The Canada Revenue Agency says it has taken its online services offline after it learned of a possible security threat. The agency says on its website that it became aware of a “security vulnerability affecting organizations around the world” and decided to take services offline as a precaution. It says […]
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OTTAWA – The federal government, Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces will deliver a formal apology today to victims of military sexual misconduct. The apology was first promised in 2019 as part of a $600-million settlement deal with current and former service members in several class-action lawsuits. The […]
By Marie Woolf
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OTTAWA – The federal government has planted less than half a per cent of the two billion trees it pledged to put in the ground across Canada by 2030, The Canadian Press has learned. Figures obtained through an access to information request show 8.5 million trees had been planted as […]
By Noushin Ziafati
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
A First Nation in northern Ontario has expanded its search for the source of a lung infection that has killed two people and sickened at least 12 others, the First Nation’s chief said Wednesday. Constance Lake First Nation, a community of over 900 residents, declared a state of emergency on […]
By Mike Blanchfield
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – As a transplanted British Columbian, Jesse Mason views the extreme and shifting weather patterns unfolding in his native province with a high level of concern. First, there was the heat dome that caused record-breaking temperatures this summer, and then the recent floods that have emptied entire communities, drowned […]
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MONTREAL – The RCMP say a former Canadian Space Agency engineer has been charged with breach of trust for using his position to act on behalf of a Chinese company. Federal authorities say Wanping Zheng, 61, will appear in court in Longueuil, Que., on Dec. 15. Zheng, a Brossard, Que., […]
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TORONTO – Ontario’s science advisory table is set to release new modelling today, as COVID-19 cases are on the rise in the province. The province’s chief medical officer of health is also scheduled to provide an update about the COVID-19 situation in Ontario today, in addition to his regular Thursday […]
By Erika Ibrahim
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OTTAWA – Since the announced detection of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, a new poll suggests Canadians bracing for the worst. More than four in five respondents to an online survey by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies said they support closing the Canadian border to travellers coming from […]
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The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting that four residents in the Thunder Bay area have been confirmed as having the omicron variant of COVID-19. It is anticipated that an additional four individuals will be confirmed as having omicron in the coming days. All individuals are in the […]
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TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 887 new COVID-19 cases today, as well as three new deaths from the virus. That’s up from 788 daily new cases a week ago, and pushes the seven-day average up to 940. Health Minister Christine Elliott says people who are not fully vaccinated account for […]
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Pair had a brief stop in Fort Frances this summer, when Luna went missing in wilderness ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – A kilt-wearing Scotsman and his dog completed an 8,000-kilometre fundraising walk across Canada on Sunday by striding into an icy breeze atop Cape Spear on the eastern edge of Newfoundland. […]
By Virginie Ann
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL – Quebec announced $52 million in new funding geared towards the province’s youth on Sunday in a bid to stem a rising tide of gun violence and crime. Public Security Minister Genevieve Guilbault announced the funding on Sunday at a morning press conference, along with Indigenous Affairs Minister Ian […]
