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Sikh groups calls for Indian consulates to be shut down in Vancouver, Toronto
By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on October 15th, 2024
Representatives of a British Columbia Sikh temple whose president was shot dead last year, as well as the Sikh independence group he was involved in, say their communities won’t feel safe until India’s consulates in Vancouver and Toronto are shut down. That’s after the Canadian government expelled six Indian diplomats, including the high commissioner, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian soldier dies while off-duty in Latvia
By The Canadian Press on October 15th, 2024
OTTAWA – Latvian State Police are investigating the death of a Canadian soldier in the capital city of Riga. The Canadian Armed Forces said in a statement that Capt. Aaron Wideman died while off-duty. Lt.-Gen. Stephen Kelsey, vice-chief of the defence staff, said Wideman died on Sunday. The military did not provide details about the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dominic LeBlanc calls notion of traitors in Parliament an irresponsible exaggeration
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on October 15th, 2024
OTTAWA – It is an irresponsible, “partisan exaggeration” to claim there are traitors or treasonous people sitting in Parliament based on the findings a recent spy watchdog report, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc has told a federal inquiry. “Those are criminal phrases that are not borne out by the evidence and by the work of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau appoints Daniel Rogers new head of Canada’s spy agency
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on October 15th, 2024
OTTAWA – A veteran of Canada’s national security systems has been named the new head of the national spy agency. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Daniel Rogers as the new director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. He will take over the role on Oct. 28. Rogers replaces David Vigneault, who retired from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Corrective to Oct. 1 story about war in the Middle East
By The Canadian Press on October 15th, 2024
OTTAWA – In a story published Oct. 1, 2024 about the escalation of war in the Middle East, The Canadian Press erroneously attributed the quotation “all-out war” to Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly in the third paragraph. In fact Joly did not use that phrase... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. Conservatives platform pledges path to balanced books but more deficits first
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on October 15th, 2024
British Columbia’s Conservatives are promising to kick start the provincial economy and balance the books with an election platform that forecasts economic growth of more than five per cent and several years of billion-dollar deficit budgets. B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad says, if elected, his party’s plans for economic reforms and tax cuts will produce ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Washington mum on Canada’s fresh allegations against India, expulsion of diplomats
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on October 15th, 2024
OTTAWA – American officials have opted against condemning India’s response to the explosive accusations that its diplomats were involved in an escalating number of violent crimes in Canada. On Monday, Ottawa expelled six Indian diplomats after the RCMP said it believes Indian agents played a role in extortion, coercion and murder. U.S. State Department spokesman ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eby makes late campaign pitch to people who have never voted New Democrat in B.C.
By The Canadian Press on October 15th, 2024
SURREY, B.C. – New Democrat Leader David Eby is making a late appeal to voters to support the party even if they never have before, as the British Columbia election campaign enters it final days. Eby said Tuesday there hasn’t been an election as significant “for a generation,” on the day John Rustad’s rival B.C. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stricter regulation of candidate nominations a ‘complex space’: PM’s chief of staff
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on October 15th, 2024
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff says there’s no simple answer to bolstering the integrity of political nomination contests. Katie Telford told a federal inquiry into foreign interference today that regulation of candidate nomination processes is a “complex space” because parties have varying practices. Telford suggested that ushering in uniform rules “would ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP seek measures against India, as Canada trade minister works to reassure business
By Dylan Robertson and Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on October 15th, 2024
OTTAWA – Any Indian diplomats involved in criminal activity in Canada must be subjected to “severe sanctions”, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh charged Tuesday, a day after the RCMP said it had credible evidence linking Indian agents to murder, extortion and coercion in Canada. On Monday Canada expelled six Indian diplomats, including the high commissioner, after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Founders of Vancouver club that sold tested illicit drugs file Charter challenge
By The Canadian Press on October 15th, 2024
VANCOUVER – The founders of a Vancouver “compassion club” that sold heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine bought on the dark web and tested for contaminants, have filed a court challenge arguing their Charter rights and the rights of users were violated when the club was shut and they were arrested. Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, the ... Read More »
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