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CSIS lacked proper policies, procedures to manage new secret technology: spy watchdog
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — A newly released spy watchdog report says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service lacked adequate policies and procedures to manage a secret technology for collecting information. The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency says CSIS mischaracterized a novel technical capability as an extension of existing know-how. The report says this led to CSIS not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Housing minister won’t commit to Liberal election promise to cut development fees
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal housing minister wouldn’t commit today to a Liberal election campaign promise to push cities to cut the fees that help fund local infrastructure. In Toronto today for an announcement, Housing Minister Gregor Robertson did not answer directly when asked whether the Liberals are still committed to their promise to cut municipal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!International enrolment at Quebec universities drops over 12 per cent, report says
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
MONTREAL — A group representing Quebec universities is reporting that international student enrolment has dropped sharply compared to last year. Preliminary data from the Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire indicates that enrolment for the current fall session has plummeted by more than 21 per cent at the master’s level and by 12.1 per cent overall. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!India has agreed to restore full cohort of Canadian diplomats, Anand says
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says India has agreed to readmit a full cohort of Canadian diplomats, a year after New Delhi forced Ottawa to send most of its envoys home. Anand met Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior Indian officials, who invited her to be the first Canadian cabinet minister ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Striking Alberta teachers, province set to meet
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Alberta teachers, province set to meet for first time since strike began last week The union representing Alberta teachers and the provincial government’s bargaining committee are set to meet today for the first time since a provincewide strike ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘We need to get them out’: Beluga trainer fired by Marineland speaks out
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
TORONTO — Marineland’s crumbling infrastructure, staffing shortage and lack of resources have created dangerous conditions for its belugas and they should be moved immediately, a fired beluga trainer says. Kristy Burgess, who worked at the Niagara Falls, Ont., park when a young beluga was put down in February, said Marineland’s threat to euthanize all 30 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anand makes Canada’s first minister visit to India in 2 years after trade heads talk
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is in India, marking the first visit by a Canadian cabinet minister after two years of diplomatic strain. Anand will address media this morning after meeting with her Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi and with plans to meet business leaders in Mumbai. On Monday Anand met ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four things to watch for in the Newfoundland and Labrador election today
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
ST. JOHN’S — Voters in Newfoundland and Labrador head to the polls today to elect their next provincial government. Here are four things to keep an eye on as the results roll in. 1. Will Newfoundland and Labrador voters pass the torch? The Liberals have been in power for a decade in Canada’s easternmost province, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Will Newfoundland and Labrador put a new party in charge? The province votes today
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
ST. JOHN’S — It’s election day in Newfoundland and Labrador. Liberal Leader John Hogan is hoping his party will be elected to form another majority government. The Liberals have been in power for 10 years in Canada’s easternmost province, but Progressive Conservative Leader Tony Wakeham says it is time for change. He has repeatedly asked ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney attends Gaza peace deal signing in Egypt, praises release of hostages
By Canadian Press on October 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Egypt Monday, where he joined U.S. President Donald Trump and other world leaders for the signing of a peace plan to end the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. In a pair of social media posts, Carney referred to the start of a new chapter. “At ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Dream of a lifetime’: Canadian economist Howitt among Nobel winners in economics
By Canadian Press on October 13th, 2025
Canadian economist Peter Howitt, who is among a group of three researchers to win this year’s Nobel Memorial Prize in economics, said he found out about the prize from a persistent Swedish reporter who called his wife’s phone early in the morning, even before the committee could reach him. “It’s just the dream of a ... Read More »
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