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Don’t equate foreign meddling efforts with success: national security adviser
By The Canadian Press on April 9th, 2024
OTTAWA – The prime minister’s national security adviser says while foreign meddling takes place in Canada, that doesn’t mean it works. Nathalie Drouin indicated to a federal inquiry today that officials monitored attempts to interfere in the last two Canadian elections but did not see significant effects. A 2023 Canadian Security Intelligence Service memo tabled ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberal government to launch $500M fund for youth mental health
By The Canadian Press on April 9th, 2024
Ottawa is setting up a $500-million fund to help community health organizations provide more mental health care to young people. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is making the announcement in Ottawa alongside other cabinet ministers. During the 2021 election campaign, the Liberals promised a similar fund for post-secondary institutions to help with the mental health of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: PMO staff testifying at public inquiry, BC booster shot program
By The Canadian Press on April 9th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… PMO staff to testify at interference inquiry Staff from the Prime Minister’s Office are set to speak today at the public inquiry into foreign interference in Canada’s elections. The testimony comes ... Read More »
1 responseStaff from PM’s office to testify at foreign interference inquiry
By The Canadian Press on April 9th, 2024
OTTAWA – Staff from the Prime Minister’s Office are set to speak today at the public inquiry into foreign interference in Canada’s elections. The testimony comes a day after the inquiry saw a briefing document prepared for the PMO stating China meddled in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. The document from Canada’s spy agency ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trapped B.C. orca calf’s skin whitening, no sign of emaciation: Fisheries Department
By The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
ZEBALLOS, B.C. – The skin of a young killer whale trapped in a Vancouver Island lagoon is turning white due to the low salinity of the water, but the Fisheries Department says the calf is active and isn’t showing signs of emaciation. The statement issued late Monday says the female calf’s behaviour and activity have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four arrested, including three youths, over 2021 death of man in Penticton, B.C.
By The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
PENTICTON, B.C. – Four people have been arrested over the death of a 22-year-old man in Penticton, B.C., more than two years after he was found gravely hurt in a field. B.C. RCMP spokesman Cpl. James Grandy says none of the suspects’ names will be released and that three were youths at the time of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. launches spring COVID-19 booster program, targeting vulnerable and unvaccinated
By The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
VICTORIA – British Columbia is rolling out another round of COVID-19 vaccination boosters, with invitations starting to go out Monday. Ministry of Health says people who haven’t received a booster against the XBB. 1.5 Omicron variant of COVID-19 will be among those offered the free shot. Others who will be invited include adults aged 65 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Southern Quebec’s front-row seat for total solar eclipse draws crowds from afar
By Morgan Lowrie and Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
MONTREAL – People who descended on southern Quebec from afar for a view of Monday’s total solar eclipse were rewarded with perfect viewing conditions for what many described as an emotional experience. One of the province’s most prized viewing points was Mont-Mégantic provincial park in Quebec’s Eastern Townships, a dark-sky preserve that has been preparing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vatican’s denouncement of gender-affirming surgery is harmful, LGBTQ+ advocates say
By Sonja Puzic, The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
The Vatican’s declaration that gender-affirming surgery and what it calls gender “ideologies” violate human dignity is disappointing and “deeply harmful,” LGBTQ+ rights advocates in Canada say. The Vatican’s doctrine office issued a 20-page declaration Monday that describes “gender theory” and surrogacy as “grave violations of human dignity” that are on par with abortion, euthanasia, war ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police in B.C. find drugs from provincial safer-supply program during bust
By The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Police in Prince George, B.C., say they have arrested two people over allegations they were trafficking safer-supply drugs that are prescribed as an alternative to the toxic drug supply in the province. RCMP say they acted on tips from the public and information from other investigations to gather enough evidence to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CSIS prepped PMO briefing on China’s election meddling, documents at inquiry show
By Stephanie Taylor, Dylan Robertson and Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press on April 8th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada’s spy agency knew China “clandestinely and deceptively interfered” in the past two federal votes, says a briefing document that emerged Monday at the public inquiry into foreign interference. The heavily redacted, six-page document is dated February 2023 and carries the title, “Briefing to the Prime Minister’s Office on foreign interference threats to ... Read More »
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