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Trudeau meets with families of victims of deadly 2017 Quebec mosque attack
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2025
QUÉBEC — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has met with the families of six men who were killed at a Quebec City mosque, days before the anniversary of the 2017 attack. Eight years ago, on Jan. 29, 2017, Alexandre Bissonnette killed six men at the Centre culturel islamique du Québec and this year the centre has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney secures three more ministerial endorsements
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney secured three more endorsements from cabinet on Saturday, with Defence Minister Bill Blair and Transport Minister Anita Anand backing Carney in statements on X and Housing Minister Nate Erskine-Smith hosting an event for the candidate in Toronto. Blair said in his statement that Canadians are worried about threats ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney secures two more ministerial endorsements
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney secured two more endorsements from cabinet on Saturday. Defence Minister Bill Blair backed Carney in a statement on X, while Nate Erskine-Smith hosted an event for the former Bank of Canada governor in his Toronto riding. MP Adam van Koeverden also endorsed Carney on Saturday, after the pair ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. climate activist to be deported Sunday without reprieve from minister
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A British Columbia climate activist facing deportation from Canada may still be allowed to stay in the country if the immigration minister steps in, but otherwise he’s preparing to be returned to Pakistan Sunday. Zain Haq said he was packing his bags Saturday morning with a plan to report to the Vancouver airport ... Read More »
2 responsesQuebec provincial police make arrest in Montérégie homicide investigation
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2025
MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police have opened a homicide investigation after a death in the Montérégie region of the province on Saturday. Police say they were called to a home in Saint-Anicet, Que., around 45 kilometres southwest of Montreal, at about 9 a.m. Police spokesperson Camille Savoie says the victim was found unconscious and pronounced ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. climate activist facing imminent deportation without reprieve from minister
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A climate activist in British Columbia says he’s packing his bags and plans to report to the Vancouver airport later Saturday to face deportation back to Pakistan, believing his removal from Canada is “certain” without ministerial intervention. Zain Haq, who first came to Canada on a student visa, says he’s due at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Some Century-brand tuna recalled because of undeclared wheat
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall notice for two kinds of canned Century-brand flaked tuna. The agency says two types of the brand’s “hot and spicy” tuna were found to contain wheat, which was not listed in the ingredients. A notice warns people with wheat or gluten allergies not to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man shot overnight, Montreal police transfer probe to Quebec police watchdog
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2025
MONTREAL — Montreal police say they have transferred an investigation to Quebec’s police watchdog after officers shot a man in his 20s overnight. Montreal police spokesperson Véronique Dubuc says officers were called to an apartment at around 1:40 a.m. Saturday in the Sud-Ouest borough of Montreal. Dubuc says a man was shot in the upper ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘They love the game’: Canadian who helped grow Kenya Ice Lions ready to retire
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2025
The Kenya Ice Lions have hit the big league, and the Canadian who helped make it happen says now may be the time to hang up his whistle. Head coach Tim Colby says it’s been impressive to watch the ice hockey team in Nairobi, Kenya, go from a few newbies to a large group that’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump’s sweeping pardon of rioters highlights differences in U.S., Canadian systems
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — In one of his first acts upon taking office Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned or moved to dismiss the cases of some 1,500 people charged in the Capitol riots of Jan. 6, 2021. The sentences of 14 people, including several convicted of seditious conspiracy, were reduced to the time they had already ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal’s unhoused try out for team Canada ahead of Homeless World Cup tournament
By Canadian Press on January 25th, 2025
MONTREAL — Fabrice Mugabe passes the ball beyond the opposition defender to Jean-Philippe Duré, who strikes it into the gloves of the goalkeeper, an intervention worker at the Montreal homeless shelter where both men are staying. For the men on the indoor field in Montreal’s Plateau neighbourhood, it was the first chance to show off ... Read More »
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