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Poland arrests people in alleged plot to send explosives to Canada
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2024
OTTAWA – Polish authorities say four people have been charged in an alleged plan to send explosives via courier service to Canada and the United States. The RCMP says it is aware of the arrests, but declined further comment to preserve the integrity of the investigation. The Polish group’s alleged activities apparently involved sending camouflaged ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How has climate change shifted the odds of extreme cold? A new tool seeks the answer
By Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2024
Federal environment officials will be able to quickly analyze how climate change is shifting the odds of extreme cold temperatures starting this winter, officials said Friday, broadening the application of a system rolled out over the summer to study heat waves. The results will show the extent to which human-caused climate change affected the likelihood ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. port employers, foremen’s union return to negotiation table with mediator
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Employers and the union representing foremen at British Columbia’s ports will return to the negotiating table next week with a mediator in the latest push for a resolution in the labour dispute. The BC Maritime Employers Association says in a statement that it will meet Oct. 29 with the International Longshore and Warehouse ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New tool to study how climate change has shifted the odds of extreme cold weather
By Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2024
The federal government will begin this winter to quickly analyze how climate change is shifting the odds of extreme cold temperatures, broadening the application of the system it rolled out over the summer to study heat waves. Officials with Environment and Climate Change Canada say the results will show how much less likely a given ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal man charged with first-degree murder in Ottawa femicide: police
By The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2024
Ottawa police say a Montreal man has been charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing of a woman on Thursday in front of two of her children. Fsha Tekhle, 36, was charged today for the killing of Brkti Berhe, 36, at a park near Uplands Drive in Ottawa’s south end, in what police called a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New regulations allow Canada Post to ship prohibited firearms returned in gun buyback
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2024
OTTAWA – The federal government is giving Canada Post the ability to store and transport prohibited firearms in new regulations that bring the retail gun buyback program one step closer to beginning. An order-in-council dated Oct. 16 allows for prohibited assault-style firearms to be removed from safes at firearms retailers, transported and ultimately destroyed. More ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada condemns ‘horrifying’ violence in Haiti as political transition challenged
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2024
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada strongly condemns a new surge in gang violence in Haiti. In recent weeks, gang violence has increased in the Caribbean nation and the UN says gangs now control 85 per cent of the capital city of Port-au-Prince. Kenya is leading a multinational security mission to restore ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Joly faces calls for probe in death of woman Canada refused to repatriate from Syria
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2024
OTTAWA – Advocates want Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly to call an impartial investigation into the death of a Canadian woman the federal government refused to repatriate from a Syrian detention camp. In a letter to Joly, Sen. Kim Pate and human rights activist Alex Neve say the Quebec woman died unexpectedly just over a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Intolerable’: Educators at youth detention centre accused of having sex with minors
By The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2024
MONTREAL – Quebec’s social services minister says he’s disturbed by reports that educators at a detention centre for youth in Montreal had sexual relations with minor detainees. Lionel Carmant told reporters today that both the detention facility and the police are investigating to shed light on the allegations of sexual misconduct at the Cité-des-Prairies rehabilitation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Most Canadians would back Harris in U.S.: poll
By The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Most Canadians would back Harris in U.S.: poll If Canadians could vote in the U.S. election, a majority would choose to send Kamala Harris to the White House. In a new survey from polling firm Leger, 64 per ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New regulations allow Canada Post to ship restricted firearms returned in gun buyback
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on October 25th, 2024
OTTAWA – The federal government is giving Canada Post the ability to store and transport restricted firearms in new regulations that bring the retail gun buyback program one step closer to beginning. An order in council dated Oct. 16 allows for restricted assault-style firearms to be removed from safes, transported and ultimately destroyed. More than ... Read More »
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