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Navy still struggling to fill recruitment gaps throughout the service: vice-admiral
By Canadian Press on September 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee says the Royal Canadian Navy is “not out of the woods” yet on its recruitment crisis and the next four to five years are going to be “really hard.” It’s been two years since Topshee, commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, posted a video online warning that recruitment was in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Filmmaker, journalist Avi Lewis to enter NDP leadership race
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
OTTAWA — Filmmaker and journalist Avi Lewis is expected to officially announce his intention to run for the federal NDP leadership today. Lewis is expected to release a video later today and hold a formal campaign launch in Toronto next week, according to his campaign team. Lewis ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for the NDP ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Alberta to use notwithstanding power in trans laws
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Alberta to use notwithstanding power in trans laws Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has directed officials to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender people, says a leaked government memo obtained by The Canadian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney to visit train yard on second day of Mexico City trip
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
MEXICO CITY — Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Mexico City today, on the second day of a trip aimed at strengthening the trading relationship ahead of what is expected to be a challenging round of negotiations with the United States on a trilateral trade deal. Carney is expected to visit Canadian Pacific and Kansas ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U.S. outdoor group in rough water as B.C. camping application upsets First Nations
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
A U.S.-based outdoor group has been paddling in British Columbia’s coastal waters for almost 30 years, running sea-kayaking courses and camping along the coast. But an application by the non-profit National Outdoor Leadership School to renew and expand its licence in B.C. has run into choppy waters as residents and First Nations groups object, some ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National Defence using U.S. cloud services for ‘mission critical’ applications
By Canadian Press on September 19th, 2025
OTTAWA — Newly released documents show Ottawa has spent almost $1.3 billion on cloud services provided by U.S. companies, with most of the money going to Microsoft — and its uses include what it calls “mission-critical” defence applications. The information was shared in a government response to a question posed by Conservative MP Todd Doherty. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney, Sheinbaum sign deal to deepen economic, security ties
By Canadian Press on September 18th, 2025
MEXICO CITY — Canada and Mexico have signed a pact to deepen economic and security ties ahead of what is expected to be a challenging round of negotiations with the United States on a trilateral trade deal. The agreement — billed as a comprehensive strategic partnership — was signed by Prime Minister Mark Carney and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Freeland called back to testify on BC Ferries’ deal with Chinese shipyard
By Canadian Press on September 18th, 2025
Former transport minister Chrystia Freeland is being called back to a committee to testify after emails suggested the ministry was given weeks of notice that BC Ferries was buying four new vessels from a Chinese shipyard. The House of Commons transport committee unanimously passed the motion to have Freemen testify after The Globe and Mail ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney, Sheinbaum sign deal to deepen economic ties
By Canadian Press on September 18th, 2025
MEXICO CITY — Canada and Mexico have signed a pact to deepen trade ties and partnerships to build infrastructure such as ports, rail and energy corridors while tackling crime and protecting the environment. The agreement — billed as a comprehensive strategic partnership — was signed by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on its three transgender laws: memo
By Canadian Press on September 18th, 2025
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has directed officials to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender people, says a leaked government memo obtained by The Canadian Press. The internal document sent Sept. 10 by the justice department asks other departments to assemble information as per a directive from Smith’s ... Read More »
1 response‘Uncle Osama’: Iran-born B.C. RCMP officer not offended by terrorist jokes
By Canadian Press on September 18th, 2025
A British Columbia RCMP officer who was born in Iran says he wasn’t offended when fellow officers made jokes about terrorism and referred to him as “Uncle Osama.” Coquitlam RCMP Const. Mersad Mesbah has told a code-of-conduct hearing in Richmond, B.C., that he felt accepted right away and had no trouble fitting in after completing ... Read More »
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