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One guilty, one acquitted in drive-by murder of Montreal teenager Meriem Boundaoui
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
MONTREAL — A man who admitted to shooting the gun that killed a 15-year-old girl in Montreal in 2021 was found guilty by a jury on Thursday of first-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder, while his co-accused was acquitted of all charges. With his guilty verdict, Salim Touaibi, 29, is automatically sentenced to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Election bill takes aim at deepfakes, long ballots, threats to nomination contests
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
OTTAWA — The Liberal government is proposing new legislation to strengthen electoral integrity by banning digital deepfakes of candidates, cracking down on unduly long ballots and protecting nomination and leadership contests. The government says the Strong and Free Elections Act responds to recommendations from an inquiry into foreign interference and from others, including the chief ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous services minister to announce $738M for health, emergency management
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty is expected to announce today a $738.9-million funding package for First Nations health care, governance and emergency management. A draft news release shared with The Canadian Press says Gull-Masty is earmarking $55.6 million to build up community preparedness and emergency management co-ordination, which is not directly related to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Key figure in Phoenix public service pay transition says he’s leaving the team
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
OTTAWA — The public servant leading the transition away from the federal government’s error-prone Phoenix pay system says he’s stepping down because the team no longer needs him. Alex Benay, associate deputy minister at Public Services and Procurement Canada, says in a LinkedIn post the backlog of Phoenix cases older than a year and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Salim Touaibi guilty in drive-by shooting of Montreal teen, Bouadi acquitted
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
MONTREAL — Salim Touaibi has been found guilty of first-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder in the drive-by shooting of a teenager in Montreal in 2021. His co-accused, Aymane Bouadi, who was inside the car when Touaibi fired the shots, has been acquitted of all charges. The Superior Court trial heard that Meriem ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Procurement ombud slams Indigenous procurement strategy outcomes in ‘shocking’ report
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Canada and other departments are failing to uphold their own Indigenous procurement strategy and may be allowing contractors to use shell companies to access contracts reserved for Indigenous businesses, says the federal procurement ombudsman. In a scathing new report released Thursday, Alexander Jeglic says Indigenous Services Canada failed to provide timely ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada met its pledge to spend two per cent of GDP on defence: NATO
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
OTTAWA — For the first time since the end of the Cold War, Canada is spending roughly two per cent of its GDP on national defence — a key NATO alliance commitment Ottawa previously failed to meet. NATO accounting estimates released Thursday suggest Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government met the key spending benchmark for 2025 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NATO says Canada met 2% spending pledge
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
OTTAWA — For the first time since 1990, Canada is spending roughly two per cent of its GDP on national defence. Accounting estimates released by NATO say Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government met the key spending commitment to the alliance for 2025 by shelling out just over $63 billion. Canada has come under pressure in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: NATO says Canada met 2% spending pledge
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
OTTAWA — NATO says Canada has finally met a key alliance commitment by spending roughly two per cent of its GDP on defence in the last fiscal year, or $63.4 billion. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte’s 2025 annual report confirms Canada has met the spending level for the first time since 1990. More coming. Kyle ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Canada CEO apologizes for inability to express himself adequately in French
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
MONTREAL — The chief executive of Air Canada is apologizing for not being able to express himself adequately in French in a video message of condolence he released after the deadly plane crash in New York on Sunday. Rousseau has been criticized for the four-minute video posted online that only included two French words — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news: Canadian pipelines, old and new, are in the spotlight again
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Enbridge to fund policing of Line 5 reroute Enbridge has agreed to funnel money to U.S. law enforcement in anticipation of protests against its Line 5 pipeline reroute project, a move that has raised concerns about the ... Read More »
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