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Ottawa spending $3.7 billion to boost military housing stock
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
OTTAWA — The federal government will spend $3.7 billion to build 6,000 more housing units for Canada’s military, Defence Minister David McGuinty said on Tuesday. McGuinty made the announcement at CFB Uplands in Ottawa, but could not provide a timeline for when the new units would be built other than saying it will span “several ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hearing on police-involved death of Myles Gray resumes after obscenity led to delay
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
VANCOUVER — A public hearing into the police-involved death of Myles Gray resumed in Vancouver, after a four-week adjournment triggered by an obscene remark and the subsequent resignation of counsel for the proceeding. The delay allowed replacement counsel, Brock Martland, to get up to speed on the case by the Office of the Police Complaint ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada green-lights latest Gulfstream business jets after Trump tariff threat
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
MONTREAL — Canadian regulators have now given the thumbs-up to all Gulfstream business jets, less than a month after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened fresh tariffs over the planes’ status north of the border. According to a departmental document, Transport Canada certified the Savannah, Ga.-based company’s G700 and G800 jets on Monday, eight days after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta challenge to federal project review law being heard in court, again
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
CALGARY — Alberta is taking another run at having a court strike down federal project review legislation. The Alberta Court of Appeal is hearing the province’s second challenge to Ottawa’s Impact Assessment Act in Calgary this week. The act sets out a process to review the environmental, economic, health and social effects of proposed projects, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parti Québécois surges with 4th byelection win, as Conservatives see path to growth
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
MONTRÉAL — Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says his party’s fourth consecutive byelection victory is a sign that Quebecers are ready for profound change. PQ candidate Marie-Karlynn Laflamme won the byelection in the Chicoutimi riding on Monday with more than 45 per cent of the vote, compared to about 26 per cent for second-place ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec father who drowned kids in 2022 wraps testimony at his murder trial
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
MONTREAL — A Quebec man who has admitted to drowning two of his children in 2022 has concluded his testimony at his first-degree murder trial. Kamaljit Arora, 49, was questioned numerous times by the Crown about the search history on his cellphone that showed he had looked up various ways to end his life and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defence continues cross-examining complainant in Stronach’s sexual assault trial
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
TORONTO — A lawyer representing Frank Stronach is suggesting one of the complainants in the businessman’s sexual assault trial has a “tendency to lie” and made up parts of her account. Leora Shemesh began cross-examining the complainant, who is the fifth to testify at trial, on Monday afternoon, focusing on discrepancies in dates and details ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Relative of Tumbler Ridge shooter is arrested in Alberta, accused of attempted murder
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
CALGARY — Alberta RCMP say a relative of Tumbler Ridge shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar has been arrested in an attempted murder investigation. They say in a statement that Jacob Jan Van Rootselaar was arrested on an outstanding warrant last Thursday in Sylvan Lake, Alta., stemming from a 2024 case in Fort McMurray. They say Jan ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney pledges sanctions, $2 billion for Ukraine four years after full-scale invasion
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney promised another $2 billion in military aid and more sanctions on Moscow on Tuesday, as Ukraine marked four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion “Four years on, Russia is failing militarily, strategically and economically, and we are in it for the long term,” Carney told reporters before the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa spending $3 billion to boost military housing stock
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
OTTAWA — Defence Minister David McGuinty is announcing a $3.7-billion plan today to build more housing units for Canada’s military. The government plans to add 6,000 more units with the money, in 25 communities where the Canadian Armed Forces operates. That’s in addition to the 800 new units already underway. A report from Canada’s auditor ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Survivors call on Ottawa to pass bill to criminalize forced or coerced sterilization
By Canadian Press on February 24th, 2026
OTTAWA — Survivors are calling on Ottawa to pass legislation to criminalize non-consensual sterilization. Heather Bear, who was sterilized without proper consent, says the bill will help protect other women like her and bring accountability and justice. The bill would amend the Criminal Code to make sterilizing a person without obtaining informed consent an act ... Read More »
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