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Ottawa to review ‘business relationship’ with Amazon following Quebec shutdown
By Canadian Press on January 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal industry minister is calling for a review of Ottawa’s “business relationship” with Amazon after the company said it will close all seven of its warehouses in Quebec. The closure will eliminate 1,700 permanent jobs and 250 temporary ones, and comes after workers at an Amazon warehouse in the Montreal suburb of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa planning processing centre for asylum seekers in Quebec near U.S. border
By Canadian Press on January 24th, 2025
MONTREAL — Canadian authorities are planning to open a processing centre for asylum seekers near the United States border in Quebec in case there is a sharp rise in the number of would-be refugees entering Canada. Earlier this week, the federal government published a notice seeking office space it could lease to accommodate reception and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Call for male-targeted prevention programs to address N.S. domestic violence epidemic
By Canadian Press on January 24th, 2025
HALIFAX — Long before Brenda Tatlock-Burke was killed by her husband in October, there were signs of his controlling and coercive behaviour. “As my mom’s kids, if we said something he disapproved of, we were literally not allowed to go and see her,” Tatlock-Burke’s daughter, Tara Graham, said of her stepfather, retired RCMP officer Mike ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Sense of closure’: Lawyers suggest 6 years for ex-priest who abused Nunavut children
By Canadian Press on January 24th, 2025
IQALUIT — A former Catholic priest took advantage of an already vulnerable community when he inflicted horrific sexual abuse on several Inuit children decades ago, a Crown prosecutor told a sentencing hearing Friday. An Iqaluit courtroom heard graphic details this week of Eric Dejaeger’s assaults on six girls and one boy between 1978 and 1982 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Auschwitz survivor says he was alarmed by Elon Musk’s gesture at Trump event
By Canadian Press on January 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — David Moscovic, a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor, says it’s scary to see things he never thought he would see again — such as a powerful man like Elon Musk using a “German salute.” Moscovic, who lives in Ottawa, is referring to the tech mogul making a straight-arm gesture similar to a Nazi salute as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!42-year-old woman killed, son arrested in Montreal’s first homicide of the year
By Canadian Press on January 24th, 2025
MONTREAL — A 42-year-old woman is dead and her 21-year-old son has been arrested in what Montreal police say is the city’s first murder of the year. Police spokesperson Mariane Allaire Morin says a 911 call came in Thursday morning for a welfare check at a home in the LaSalle borough, west of downtown Montreal. ... Read More »
1 responseFormer chief trade negotiator says Alberta undermining Canada in U.S. tariff talks
By Canadian Press on January 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — Ottawa’s former chief trade negotiator Steve Verheul says Alberta is undermining Canada’s attempts to prevent the U.S. from levying damaging tariffs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rallied most of the premiers to agree that all sectors of the Canadian economy could be deployed to fight back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Freeland says Liberal leadership candidates should pledge to run as MPs
By Canadian Press on January 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland called Friday for four Liberal leadership debates Friday and said the other leadership candidates should commit to running in the next election under the party banner — no matter who wins. In an open letter to the other candidates, Freeland said that the four debates, two in each ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec man sentenced to 30 years in U.S. prison for selling fake Xanax on dark web
By Canadian Press on January 24th, 2025
A Quebec man has been sentenced to 30 years in United States federal prison for his role in an international drug ring that imported millions of fake Xanax pills into that country. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says Arden McCann, 37, has been sentenced by a judge in Georgia for being “one of the largest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Sense of closure’: Court weighs sentence for ex-priest who abused Nunavut children
By Canadian Press on January 24th, 2025
IQALUIT — The Crown and defence are recommending a prison sentence of six years for a former Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to indecent assault against several Inuit children decades ago. A courtroom in Iqaluit has heard horrific details of the sexual abuse Eric Dejaeger inflicted on six girls and one boy between 1978 and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Liberals meet in Ottawa amid leadership race
By Canadian Press on January 24th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Liberals meet in Ottawa amid leadership race The Liberals are gathering on Parliament Hill for a second day in a row to talk next steps as the party searches for a replacement for outgoing leader Justin Trudeau. The ... Read More »
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