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Quebec killer, alleged suspect in fatal Montreal fire, pleads guilty to prison escape

Quebec killer, alleged suspect in fatal Montreal fire, pleads guilty to prison escape

Montreal Mar 21, 2024 / 11:15 am

A convicted killer who spent 51 months on the lam from a prison in Quebec — and who court documents cite as a suspect in a Montreal fire that killed seven...

Weston, McCain met to discuss bread prices, plaintiffs in class-action lawsuit allege

Weston, McCain met to discuss bread prices, plaintiffs in class-action lawsuit allege

Mar 21, 2024 / 8:54 am

Plaintiffs in an Ontario class-action lawsuit have alleged that Loblaw Cos. Ltd. L-T chairman Galen Weston met in person to discuss bread prices with Michael...

Government moves to end military authority to investigate, prosecute sex crimes

Government moves to end military authority to investigate, prosecute sex crimes

Mar 21, 2024 / 8:49 am

The federal government has tabled legislation to formally removing the military's ability to investigate and prosecute crimes of a sexual nature. Defence...

Industrial carbon price cuts three times the emissions of consumer levy: report

Industrial carbon price cuts three times the emissions of consumer levy: report

Mar 21, 2024 / 8:48 am

Canada's carbon price could slash greenhouse-gas emissions by more than 100 million tonnes a year by 2030, but only about one-fifth of that will come from...

More Canadians have poor mental health. The economy is partly to blame, survey says

More Canadians have poor mental health. The economy is partly to blame, survey says

Mar 21, 2024 / 8:33 am

The double whammy of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic stressors is taking a toll on the mental health of Canadian adults, according to new data released by...

Families who fled Gaza before applying for special visa must find other way to Canada

Families who fled Gaza before applying for special visa must find other way to Canada

Gaza Mar 21, 2024 / 6:06 am

The federal government says people who managed to escape the Gaza Strip no longer qualify for a special program to reunite with extended family members in...

N.L. plans to go ahead with budget as fishers gather for second day of protest

N.L. plans to go ahead with budget as fishers gather for second day of protest

Newfoundland Mar 21, 2024 / 5:59 am

A large crowd of Newfoundland and Labrador fish harvesters once again gathered outside the legislature Thursday morning, a day after shutting down the...

Quebecers to pay respects to Brian Mulroney as public tribute moves to Montreal

Quebecers to pay respects to Brian Mulroney as public tribute moves to Montreal

Mar 21, 2024 / 5:48 am

Quebecers will get their chance to pay their respects to Brian Mulroney in his home province as the tributes to the former prime minister move to Montreal....

Israel envoy says country can defend itself despite Canada ending future arms exports

Israel envoy says country can defend itself despite Canada ending future arms exports

Mar 21, 2024 / 5:46 am

Israel's ambassador to Canada isn't saying whether this week's vote in the House of Commons to end future arms exports to his country will actually...

Total eclipse promises celestial show with streamers, loops and a possible comet

Total eclipse promises celestial show with streamers, loops and a possible comet

Mar 21, 2024 / 5:44 am

A total solar eclipse is a rare celestial event that always generates excitement, but next month's version is expected to be unusually spectacular. The...

'Stay the hell away from our kids': Holland warns big tobacco about nicotine pouches

'Stay the hell away from our kids': Holland warns big tobacco about nicotine pouches

Mar 20, 2024 / 7:57 pm

Health Minister Mark Holland promised a major crackdown on nicotine pouches Wednesday, and issued a stern warning to tobacco companies he says are marketing the...

Calgary police allege man placed hateful stickers in public locker room

Calgary police allege man placed hateful stickers in public locker room

Calgary Mar 20, 2024 / 5:23 pm

Police have laid a hate-motivated mischief charge against a Calgary man who they allege placed white supremacist stickers in a public locker room. They say...

Scientists fired from Winnipeg lab over security fears rightly under probe: minister

Scientists fired from Winnipeg lab over security fears rightly under probe: minister

Ottawa Mar 20, 2024 / 4:36 pm

It's "extremely appropriate" that two scientists who lost their jobs due to dealings with China remain under investigation, Health Minister Mark...

Liberals introduce legislation updating Elections Act, in keeping with NDP pact

Liberals introduce legislation updating Elections Act, in keeping with NDP pact

Ottawa Mar 20, 2024 / 4:33 pm

The Liberal government has tabled legislation that updates the federal Elections Act as part of its political pact with the NDP. The minister responsible for...

Quebec newspaper La Presse removes cartoon denounced as antisemitic, apologizes

Quebec newspaper La Presse removes cartoon denounced as antisemitic, apologizes

Montreal Mar 20, 2024 / 1:48 pm

Quebec newspaper La Presse has apologized for publishing a cartoon Wednesday that depicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the vampire from the...

Manitoba premier to apologize to two men switched at birth in 1955

Manitoba premier to apologize to two men switched at birth in 1955

Manitoba Mar 20, 2024 / 1:37 pm

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is set to apologize on behalf of the government to two men who were switched at birth in 1955 in a hospital north of...

Federal government refers three cases of suspected contractor fraud to RCMP

Federal government refers three cases of suspected contractor fraud to RCMP

Ottawa Mar 20, 2024 / 1:32 pm

The federal procurement department has asked the RCMP to investigate at least $5 million in suspected fraud by IT sub-contractors who were billing multiple...

Accident or choice? Crown, defence paint drastically different pictures of cop death

Accident or choice? Crown, defence paint drastically different pictures of cop death

Toronto Mar 20, 2024 / 1:23 pm

Defence lawyers painted the death of a Toronto police officer who was crushed by a vehicle as a tragic accident caused by panic and confusion Wednesday as...

'Possibly the end.' Quebec shrimp fishery facing climate change, tough economy

'Possibly the end.' Quebec shrimp fishery facing climate change, tough economy

Quebec Mar 20, 2024 / 12:06 pm

For years, the northern shrimp fished in the Quebec waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence have been known as "crevettes de Matane," named after the town...

Toronto reports 21 mpox cases so far this year, after 27 cases in all of 2023

Toronto reports 21 mpox cases so far this year, after 27 cases in all of 2023

Toronto Mar 20, 2024 / 10:13 am

Toronto Public Health says 21 cases of mpox have been confirmed in the city since the start of this year compared with a total of 27 cases for all of 2023. The...

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