March 29th, 2024

National News

Canada’s UN ambassador set to attend emergency meeting to discuss crisis in Haiti

By The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2024

OTTAWA – Canada is planning to send an official to an emergency meeting about Haiti that is called for tomorrow. A spokesperson for the foreign affairs minister’s office says Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, will be attending. Caribbean leaders asked Canada, the US, France, Brazil and the UN to gather in Jamaica ... Read More »

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Father left to pick up the pieces after entire family killed in mass stabbing

By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2024

OTTAWA – Dhanushka Wickramasinghe thought his days of living alone in Ottawa were behind him. His home in the suburb of Barrhaven would be quiet when he got back from work a bit shy of 11 p.m., but the happy tumult of a house full of kids would surely resume in the morning. It wasn’t ... Read More »

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Most of Canada loses an hour of sleep as clocks spring forward for daylight time

By The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2024

Did you remember to set your clocks ahead an hour before going to bed last night? The seasonal tradition of “springing forward” meant most people in Canada moved their clocks an hour forward, switching to daylight time. The change happens for much of the country at 2 a.m. local time. Yukon and most of Saskatchewan ... Read More »

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Rising water: Quebec lender ending new mortgages in flood zones ‘just the beginning’

By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2024

MONTREAL – Nearly five years after floods raced through hundreds of Quebec communities and forced thousands from their homes, a major lender’s decision to stop issuing new mortgages in flood zones is the latest challenge for cities trying to adapt to a changing climate. Desjardins Group announced that as of Feb. 1, it would no ... Read More »

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New Brunswick volunteers build flying telescope to see total eclipse above the clouds

By Michael MacDonald, The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2024

HALIFAX – Early next month, millions of Canadians will gaze skyward to witness a total solar eclipse. But some stand to be disappointed as clouds get in the way. David Hunter plans to have an unobstructed view, and he’s inviting others to join him. The retired medical physicist in western New Brunswick has led a ... Read More »

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Alcohol excise tax capped at 2 per cent for two more years, Freeland announces

By The Canadian Press on March 9th, 2024

TORONTO – Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government will cap the annual alcohol excise tax increase on beer, spirits and wine at two per cent for an additional two years. The alcohol excise tax had been set to rise on April 1 by 4.7 per cent, tied to inflation, but Freeland announced today ... Read More »

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Community members mourn six victims of Ottawa mass stabbing at sombre vigil

By The Canadian Press on March 9th, 2024

OTTAWA – Residents of an Ottawa suburb and members of the local Sri Lankan community held a vigil today in honour of the six victims of a mass stabbing, laying dozens of flowers and toys in their honour. The vigil took place in Palmadeo Park, near the home in the suburb of Barrhaven where two ... Read More »

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Two men injured after separate overnight stabbings in Montreal

By The Canadian Press on March 9th, 2024

Montreal police say two men sustained non-life-threatening injuries after separate stabbings just past 1 a.m. this morning. Police spokesperson Sabrina Gauthier says a 20-year-old man was struck several times with a knife on an arm and hand after an apparent cellphone theft outside the city’s Langelier metro station roughly eight kilometres east of downtown. Police ... Read More »

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Lingering winter storm to dump more snow in N.L. today, high winds also expected

By The Canadian Press on March 9th, 2024

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Residents of eastern Newfoundland are continuing to dig out from a heavy snowstorm that has lingered over parts of the province since late Thursday. Environment Canada forecasts total snowfall amounts of up to 85 cm across the island’s northern Avalon Peninsula, which includes the provincial capital of St. John’s. About 5 ... Read More »

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Most Canadians changing clocks to spring forward for daylight time

By The Canadian Press on March 9th, 2024

Canadians are changing their clocks tonight as much of the country prepares to spring forward for daylight time. The change happens for most of the country at 2 a.m. local time. Yukon and most of Saskatchewan keep their clocks the same year-round. Canadians can thank an avid Ontario golfer in Thunder Bay for introducing daylight ... Read More »

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