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Commandant of Canadian Army Command and Staff College removed from post

By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026

KINGSTON — The commandant of a Canadian Army college in Ontario has been removed from his post. Col. Fraser Auld was commandant of the Canadian Army Command and Staff College in Kingston. A spokesperson for the Department of National Defence says the commander of the Canadian Army decided on Feb. 23 to remove Auld from ... Read More »

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Man accused in Vancouver stabbing says found knife was a ‘sign from God’

By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026

VANCOUVER — A man accused of killing another man at a Vancouver café patio says he found the knife he used in an alley and took it as a “sign from God” that he needed to protect himself. Inderdeep Singh Gosal, 34, pleaded not guilty last month to second-degree murder in the death of Paul ... Read More »

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PM Carney: Canada’s support for U.S. striking Iran came ‘with regret’

By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026

SYDNEY — Four days after Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada supports the U.S. actions in Iran, he said that support comes “with regret” as they demonstrated the continued decline of the rules-based international order. Taking questions from reporters for the first time since the U.S. strikes began on Saturday, Carney also said it appears ... Read More »

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Carney won’t say whether India is engaged in interference, transnational repression

By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is refusing to say whether he believes India is still behind acts of foreign interference and transnational repression in Canada. Six days after a senior official told Canadian journalists that India had stopped such behaviour, the prime minister would not say whether he agreed and said he would not ... Read More »

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PM Carney: Canada’s support for U.S. striking Iran came ‘with regret’ for global law

By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026

SYDNEY — Prime Minister Mark Carney said he supported Washington’s strikes on Iran “with regret” as they demonstrated the continued decline of the rules-based international order. Taking questions from reporters for the first time since the strikes began on Saturday, Carney also said it appears the strikes broke international law. “We were not informed in ... Read More »

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B.C.’s move to end clock changes won’t be without complications

By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026

The mayor of Prince George in northern British Columbia is the father of six adult children, who got used to the struggle of getting his kids out of bed on dark winter mornings as they were growing up. Those days are now behind Simon Yu, but he still has some tips as the province prepares ... Read More »

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Poilievre calls for deeper ties with U.K., Australia, New Zealand during London visit

By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for Canada to deepen its trade and security ties with the U.K., Australia and New Zealand in the face of an increasingly unpredictable world. In a speech in London on Tuesday, Poilievre called on the four allies to “build on the guarantee of security and freedom by ... Read More »

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Witness says woman accusing Quebec cardinal of misconduct felt ‘tracked’ by him

By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026

MONTREAL — A woman who has accused Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet of sexual misconduct once said she had felt “tracked” by him, a witness told a defamation trial in Montreal on Tuesday. Rev. Marcel Pellerin took the stand as a witness for Ouellet, a high-ranking member of the Catholic Church once considered a front-runner to ... Read More »

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CP NewsAlert: Carney says support for U.S. strikes on Iran comes ‘with regret’

By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026

SYDNEY — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he supported Washington’s strikes on Iran “with regret” over the continued decline of the rules-based international order. Carney broke with most European allies by unequivocally endorsing this past weekend’s American strikes on Iran, which have since been joined by Israel. He says Canada was not informed about the ... Read More »

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Suspect in Vancouver Starbucks stabbing ‘unmedicated’ at the time, his lawyer said.

By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026

VANCOUVER — The lawyer for a man accused of fatally stabbing another man on a Vancouver Starbucks patio in 2023 told his murder trial that her client suffers from psychosis and schizophrenia and was unmedicated on the day of the killing. Inderdeep Singh Gosal, 34, pleaded not guilty last month to the second-degree murder of ... Read More »

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Sunwing says ‘hearts are with families’ affected by bus crash in Dominican

By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2026

MONTREAL — Leigh Whiting says she booked a private van from Punta Cana International Airport to her hotel in the Dominican Republic instead of taking a bus shuttle that would have included extra stops at other resorts. The next day, she learned that bus she nearly boarded had veered off the road in a crash ... Read More »

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