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Quebec man sentenced to prison for creating AI-generated, synthetic child pornography
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
MONTREAL – A Quebec Court judge has sentenced a Quebec man to prison for using artificial intelligence to produce synthetic images of child pornography. Provincial court judge Benoit Gagnon sentenced Steven Larouche, 61, to eight years in prison for a series of sex crimes, including possession of child pornography. Larouche pleaded guilty to possessing more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Armed Forces planes ready to airlift when conditions permit: minister
By Dylan Robertson and Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – About 200 Canadian Armed Forces members and two Hercules aircraft are in the Sudan region, the defence minister says, ready to help evacuate people from the country when conditions permit. Anita Anand told reporters on her way into the House of Commons that for this to happen, there will need to be space ... Read More »
1 responseProtected areas, fishing closures, to help B.C.’s threatened southern resident orcas
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Transport Canada has announced several new measures, ranging from sanctuary zones to fishing closures, as it works to protect critically endangered southern resident killer whales off the British Columbia coast. The federal departments of fisheries, environment and transport have issued a joint news release outlining what is described as a fifth consecutive year ... Read More »
1 responseUnion says government not budging on bargaining position or public service wage offer
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – The president of the largest federal public service union says the government isn’t budging on its contract offer to federal workers that would see a nine per cent wage increase over three years. Chris Aylward says the government told the union by email Tuesday evening that it would not move from its latest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More Canadians ask for help to get out of Sudan: Joly
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – About 50 additional Canadians were evacuated out of Sudan in the last day, but even more have added their names to a list seeking help to flee, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Wednesday. That means about 150 Canadians and permanent residents have now been helped to get out of the country after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eight arrests, nine seizures in police operation tied to murder of teen in Montreal
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
Montreal police say eight people have been arrested in a major operation linked to the alleged drive-by shooting death of a teenager last month. Police say 175 officers with several police forces are participating in search and seizures connected with the death of an 18-year-old in the east-end Montreal borough of Anjou on March 19. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bains appointment to Rogers prompts House committee to invite lobbying commissioner
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – The lobbying commissioner is being asked to appear at a House of Commons committee to explain why the appointment of a former industry minister to an executive role at Rogers doesn’t break the lobbying code. The House of Commons ethics committee agreed Tuesday to invite the commissioner to a future meeting following a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Bond villain’: Organizer accused of Zoom theft by O’Toole campaign seeks apology
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – The organizer Erin O’Toole named in a complaint about an alleged theft of Zoom materials more than two years ago is suing the former Conservative leader and demanding an apology, saying his name has been dragged through the mud. Jamie Lall served as an organizer for the leadership campaign of Peter MacKay, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Minister warns impact of federal workers’ strike on services is increasingly severe
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – Immigration Minister Sean Fraser is warning on the eighth day of a public-sector strike that disruptions to important services are getting more and more severe. Fraser told reporters this morning that citizenship ceremonies have been cancelled and an immigration backlog is growing, with tens of thousands of applications not being processed. He said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Psychiatric evaluation completed for man accused of crashing bus into Quebec daycare
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
LAVAL, Que. – A psychiatric hospital has completed an evaluation of a man accused of killing two young children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare. Montreal’s Philippe-Pinel institute had been mandated to evaluate Pierre Ny St-Amand’s mental state at the time of his alleged crimes on Feb. 8. Both the Crown and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!175 police conduct raids, execute search warrants in March murder of teen in Montreal
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
Montreal police say 175 officers are conducting search and seizures in connection with a homicide last month in the city’s east end. The operation is in connection with the killing of an 18-year-old man in the Anjou district on March 19. The seizures taking place across four boroughs include officers with the Montreal, Longueuil, Que., ... Read More »
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