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RCMP unit that helps flag threats to PM faces ‘numerous challenges’: internal report
By Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Members of an RCMP unit that helps to protect the prime minister and other public figures face a risk of burnout due to a heavy workload and limited resources, says a newly released internal evaluation report. The Protective Behavioural Analysis Unit “has faced numerous challenges” since its inception in 2020 and program implementation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney keeping emissions cap on oil and gas, but focusing on investing in green tech
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed Friday that his government would keep the emissions cap on oil and gas production in place if elected — but would fast-track investments in carbon capture to meet those emissions targets. Speaking to reporters in Ottawa Friday after the first ministers meeting, Carney was asked to clarify his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney, premiers seek plan for national energy, trade corridor
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada’s new prime minister and its premiers agreed Friday to pursue plans to move more energy across the country, tear down internal trade barriers and build big projects faster. “It is high time to build things that we never imagined, and to build them at a speed that we have never seen,” Prime ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Randy Boissonnault announced he will not run in upcoming election
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Former cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault says he will not run again in the upcoming election. The Liberal party had confirmed Boissonnault as a candidate in Edmonton Centre, a riding he won in 2015, lost in 2019, then reclaimed in 2021. In a statement posted to X today, the former cabinet minister says the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney, premiers seeking plan for national energy, trade corridor
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he and the country’s premiers agreed today to work on a plan to develop a national trade and energy corridor. Carney and the premiers are meeting in Ottawa to deal with what he called a “crisis” caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. He says after some discussions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Carney, premiers seeking plan for national energy, trade corridor
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he and the country’s premiers agreed today to work on a plan to develop a national trade and energy corridor. Carney and the premiers are meeting in Ottawa to deal with what the prime minister called a “crisis” caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. More coming. Catherine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Syrian-Canadians hopeful as Ottawa takes initial steps, but urge more action
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Canadians with ties to Syria say it’s time for Ottawa to drop sanctions on the country and help nudge its new leaders toward a democratic, pluralistic future. Those with roots in the country are watching closely as Canada tweaks its rules on engaging with the country. “There’s a lot to be lost if ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. court voids ‘cult’ marriage, finding woman didn’t ‘truly consent’
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2025
A British Columbia judge has annulled the marriage of a woman to a fellow member of an India-based “cult group,” saying she didn’t “truly consent” to the 2023 wedding. The B.C. Supreme Court ruling issued this week says Arshnoor Kaur Jaura claimed she was manipulated and overwhelmed by a “barrage” of overtures from Napinder Singh ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U.S. limits Canadian access to border-straddling library, citing security concerns
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2025
STANSTEAD, Que. — For more than 100 years, people in Stanstead, Que., have been able to walk into Derby Line, Vt., to enter the border-straddling Haskell Free Library and Opera House – no passport required. But municipal and library officials said on Friday that U.S. authorities have unilaterally decided to end the century-old unwritten agreement. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premiers meet with PM Mark Carney, call for end to internal trade barriers
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Several of Canada’s premiers called for the elimination of interprovincial trade barriers on Friday ahead of a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. Carney was meeting with premiers at the Canadian War Museum Friday afternoon to discuss the federal government’s response to Chinese and U.S. tariffs. Speaking to reporters before the meeting, Ontario ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!TVA says federal parties have to pay total of $300K for head-to-head French debate
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2025
MONTREAL — If the four main federal political parties want to take part in the TVA network’s head-to-head French-language debate in the upcoming election campaign, they will have to shell out $75,000 each. The Quebecor-owned television network says it needs cash to offset the costs of producing the Face-à-Face debate, which is divided into segments ... Read More »
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