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War crimes inquiry research sheds fresh light on Canadian screening, policies
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on October 11th, 2023
OTTAWA – When an individual suspected of taking part in the Second World War murder of Jews in western Ukraine applied for admission to Canada in 1951, immigration officials did not follow up with potential witnesses who might have provided crucial details. In another case, a Slovak leader hoping to unite émigrés under his leadership ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health ministers converge in P.E.I. as governments negotiate final deals
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on October 11th, 2023
OTTAWA – Federal Health Minister Mark Holland is set to sit down with his provincial and territorial counterparts in Charlottetown on Wednesday to discuss how they’re going to grow the health workforce. Holland, who was shuffled into the health portfolio this summer during what many advocates have called a crisis in health care, as health ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge to decide if Ottawa locals can testify in ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers’ trial
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on October 11th, 2023
OTTAWA – The criminal trial of two prominent “Freedom Convoy” organizers is expected to resume today with a ruling on whether the court will hear testimony from local Ottawa residents. Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are facing charges related to their role in organizing the protest that brought thousands of big-rig trucks to Ottawa, where ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada to airlift citizens, permanent residents out of Israel in ‘coming days’: Joly
By The Canadian Press on October 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Ottawa is planning to airlift Canadians out of Tel Aviv in “the coming days,” as conflict between Israel and Hamas escalates. Joly says the government aims to conduct the evacuation using aircraft from the Canadian Armed Forces, and it is working on additional options for people who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Joly says Canada will airlift citizens out of Israel in ‘coming days’
By The Canadian Press on October 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Ottawa is planning to airlift Canadian citizens, permanent residents, their spouses and their children out of Tel Aviv in “the coming days,” as conflict between Israel and Hamas escalates. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two Canadians killed by Hamas in Israel remembered as proud and loving
By Morgan Lowie and Nono Shen, The Canadian Press on October 10th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Two Canadians killed by Hamas gunmen while attending a music festival in southern Israel over the weekend are being remembered as generous, kind and those who brought love to the world. Friends and family have confirmed 22-year-old Ben Mizrachi from Vancouver and former Montreal resident Alexandre Look, who recently celebrated his 33rd birthday, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan pronoun bill, notwithstanding clause coming later this week: Moe
By Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press on October 10th, 2023
REGINA – The Saskatchewan Party government has to wait until it can introduce legislation over its pronoun policy in schools. Legislature protocol prevented the government from introducing the legislation Tuesday, as it’s required to provide two days’ notice. Premier Scott Moe said the government intends to introduce the legislation later this week. He said he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘They are in prison’: Canadians desperate to help family in Gaza struggle for options
By Fakiha Baig, The Canadian Press on October 10th, 2023
Reem Sultan said she’s been struggling to hold herself together after recently losing loved ones in Gaza and is desperately looking for ways to help family still in the sealed-off Palestinian territory. The 49-year-old London, Ont., resident said she doesn’t know how to best support relatives in the region being bombarded by Israeli warplanes in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec rejects coroner’s recommendation to look at .05 blood-alcohol limit
By The Canadian Press on October 10th, 2023
MONTREAL – A Quebec coroner is recommending the province study reducing the legal blood-alcohol concentration for drivers to .05, but Quebec’s transport minister says lowering the limit is not in the plans. Coroner Yvon Garneau’s recommendation comes in a report made public today into the 2021 death near Drummondville, Que., of Stéphanie Houle, a passenger ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians desperate to help loves ones in Gaza struggle for options
By The Canadian Press on October 10th, 2023
Canadians with families under bombardment in Gaza say they are terrified and desperate to help loved ones in the sealed-off Palestinian territory but don’t know how. Reem Sultan, a 49-year-old pharmacist from London, Ont., says she has previously sent money to support family in Gaza, but is now struggling to communicate with them since Israel ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada limited in preventing wider Mideast crisis, amid humanitarian plight: experts
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on October 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – Experts say Canada has limited options as it works diplomatic channels to try preventing clashes in Israel and Palestinian territories from escalating into a wider, regional war. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she’s in touch with counterparts in the region, as the fallout from Hamas’s brazen surprise attacks on Israel Saturday threatens ... Read More »
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