March 28th, 2024

National News

CP NewsAlert: Nashville plane crash victims identified as Ontario family

By The Canadian Press on March 6th, 2024

The five victims of a plane crash in Nashville have been identified as a couple and their children from a community north of Toronto. More coming... Read More »

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Michael Spavor reaches settlement with federal government over China detention

By The Canadian Press on March 6th, 2024

OTTAWA – The lawyer for Michael Spavor says his client has reached a settlement with the federal government over his three-year detention in China. John Phillips says in an email that the matter between Spavor and the federal government has been “resolved.” He did not elaborate and no other details were immediately available; media reports ... Read More »

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Ex-minister Selina Robinson quits B.C. NDP, citing antisemitism in caucus

By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on March 6th, 2024

VICTORIA – Former British Columbia cabinet minister Selina Robinson has quit the NDP and will sit as an Independent, citing antisemitism in the ruling party’s caucus. Robinson, who is Jewish, said she could no longer remain in the party because it was not properly addressing antisemitism in the province or among her former colleagues. She ... Read More »

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CP NewsAlert: Selina Robinson quits B.C. NDP, citing antisemitism in caucus

By The Canadian Press on March 6th, 2024

VICTORIA – Former British Columbia cabinet minister Selina Robinson has quit the NDP, citing antisemitism in the ruling party’s caucus. Robinson, who is Jewish, says she can no longer remain in the party because it is not properly addressing antisemitism in the province or among her former colleagues. Robinson told an impromptu news conference in ... Read More »

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Quebec court grants Jewish group injunction against pro-Palestinian protesters

By The Canadian Press on March 6th, 2024

MONTREAL – A Quebec Superior Court judge has granted a Montreal synagogue and a Jewish organization an injunction barring some pro-Palestinian protesters from coming within 50 metres of their buildings. On Tuesday, Justice Serge Gaudet ordered Montréal4Palestine, Palestinian Youth Movement Montréal, Alliance4Palestine.Qc, Independent Jewish Voices and Bara Iyad Abuhamed to keep their distance from half ... Read More »

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Montreal Chinese groups sue RCMP for alleging they hosted illegal ‘police stations’

By The Canadian Press on March 6th, 2024

MONTREAL – Two Montreal-area Chinese groups and their director have filed a defamation suit against the RCMP for alleging they hosted clandestine Chinese government “police stations.” Chinese Family Services of Greater Montreal, the Centre Sino Québec de la Rive-Sud, in the suburb of Brossard, and Xixi Li, the executive director of the two groups, say ... Read More »

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Health Canada to completely ban use of strychnine poison by September

By The Canadian Press on March 6th, 2024

Health Canada says it plans to completely ban strychnine after completing public consultations on use of the powerful poison. The announcement was made in a conference call between Health Canada officials and stakeholder groups, monitored by The Canadian Press. The official announcement is expected Thursday. Strychnine is sometimes used as a wildlife management tool and ... Read More »

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Lawsuit takes on Alberta Energy Regulator, province over Kearl oilsands releases

By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on March 6th, 2024

EDMONTON – An Alberta First Nation has filed a sweeping lawsuit against the province’s energy regulator and the government over releases from an oilsands mine, alleging the agency acted in bad faith and is set up in a way that violates the Constitution. “The (Alberta Energy Regulator) has to change,” Chief Allan Adam of the ... Read More »

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Trudeau speaks with King Charles for first time since monarch’s cancer diagnosis

By The Canadian Press on March 6th, 2024

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and King Charles spoke today for the first time since the King’s cancer diagnosis. The Royal Family says the King held an audience with the Canadian prime minister via video link. Buckingham Palace announced a month ago that the King was cancelling “public-facing duties” while undergoing treatment for an ... Read More »

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Federal procurement department punishes companies that worked on ArriveCan app

By The Canadian Press on March 6th, 2024

Ottawa says it has suspended the largest contractor that worked on the ArriveCan app from bidding or working on government contracts that have security requirements. Public Services and Procurement Canada announced today that it is suspending the security status of GC Strategies, which the auditor general says was awarded more than $19 million for the ... Read More »

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