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Canada commits to spend $50 million on humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip
By The Canadian Press on October 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – The Canadian government announced today it will provide an additional $50 million for humanitarian assistance in the Gaza Strip and neighbouring areas. International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen issued a statement saying the government will ensure none of the money goes to Hamas, the militant group that launched a series of terror attacks on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Much of southern Quebec under rainfall warning, up to 60 millimetres expected
By The Canadian Press on October 21st, 2023
Much of southern Quebec is under a rainfall warning today as Environment Canada forecasts between 40 and 60 millimetres of rain could drench the province by Sunday evening. The federal weather agency’s rainfall warning covers a wide area from the Ontario border west of Montreal to the Maine border in the east, and from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal one step closer to getting park to mark Irish mass grave site
By Pierre Saint-Arnaud, The Canadian Press on October 21st, 2023
Montreal is one step closer to getting a commemorative park for the 6,000 Irish immigrants buried in unmarked graves in an industrial pocket of the city southeast of the downtown core. This week, the Montreal Irish Memorial Park Foundation became the new owner of the solitary monument known as the Black Rock, a three-metre-tall boulder ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Dramatic decline’: Calgary researcher says sea ice in Antarctica lowest since 1986
By The Canadian Press on October 21st, 2023
ROTHERA RESEARCH STATION, ANTARCTICA – A Calgary researcher, who has spent the last eight months in Antarctica studying sea ice, says he has seen first-hand how big an effect climate change has had in the region. Vishnu Nandan, a post-doctoral associate with the University of Calgary, along with Robbie Mallett, from the University of Manitoba, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada-U.S. refugee pact changes expected to ‘exacerbate existing threats’: memo
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on October 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – A newly released memo shows federal officials warned last spring that expanding a bilateral refugee pact to the entire Canada-U.S. border would likely fuel smuggling networks and encourage people to seek more dangerous, remote crossing routes. Officials feared the development would also strain RCMP resources as irregular migrants dispersed more widely across the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Joly and Hussen take part in Cairo Peace Summit, discussing Israel, Hamas war
By The Canadian Press on October 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s minister of foreign affairs and the minister of international development will be in Cairo, Egypt, today and tomorrow, to take part in what is being dubbed the “Cairo Peace Summit.” In an early morning statement, Mélanie Joly and Ahmed Hussen say they will meet with their counterparts and foreign officials. It adds ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau under pressure over response to Israel-Hamas war
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on October 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged divergent views, and common fears, among his Liberal MPs over the Israel-Hamas war on Friday, when he also faced an unfriendly crowd during a visit to a mosque. Some Liberal MPs are joining calls by Muslim groups for Canada to push for a ceasefire in the region, while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over response to Israel-Hamas war
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on October 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged divergent views, and common fears, among his Liberal MPs over the Israel-Hamas war on Friday, when he also faced an unfriendly crowd during a visit to a mosque. Some Liberal MPs are joining calls by Muslim groups for Canada to push for a ceasefire in the region, while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Appeal court orders new trial for former senior Montreal politician Zampino
By The Canadian Press on October 20th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec’s Court of Appeal has ordered the former chair of Montreal city council’s executive committee to stand trial on corruption charges. The three-judge panel found that a lower court judge erred when she stayed charges against Frank Zampino in 2019, after finding that police wiretaps violated his constitutional rights. The appeal court said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lost police messages slow ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers’ trial
By The Canadian Press on October 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – The trial of two ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers was stalled after the defence demanded more information about a software upgrade that wiped the data from the phones of at least two police officers after the protest. Const. Nicole Bach was set to take the stand for a second day in the criminal trial of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal police say hate crimes rising, most targeting Jews, amid Israel-Hamas war
By The Canadian Press on October 20th, 2023
Montreal police say they’ve received reports of 16 hate crimes, mostly targeting Jewish people, since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas on Oct. 7. Police say that, as of Wednesday, they had received reports of 12 hate crimes targeting the city’s Jewish community – including one during a protest – and four ... Read More »
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