, B.C. – New Democrat Leader David Eby has launched his British Columbia election campaign a day early, making the key battle ground of Surrey his first stop. The Oct. 19 election campaign officially starts Saturday, but Eby boarded the NDP’s campaign bus with his wife and three children today. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP asks competition watchdog to probe potential rent-fixing by corporate landlords
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2024
OTTAWA – The NDP is asking the Competition Bureau to investigate whether Canadian corporate landlords are using the same AI software that sparked an antitrust lawsuit in the United States. The U.S. Justice Department filed the lawsuit last month against real estate software company RealPage Inc., accusing it of an illegal scheme that allows landlords ... Read More »
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