By The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2024
OTTAWA – Taiwan’s top diplomat in Ottawa says a Canadian is missing after the powerful earthquake that hit the island this week, while two tourists from Canada have been “successfully rescued” from a national park. Taiwan’s representative to Canada,Harry Tseng, says he has no details about the missing person but the rescued Canadians, who were ... Read More »
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ZEBALLOS, B.C. – The timer has been set to save a young killer whale’s life, say First Nations leaders and a federal Fisheries Department marine mammal expert. Plans to get the stranded two-year-old orca out of a remote lagoon off northern Vancouver Island are aiming for a timeline of two weeks or less, they say. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Jim Bronskill and Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2024
OTTAWA – RCMP commissioner Mike Duheme says the police force has several open investigations into possible foreign interference in the last two general elections – probes that began only after the votes were counted. Duheme declined to elaborate Thursday on the number or nature of the probes, citing the integrity of the investigations, privacy concerns ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Jim Bronskill and Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2024
OTTAWA – RCMP commissioner Mike Duheme says the police force has several open investigations into possible foreign interference in the last two general elections – probes that began only after the votes were counted. Duheme declined to elaborate Thursday on the number or nature of the probes, citing the integrity of the investigations, privacy concerns ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2024
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A global forest study says Canadian wildfires last year were “entirely” to blame for a worldwide surge in tree losses. The study released by researchers at the University of Maryland on the Global Forest Watch website says tree cover loss in 2023 reached 28.3 million hectares globally, a 24 per cent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2024
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled a new $1.5-billion housing fund Thursday that he billed as helping non-profit organizations acquire more rental units across Canada and ensure they remain affordable. The new Canada Rental Protection Fund will be part of the April 16 federal budget, which Trudeau’s Liberals are already promoting aggressively as part ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2024
OTTAWA – Attacks on aid workers are not just something that happens in war, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday, slamming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s defence of a deadly airstrike on aid workers in central Gaza on April 1. Canadian Army veteran Jacob Flickinger, 33, was among those killed while delivering food aid for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2024
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he “takes issue” with Israel’s assertion that the airstrikes that killed seven aid workers in central Gaza on Monday were just part of the cost of war. Thirty-three year old Canadian army veteran Jacob Flickinger was among those killed while delivering food aid for World Central Kitchen. Israeli ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2024
OTTAWA – The head of the RCMP says the police force did not open any foreign interference-related criminal investigations during the last two general elections. RCMP commissioner Mike Duheme also says none of the force’s partners referred intelligence to the Mounties that would have warranted such criminal investigations. However, after the 2021 general election, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2024
OTTAWA – NDP MPs Carol Hughes and Rachel Blaney have joined Charlie Angus in deciding that they won’t run again in the next federal election. The federal New Democrats delivered the news in a joint announcement, saying all three want more family time after years of dedicated public service. Angus, a 20-year veteran of Parliament ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By The Canadian Press on April 4th, 2024
OTTAWA – NDP MPs Carol Hughes and Rachel Blaney have joined Charlie Angus in deciding that they won’t run again in the next federal election. The federal New Democrats delivered the news in a joint announcement, saying all three want more family time after years of dedicated public service. Angus, a 20-year veteran of Parliament ... Read More »
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