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Canada set to sign agreement with U.K. at G7 digital, tech ministers’ meeting
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada is set to sign an agreement with the United Kingdom at a meeting of G7 industry, digital and technology ministers in Montreal on Tuesday. The agreement follows separate deals with Germany and the European Union which were announced at the meeting Monday. Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon is expected to sign a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inuvialuit kayak, other items from Vatican unveiled at Museum of History
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — An Inuvialuit kayak more than a century old was unveiled Tuesday at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., along with a handful of other priceless Inuit items returned to Canada from the Vatican collection on Saturday. The kayak, elegantly hand-built from driftwood, sealskin and sinew, was one of the artifacts earmarked ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Justice bill takes aim at femicide, coercive control, pornographic deepfakes
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — Federal legislation introduced today would treat murders driven by control, hate, sexual violence or exploitation as first-degree. The proposed law, the Protecting Victims Act, would define these murders as femicide when the victim is a woman. Currently, some murders targeting women may be classified as first-degree murder, while others may be second-degree. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sexual assault investigation of army officer flawed by ‘tunnel vision’: watchdog
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — A military justice watchdog says an investigation of a sexual assault claim against former army officer Dany Fortin was compromised by tunnel vision, bias and a lack of oversight. The Military Police Complaints Commission released its final report today on the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service’s probe of a sexual assault allegation dating ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals say they’ll vote against Conservative motion declaring support for pipeline
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson says a Conservative motion declaring support for a pipeline is a cynical ploy designed to divide MPs. The House of Commons is set to vote later today on a motion that says MPs support construction of a pipeline to carry Alberta bitumen to the coast, along with an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa inks partnership with Canadian firms on military’s Arctic satellite project
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — Ottawa has signed a new strategic partnership with the Canadian firms Telesat and MDA Space to develop military satellite communications for the Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic. Stephen Fuhr, the Secretary of State for Defence Procurement, says the Canadian Armed Forces have limited satellite communications options in the region, with most currently ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family of 15-year-old shot dead by police near Montreal sues officers, city
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
MONTREAL — The family of a 15-year-old boy who was fatally shot by police in an off-island suburb of Montreal in September is suing the officers and the city of Longueuil, Que. Six members of the family of Nooran Rezayi say Longueuil police used unreasonable and disproportionate force when they opened fire on the teenager. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Transat starts to cancel flights as strike deadline looms
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
TORONTO AND MONTREAL — Air Transat has begun to cancel flights as the clock ticks down on a Wednesday morning strike deadline from pilots near the peak of the holiday travel period. Travel company Transat A.T. Inc., which owns the Montreal-based leisure airline, said it has cancelled at least a half-dozen flights on Tuesday so ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!House set to vote today on Conservative motion declaring support for pipeline to B.C.
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — Members of Parliament are set to debate a Conservative motion today that declares support for an oil pipeline to British Columbia’s coast. The motion says MPs support construction of a pipeline to carry Alberta bitumen to the coast, along with an “appropriate amendment” to legislation banning most oil tankers off the northern B.C. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Transat starts to cancel flights as strike deadline looms
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
MONTREAL — Air Transat is beginning to cancel flights as the clock ticks down on a Wednesday morning strike deadline from pilots near the peak of the holiday travel period. Travel company Transat A.T. Inc., which owns the leisure airline, says it has cancelled at least a half-dozen flights on Tuesday so far. The planes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FBI release new Ryan Wedding photo in hunt for Olympian turned alleged drug kingpin
By Canadian Press on December 9th, 2025
A new photo of Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding has been released by U.S. law enforcement as they chase down the alleged Olympian turned drug kingpin. The Federal Bureau of Investigation shared on social media what they say is a newly obtained image of Wedding in Mexico this past summer. It’s a close-up of Wedding shirtless ... Read More »
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