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Quebec adopts motion calling for release of documents from 1995 referendum probe
By The Canadian Press on May 25th, 2023
Quebec’s legislature has unanimously adopted a motion calling on the province’s chief electoral officer to release all documents related to an investigation into illegal spending ahead of the 1995 referendum. The 2006 investigation, overseen by retired judge Bernard Grenier, concluded that two federalist organizations funded by Ottawa failed to report spending of more than $500,000. ... Read More »
1 responseOttawa to spend $2.5 billion on small vessels as it replaces aging Coast Guard fleet
By The Canadian Press on May 25th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government says it will invest $2.5 billion in new money to renew the Canadian Coast Guard’s fleet of small vessels. The coast guard plans to acquire up to 61 small vessels, including 34 search-and-rescue lifeboats. It’s part of an ongoing effort to replace the small craft, barges and work boats that ... Read More »
1 responseIsraeli cabinet minister’s unofficial visit comes amid strained relations
By The Canadian Press on May 25th, 2023
OTTAWA – An Israeli cabinet minister’s plan to visit Canada next week comes amid an already turbulent relationship between Ottawa and that country’s far-right government. Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli is scheduled to speak at a private Christian college near Toronto next week and attend a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the State of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Singh asks Trudeau for certain conditions before getting security clearance
By The Canadian Press on May 25th, 2023
OTTAWA – NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is asking the prime minister to allow more members of his party to briefed on foreign interference attempts, after the leaders of the Conservatives and Bloc Québécois declined to obtain the required security clearance. Singh says in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today that he wants ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Johnston was already set to testify at committee before opposition demanded he appear
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on May 25th, 2023
OTTAWA – A parliamentary committee chair says foreign interference watchdog David Johnston was already scheduled to testify before opposition MPs demanded his appearance in a letter this week. Liberal MP Bardish Chagger said at a hearing today that the committee invited Johnston to appear two months ago, and he is already scheduled to appear in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Power of 2023 Atlantic hurricanes depends on outcome of El Niño versus global warming
By The Canadian Press on May 25th, 2023
HALIFAX – The Canadian Hurricane Centre says forecasting the ferocity of hurricanes off Canada’s East Coast this year is difficult because of competing factors in the global climate. Meteorologist Bob Robichaud says much depends on whether this season’s El Niño – characterized by above-average water temperatures over the Pacific Ocean – has its usual calming ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec will require economic immigrants to speak French before arriving: Legault
By The Canadian Press on May 25th, 2023
Quebec Premier François Legault says the province will require that the vast majority of economic immigrants to Quebec speak French before they arrive. Sixty-five per cent of immigrants to Quebec come through the economic immigration stream, which is controlled by the province. Legault says his government is also considering increasing the number of immigrants it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Environmental groups launch legal challenge against B.C.’s Roberts Bank port project
By The Canadian Press on May 25th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Five environmental groups have launched a combined legal challenge against the port expansion plan at Roberts Bank, south of Vancouver, that was approved by the federal government last month. The coalition, which includes the David Suzuki Foundation, the Georgia Strait Alliance, the Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the Wilderness Committee, says it has filed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec provincial police conduct raid in Mohawk community of Kanesatake
By The Canadian Press on May 25th, 2023
QUEBEC – Investigators with the Quebec provincial police’s financial crimes unit are conducting searches in a Mohawk community near Montreal. The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake says provincial police are searching the band office and the health centre in connection with an investigation into the community’s COVID-19 task force. The council said in a post on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. Premier embarks on trade mission in Japan, Korea, Singapore and Vietnam
By The Canadian Press on May 25th, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier David Eby is heading to Asia on a trade mission that makes stops in Japan, Korea, Singapore and Vietnam. But the premier’s tour itinerary, released by his office on the day of his departure, does not include China. Eby says in a statement the overseas mission will bolster B.C.’s trade ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inspections to begin on First Nation due to wildfire in Northwest Territories
By The Canadian Press on May 25th, 2023
HAY RIVER, N.W.T. – The K’atl’odeeche First Nation says it is to begin inspecting buildings today on the reserve, but it is not yet safe for residents to return as a wildfire continues to burn. About 3,500 residents from the reserve and nearby town of Hay River in the southern Northwest Territories were forced to ... Read More »
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