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Minister didn’t authorize fake travel docs for Afghans, says he didn’t check email
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan says he did not know Sen. Marilou McPhedran was handing out unauthorized travel documents to hundreds of Afghans during the rise of the Taliban in 2021. McPhedran told Parliament’s immigration committee last week that Sajjan’s then-chief of staff had given her a template for a “visa facilitation letter” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two Quebec City men charged with first-degree murder in killing of homeless man
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
Quebec City police say two men have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a man found Saturday near a downtown swimming pool. Police say Nathan Fréchette, 18, and Zachary Jenkins Verret, 22, both of Quebec City, also face charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault and armed robbery. The victim was identified as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian military unlikely to conduct airlifts out of Sudan past this week: officials
By Dylan Robertson and Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
Ottawa is unlikely to evacuate citizens from Sudan after this week, officials say, despite no timeline for Canadian planes to actually start airlifting people. About 200 members of the Canadian Armed Forces are in the region, along with military planes and ships. But none of those assets have helped bring home roughly 150 Canadian citizens, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Humanitarian concerns’ cited at extradition appeal hearing for Peter Nygard
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
WINNIPEG – Lawyers for a former Canadian fashion mogul asked the Manitoba Court of Appeal to reconsider a United States extradition order, citing concerns over Peter Nygard’s health if he were to serve time south of the border. They were in a Winnipeg courtroom Wednesday to argue against three issues in the order, and are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals changing sex offender registry in response to Supreme Court decision
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – A new law introduced today will change the criteria that require sexual offenders to be automatically added to a national registry that keeps track of them. The change comes six months after the Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional to automatically add all people convicted of sexual crimes to the registry, and struck ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. coroner’s inquest hears updated toxicology results for Myles Gray
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
BURNABY, B.C. – A forensic toxicologist says an initial drug screening report suggested Myles Gray had a natural psychoactive compound in his system when he died, but followup testing showed the low concentration didn’t meet the threshold for detection. Aaron Shapiro told the British Columbia coroner’s inquest into Gray’s death that he reviewed the original ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan man left brain-dead after altercation with police has died: family
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2023
SASKATOON – Relatives of an Indigenous man left brain-dead after an altercation with police in Prince Albert, Sask., say he has died. Boden Umpherville, who was 40, had been hospitalized since he was stopped by police on April 1 in the city north of Saskatoon. Family took him off life support last week and he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!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 »
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