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Canadians have 'fundamental right to live safely,' PM says after arrests in B.C. Sikh activist's killing

News/Politics | Fri, 03 May 2024 12:23:34 EDT

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Parliamentary report on Emergencies Act decision is long past due — with no clear delivery date

News/Politics | Sat, 04 May 2024 12:23:18 EDT

The parliamentary committee responsible for studying the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act during the 2022 convoy protests has long blown through its deadline. read more

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hil

Love the idea or hate it, experts say federal use of notwithstanding clause would be a bombshell

News/Politics | Sat, 04 May 2024 04:00:00 EDT

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre suggested this week that, if elected, he would use the notwithstanding clause to push for some criminal justice reforms, a move that experts say would be significant and historic. read more

Police make arrests in killing of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar

News/Politics | Fri, 03 May 2024 12:23:20 EDT

Canadian police have arrested members of an alleged hit squad investigators believe was tasked by the government of India with killing prominent Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in B.C. last June, CBC News has learned. read more

What we know about the arrests and investigation into Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killing

News/Politics | Fri, 03 May 2024 18:14:49 EDT

Three men were arrested and charged Friday in connection with the killing of a Sikh separatist activist in B.C., a crime that fractured the diplomatic relationship between India and Canada last year. Here's what we know. read more

Commissioner Justice Marie-Josee Hogue speaks about the interim report following its release at the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions, in Ottawa, Friday, May 3, 2024.

Foreign meddling didn't affect who formed government in past 2 elections, but inquiry flags 'troubling' events

News/Politics | Fri, 03 May 2024 04:00:00 EDT

Canadians could get a clearer sense today of the extent to which China and other countries meddled in the past two federal elections — and whether the government and security agencies did enough to share that information — when the public inquiry on foreign interference releases its first report. read more

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Watchdog agency accuses chief of military police of blocking investigations

News/Politics | Fri, 03 May 2024 17:50:23 EDT

The country's military police watchdog has accused the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal of obstructing its independent reviews of complaints. read more

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Canada Post lost $748 million last year, warns of 'critical' financial situation

News/Politics | Fri, 03 May 2024 19:13:22 EDT

Canada Post warns its financial situation is so grim it could run out of operating money in less than a year, citing declining revenue and increased competition from private delivery companies. read more

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At long last, the Hogue inquiry lays the foundation for a real debate about foreign interference

News/Politics | Fri, 03 May 2024 16:53:53 EDT

The most grave allegation levelled during the foreign interference saga was that the Liberal government willfully turned a blind eye to Chinese state meddling. Justice Marie-Josée Hogue’s initial report seems to at least cast significant doubt on that claim. read more

Male and female members of the Canadian Armed Forces march in a lineup wearing green CADPAT uniforms and black berets.

Military raked by critics online after unveiling new army logo

News/Politics | Fri, 03 May 2024 18:51:47 EDT

The Canadian Army learned two valuable lessons Friday: appreciation of art is in the eye of the beholder and it pays to be precise, even on social media. read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, walks past India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at Raj Ghat, Mahatma Gandhi's cremation site, during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023.

A timeline of Canada-India tensions — from 2018 to today's arrests

News/Politics | Fri, 03 May 2024 12:27:50 EDT

Relations between Canada and India have been under pressure for years, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have quarreled over Sikh separatist elements in this country. read more

A shopper pushes a cart into a grocery store.

Canada's shopping for a foreign grocer. Can an international retailer succeed here?

News/Business | Fri, 03 May 2024 04:00:00 EDT

With some Canadian consumers struggling to afford groceries, and as frustrations with corporate profits boil over, the federal government says it's trying to coax international grocers to set up shop in Canada. read more

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Top soldier says military looking for 'clarity' on Ottawa's budget plans

News/Politics | Fri, 03 May 2024 04:00:00 EDT

Just over a month into the new fiscal year and two weeks after the federal budget, the Department of National Defence is struggling to reconcile the Liberal government's approach to military funding — giving with one hand while taking with the other. read more

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Manitoba partners with federal government on Red Dress Alert for missing Indigenous women and girls

News/Canada/Manitoba | Fri, 03 May 2024 15:45:30 EDT

Canada and Manitoba are partnering to launch an alert system that would inform the public when an Indigenous woman or girl goes missing, they announced Friday in Winnipeg, ahead of a national day to mark the crisis. read more

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Top court orders new trial for francophone B.C. man who was not given French option

News/Politics | Fri, 03 May 2024 10:41:22 EDT

The Supreme Court is ordering a new trial for a francophone man in British Columbia who says he was not informed of his right to have a trial in the official language of his choice. read more

BMO Field in Toronto is pictured in 2018.

Ottawa commits $104M to help Toronto host 2026 World Cup games

News/Canada/Toronto | Fri, 03 May 2024 08:39:47 EDT

The federal government says it will provide $104 million to help Toronto host six matches at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, less than a third of the $380 million price tag estimated by the city. read more

Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem arrives to appear as a witness at a House of Commons Finance Committee in Ottawa on Thursday, May 2, 2024.

'We are getting closer' to cutting interest rates, Bank of Canada governor tells MPs

News/Politics | Thu, 02 May 2024 10:17:06 EDT

The Bank of Canada is getting closer to cutting interest rates as inflation shows signs of coming down and staying down, the central bank's governor, Tiff Macklem, told MPs Thursday. read more

Canada's greenhouse gas emissions climbed in 2022, after pandemic slowdown

News/Climate | Thu, 02 May 2024 10:12:01 EDT

Canada's greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2022, as the economy rebounded from the pandemic slowdown. But Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said the numbers are a sign his government's climate policies are working, with emissions totals the lowest in 25 years aside from the pandemic years. read more

A weathered-looking man carries a fake wooden coffin.

Despite all the shouting, the opioid crisis continues to defy simple answers

News/Politics | Thu, 02 May 2024 04:00:00 EDT

The debate in Parliament about British Columbia’s decriminalization policy was being conducted at extremes even before Pierre Poilievre used the term “wacko.” read more

A man in a uniform walks by the a war monument.

Veteran Affairs 'March holidays' social media post sparks backlash

News/Politics | Thu, 02 May 2024 19:31:08 EDT

After a flood of angry comments, Veterans Affairs Canada staff found themselves working over the Easter weekend this year, scrambling to explain why one of the department's social media posts didn't actually mention the holiday. read more