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Crown blames most of Ali murder trial delays on defence and ‘extraordinary events’
By The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
VANCOUVER – A Crown lawyer says holdups to the trial of a man found guilty of murdering a 13-year-old Burnaby, B.C., girl were mostly attributable to the defence and “discrete exceptional events,” as he argued against the case being thrown out over delays. Daniel Porte told a B.C. Supreme Court judge that if those events ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arrests in northern B.C. over allegations of trafficking safe-supply drugs
By The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Police in Prince George, B.C., say they have arrested two people over allegations they were trafficking safe-supply drugs that are prescribed as an alternative to the toxic drug supply in the province. RCMP say they acted on tips from the public and information from other investigations to gather enough evidence to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Total solar eclipse exits North America on Newfoundland’s eastern coast
By Fakiha Baig in Niagara Falls, Ont., and Jordan Omstead in Toronto, The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
Earth-bound audiences turned skyward as the sun moved directly behind the moon on Monday, plunging parts of Canada into the darkness of a total solar eclipse and a moment of shared celestial awe. Eclipse watchers in southwestern Ontario were the first on Canadian soil to experience the eclipse, before the path of totality moved into ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CSIS prepped briefing to PMO on China’s election meddling, documents at inquiry show
By Stephanie Taylor and Dylan Roberston, The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
OTTAWA – A briefing document from Canada’s spy agency to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office says it knew China “clandestinely and deceptively interfered” in the past two federal votes. The heavily redacted six-page document, dated February 2023, was presented during today’s hearing at the public inquiry into foreign interference. Earlier, senior government officials who monitored ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Total solar eclipse enters Canada through southern Ontario
By Fakiha Baig in Niagara Falls, Ont., and Jordan Omstead in Toronto, The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
A total solar eclipse has crossed over parts of Canada, plunging Earth-bound audiences into a moment of darkness and shared celestial wonder. Eclipse watchers in Pelee Island, Ont., were the first on Canadian soil to see the sun move directly behind the moon around 3:12 p.m. Monday. Large crowds gathered along the path of totality, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Total solar eclipse enters Canada through southern Ontario
By The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
The total solar eclipse has now entered Canada in southwestern Ontario, according to the University of Toronto’s Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics. The solar eclipse’s path of totality will pass through parts of Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada before exiting North America at 3:46 p.m. eastern time. Eclipse watchers were cast into darkness as ... Read More »
1 responseParts of southern Quebec have front-row seat for total solar eclipse
By Morgan Lowrie and Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
MONTREAL – People gathered across southern Quebec Monday to get a rare view of a total solar eclipse. Parts of the province will have a front-row seat for the phenomenon, which occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, blocking out sunlight for a brief period. The astronomical observatory in Mont-Mégantic provincial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inquiry hears why officials didn’t alert public to possible threats in federal votes
By Stephanie Taylor and Dylan Roberston, The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
OTTAWA – The former Clerk of the Privy Council says senior government officials who monitored threats to Canada’s 2021 federal election did not observe incidents at either the national or riding level that hit the threshold for issuing a public alert. Janice Charette testified Monday alongside other senior bureaucrats who sat on a panel tasked ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vatican’s denouncement of gender theory, surrogacy ‘deeply harmful’: LGBTQ+ group
By The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
A leading Canadian LGBTQ+ rights group says the Vatican’s declaration that gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy are violations of human dignity is “deeply harmful” and discriminatory. Egale Canada says that in issuing the declaration, the Vatican has taken “many large steps” back in its previous attempts to support LGBTQ+ people. It says the declaration is particularly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parts of southern Quebec to have front-row seat for total solar eclipse
By The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
MONT-MÉGANTIC, Que. – Quebecers are gathering across the province’s southern region to get a view of today’s total solar eclipse. Parts of southern Quebec will have a front-row seat to the rare phenomenon, which occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, blocking out sunlight for a brief period. The astronomical observatory ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada to seek to join AUKUS alliance, consider nuclear subs: Trudeau
By The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is exploring the possibility of joining the second phase of AUKUS, a U.S.-led alliance with the United Kingdom and Australia. The initial pillar of the alliance, forged in 2021, was focused on developing nuclear-powered submarines for Australia. Trudeau says Canada will consider whether it needs to purchase ... Read More »
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