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Joly pleads for humanitarian pauses as she says time is running out to help in Gaza
By Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – A humanitarian agreement is urgently needed to help people in the Gaza Strip, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Monday. In a speech to the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto, Joly called for a temporary pause in hostilities in the Israel-Hamas conflict to allow more aid to get into Hamas-controlled Gaza, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal Court dismisses applications against Trudeau’s 2020 firearms ban
By The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Federal Court today dismissed a legal challenge to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s May 2020 regulations banning some 1,500 styles of firearms. Justice Catherine Kane says in a decision released today that the applicants raised issues around the matter of guns and public safety but the court only explored the question of whether ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Joly to plead for humanitarian pauses as she says time is running out to help in Gaza
By The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says time is running out to help people in Gaza. In a speech to the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto this afternoon, Joly is expected to plead for humanitarian pauses in the Israel-Hamas conflict to allow more aid to get into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, which is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poilievre calls on Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from carbon price
By The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from the carbon price, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an exemption on home heating oil. The federal government announced last week it is increasing the carbon price rebate for rural Canadians and lifting the carbon price ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!White House lays out early framework for regulating AI development, growth
By The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2023
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order later today laying out the ground rules and guardrails for the explosive development and growth of artificial intelligence. The order requires the industry to establish standards for safety and security, as well as safeguards to ensure the protection of consumer and privacy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Son of Canadian presumed hostage in Gaza fears military escalation
By The Canadian Press on October 30th, 2023
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Son of Canadian presumed hostage in Gaza: ‘Military actions don’t solve anything’ The son of a Canadian woman believed to be among those held hostage by Hamas in Gaza wants the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sikh independence vote in B.C.sees thousands turnout amid Canada-India tensions
By The Canadian Press on October 29th, 2023
SURREY, B.C. – More than 200,000 people turned out to vote in two unofficial referendums at the centre of Canada’s ongoing tensions with India, officials said Sunday, after the latest one in the Metro Vancouver municipality of Surrey wrapped up in the evening. A second referendum on Khalistan – an independent state in India proposed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sikh independence vote in B.C. sees steady voter turnout amid Canada-India tensions
By The Canadian Press on October 29th, 2023
SURREY, B.C. – Voter turnout was steady Sunday in the Metro Vancouver municipality of Surrey among those casting ballots in an unofficial referendum at the centre of Canada’s ongoing tensions with India. The referendum on Khalistan – an independent state in India proposed by some Sikhs – was being held at the same Surrey gurdwara ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Son of Canadian presumed hostage in Gaza: ‘Military actions don’t solve anything’
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on October 29th, 2023
OTTAWA – The son of a Canadian woman believed to be among those held hostage by Hamas in Gaza wants the world to push for an end to the fighting, and says he fears Israel’s escalating offensive could end all chance of bringing his mother safely home. “My basic belief is that the military actions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Disabled B.C. man forced to drag himself off flight says he’s pushing for changes
By The Canadian Press on October 29th, 2023
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – A disabled British Columbia man who dragged himself off an Air Canada flight in Las Vegas after the airline’s ground assistance personnel were not available to help him says he doesn’t want others to go through the same experience. Prince George resident Rodney Hodgins, who can’t walk due to spastic cerebral ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Son of Canadian hostage in Gaza: “Military actions don’t solve anything”
By The Canadian Press on October 29th, 2023
OTTAWA – The son of a Canadian woman believed to be among those held hostage by Hamas in Gaza wants the world to push for an end to the fighting and says he fears Israel’s escalating offensive could end all chance of bringing his mother safely home. Yonatan Zeigen’s mother, Vivian Silver, is one of ... Read More »
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