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Joly urges more funding to hire Canadian diplomats, amid Liberal cutbacks on spending
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is asking MPs to support more funding for Global Affairs Canada, despite the Liberals undertaking cutbacks across the government. Joly says that the United States, France and rapidly developing countries are staffing up to meet the challenges of an increasingly complex world. She says Canada needs more diplomats ... Read More »
Canada’s rugby league team players dig into their own pocket to wear the Maple Leaf
The Canadian men’s rugby league team is looking forward to a rare international test, March 1 against the USA Hawks in Las Vegas. And the players are putting aside day jobs and digging into their pocket to represent their country. The 22-person Canadian contingent headed to Sin City – 18 players, three coaches and a ... Read More »
Global Affairs Canada ‘aware of reports’ of missing Canadian in Gaza Strip
Ottawa says it is aware of reports that another Canadian citizen has gone missing in the Gaza Strip. Global Affairs Canada says it is providing consular assistance to the family but can’t share more because of privacy considerations. The Associated Press reports that Israeli forces detained two young adult American brothers and their Canadian father ... Read More »
Friend of Edmundson’s accuser has no memory of searching for her on night of assault
OTTAWA – The Crown has called two more witnesses in former vice-admiral Haydn Edmundson’s sexual assault trial. The woman who accuses Edmundson of raping her more than 30 years ago testified for three days this week, telling the court she was in a junior rank and he was a lieutenant commander at the time. The ... Read More »
Culture minister denounces U.S. candidate’s torching of Quebec author’s book
Quebec Culture Minister Mathieu Lacombe is denouncing the burning of a local author’s book by a prospective U.S. Republican lawmaker. A video posted Tuesday by a Republican candidate for secretary of state in Missouri shows her taking a flame-thrower to library books that she claims are being used to “groom” children. Among the books burned ... Read More »
Sun Life CEO optimistic on Canadian dental plan potential
TORONTO – Sun Life Financial Inc.’s chief executive says the potential upside of operating the new Canadian dental care plan outweighs the risks. Kevin Strain says the insurer has the scale to deliver on the program that the government says is the largest coverage rollout in the history of Canada. The federal government announced in ... Read More »
Alberta to add firefighters for expected busy wildfire season: minister
Alberta’s forestry minister says the province plans to field more firefighters and volunteers as it braces for what it expects will be another busy wildfire season. And Todd Loewen says it looks like more of the same in the future as Alberta’s climate gets drier and warmer. He says communities will have to become more ... Read More »
Toronto Raptors make two deals ahead of NBA trade deadline
TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors were active ahead of the NBA’s trade deadline, making two separate deals. Guard Ochai Agbaji and Canadian centre Kelly Olynyk were sent to Toronto from the Utah Jazz for guard Kira Lewis Jr., forward Otto Porter Jr., and a 2024 first-round pick Guard Dennis Schroder and forward Thad Young were ... Read More »
Regulator calls out Trans Mountain for ‘environmental non-compliance’ in B.C.
CALGARY – The company building the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has been cited for environmental non-compliance related to its management of recent flooding in B.C. The Canada Energy Regulator said Thursday its inspection officers found issues near Abbotsford, B.C., where Trans Mountain Corp. has been working on the final stretch of the multi-year oil pipeline ... Read More »
Stars’ Marchment fined US$5K for interference on Maple Leafs’ McCabe
NEW YORK – Dallas Stars forward Mason Marchment has been fined US$5,000 for interference on Toronto’s Jake McCabe after a sequence in Wednesday’s game left the Maple Leafs defenceman bloodied. The play occurred in the second period of Toronto’s 5-4 victory when Marchment caught McCabe with a late hit after the blueliner reversed the puck ... Read More »
The Senate votes to begin working on a last-ditch effort to approve funds for Ukraine and Israel
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate on Thursday voted to begin work on a package of wartime funding for Ukraine and other U.S. allies, but doubts remained about support from Republicans who rejected a carefully negotiated compromise that also included border enforcement policies. A vote to begin work on the new package cleared on a 67-32 ... Read More »
