Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tory leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre denounces ‘white replacement theory’
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre is denouncing the “white replacement theory” believed to be a motive for a mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., as “ugly and disgusting hate-mongering.” In...
May 16, 2022
Canada prepared to send ships to Romanian ports to help export Ukraine’s wheat — Joly
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada is prepared to send ships to help Ukraine export its wheat to the developing world. Joly says she has held talks with other G7 and European na...
May 16, 2022
Advisory board for next top court judge to include Indigenous Bar Association member
OTTAWA - For the first time, the Indigenous Bar Association has nominated a member of the independent advisory board that will help choose the next Supreme Court justice. The chosen board member, Davi...
May 16, 2022
Military failing to remove barriers to diversifying ranks: ombudsman
OTTAWA - Canada's military ombudsman is joining the chorus of those accusing the Canadian Armed Forces and Defence Department of having failed to address long-standing barriers to recruit and retain m...
May 16, 2022
Coroner says Quebec Health Department chose to ignore COVID-19 risk in long-term care
MONTREAL - A long-awaited report from the Quebec coroner says residents of long-term care homes were kept in a blind spot while the provincial government reacted to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic....
May 16, 2022
Conviction review process should reflect harsh realities of Indigenous women: report
OTTAWA - A new report from a group of senators calls on the federal government to make changes to the conviction review process that would better reflect the challenges faced by Indigenous women. The ...
May 16, 2022
Elisabeth Borne appointed France’s new prime minister
PARIS (AP) - Elisabeth Borne was appointed France’s new prime minister on Monday to become the second woman to hold the post in the country. Borne, 61, succeeds Jean Castex, whose resignation wa...
May 16, 2022
Coroner’s inquest begins into 2020 police shooting of Indigenous woman in N.B.
FREDERICTON - A jury of three women and two men has been chosen in the coroner’s inquest into the death of Chantel Moore - a 26-year-old Indigenous woman fatally shot during a wellness check by ...
May 16, 2022
Ottawa’s Terry Fox statue to move to make way for new parliamentary building
OTTAWA - The Terry Fox statue across from Parliament Hill will need to be moved to make way for a new building to house MPs and senators, committee rooms and an Indigenous Peoples’ space. The pl...
May 16, 2022
Reversing Trump, Biden acts to deploy US troops to Somalia
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Monday signed an order to deploy U.S. troops to Somalia amid heightened concerns about the country’s Islamic extremist rebels, known as al-Shabab. The mo...
May 16, 2022