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MPs clad in eclipse glasses stare at ‘surreal’ celestial event on Parliament Hill
By The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
OTTAWA – Not even the vital business of Parliament was enough to keep MPs from slipping outside to glimpse celestial history. Dozens of elected officials, including Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, gathered on the Hill to crane their necks skyward. As darkness descended, Poilievre – from behind a pair of standard-issue eclipse glasses – described the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What’s in Canada’s new ‘Our North, Strong and Free’ defence policy
By The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada’s military is set to take a bigger role in the North over the next two decades as climate change and increasingly aggressive foes threaten Arctic sovereignty. In all, the “Our North, Strong and Free” defence policy will allocate another $73 billion over the next 20 years. Here are some of the details ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Like magic’: Total solar eclipse moves across parts of Canada, crowds in awe
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 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 presented before Monday’s public inquiry into foreign interference says it knew China “clandestinely and deceptively interfered” in the past two federal votes. The heavily redacted six-page document from February 2023 – labelled “Briefing to the Prime Minister’s Office on foreign interference threats to Canada’s democratic institutions” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Latest developments on the total solar eclipse that crossed parts of Canada
By The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
A total solar eclipse passed through parts of Central and Atlantic Canada today, bringing darkness and a moment of celestial awe to massive crowds gathered in its path. Here are the latest developments from across affected regions (all times eastern): 4:05 p.m. The crowd in Kingston, Ont., quickly dispersed following the total eclipse, which turned ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!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 »
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