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Karina Gould submits paperwork to enter Liberal leadership race on deadline day
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Liberal leadership contender Karina Gould submitted her official paperwork to enter the race to replace Justin Trudeau today. Gould said outside party headquarters in Ottawa that her party lost touch with Canadians at the end of the pandemic and needs to get better at listening. Gould briefly touched on some of her policy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former priest pleads guilty to indecent assaults of children in Nunavut
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2025
IQALUIT — A defrocked Catholic priest has pleaded guilty to seven counts of indecent assault against children in Nunavut. Court has heard Eric Dejaeger committed the offences between 1978 and 1982 at or near the hamlet of Igloolik. RCMP announced in June 2023 that Dejaeger had been arrested on a Canada-wide warrant in Kingston, Ont., ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Ex-priest pleads guilty to indecent assaults of children in Nunavut
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2025
IQALUIT — Defrocked Catholic priest Eric Dejaeger has pleaded guilty to seven counts of indecent assault against children in Nunavut. Court has heard the offences took place between 1978 and 1982 at or near the hamlet of Igloolik. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal of Quebec’s secularism law
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a challenge of Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21. The 2019 law prohibits civil servants in positions of authority, including teachers and police officers, from wearing religious symbols on the job. Last year, the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld the law. Groups including ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Canada’s Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie get Oscar nod for best documentary
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2025
Secwépemc filmmaker Julian Brave NoiseCat and Toronto journalist Emily Kassie have received an Oscar nomination for best documentary feature for their film “Sugarcane.” More to come. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Liberal leadership deadline, Trump versus Canada’s digital tax
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Deadline arrives for Liberal leadership candidates The federal Liberal caucus is meeting today and tomorrow on Parliament Hill as the party searches for its next leader. Candidates who want to run to replace Justin Trudeau as party leader ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal government using AI to tackle Phoenix backlog as it tests replacement system
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal government is expanding its use of artificial intelligence to clear a backlog of Phoenix pay system transactions as it transitions to a new platform. Alex Benay, associate deputy minister at Public Services and Procurement Canada, says his team will be able to share a recommendation with the government on whether it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Laundering of fentanyl cash linked to online betting sites, intelligence agency warns
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada’s financial intelligence agency suspects online gambling platforms are being used to launder proceeds from fentanyl dealing and production. In an operational alert, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada says there is reason to believe people are depositing and withdrawing funds at online casinos to disguise proceeds from the traffic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Field of Liberal leadership contenders nearly set as deadline day arrives
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal Liberal caucus is meeting today and tomorrow on Parliament Hill as the party searches for its next leader. Candidates who want to run to replace Justin Trudeau as party leader are almost out of time to confirm their bids. Leadership hopefuls face a 5 p.m. deadline to declare they will run ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s digital services tax, online regulation bills a likely Trump trade target
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — The Liberal government has spent years touting its efforts to make tech giants pay. Now, those pieces of legislation could be a target of the Trump administration — particularly the digital services tax that requires large tech companies to make a hefty retroactive payment in June. The heads of the biggest U.S. tech ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court to decide whether to hear challenge of Quebec secularism law
By Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada is set to announce this morning whether it will hear a challenge of Quebec’s controversial secularism law, known as Bill 21. In 2024, the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld the law, which prohibits some public sector workers such as teachers and police officers from wearing religious symbols on ... Read More »
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