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Zachary Levi voices adorable teddy bear in Christmas movie 'Teddy's Christmas'
Chuck and Shazam! star Zachary Levi voices an adorable animated teddy bear in the Christmas movie Teddy's Christmas.
5 min read - NewsThe Canadian Press
Liberal bail reforms poised to become law after year of increased crime concerns
OTTAWA — The federal government's bail-reform legislation is on its way to becoming law after the House of Commons decided on Thursday to accept changes the Senate made to the bill. Justice Minister Arif Virani urged MPs to accept the amendments to Bill C-48 on Thursday, and they did so unanimously. The Liberal government introduced the bill earlier this year in the face of sustained calls from all provincial leaders and many police chiefs to make bail more difficult to access for repeat violent
4 min read - NewsThe Canadian Press
Watchdog flags 'risk of discrimination' in border agency's air traveller targeting
OTTAWA — The national spy watchdog says Canada's border agency needs to do a better job of documenting how and why it singles out certain air passengers for possible additional scrutiny. The Canada Border Services Agency's targeting program uses pre-arrival risk assessments to identify inbound air travellers more likely to be ineligible to enter Canada. As a first step, the border agency looks at information about passengers routinely provided by commercial air carriers, including age, sex and n
3 min read - BusinessThe Canadian Press
B.C. files application for Canada's first unexplained wealth order, minister says
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has filed the first-ever application to secure an unexplained wealth order in Canada, the province's solicitor general said, calling the orders a "powerful tool" to clamp down on the proceeds of criminal activity. Mike Farnworth, who is also the public safety minister, said the application filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday marks the start of a series of similar claims. In a statement, he said the applications put those engaging in illegal activit
4 min read - NewsThe Canadian Press
Métis self-governance bill would help right wrongs, minister says amid controversy
OTTAWA — The Liberal minister of Crown-Indigenous relations is defending a bill that would formalize several Métis self-governance agreements, after more than a month of heated debate between Indigenous leaders at a parliamentary committee. While the leaders of Métis groups in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario say the legislation would unlock new opportunities and foster a new relationship with Ottawa, prominent First Nations voices are raising concerns about irreparable damage to treaty rights.
4 min read - NewsThe Canadian Press
Court falls silent for two minutes in B.C. murder trial of Ibrahim Ali
VANCOUVER — The B.C. Supreme Court first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali fell silent for two full minutes as Crown attorney Daniel Porte neared the end of his closing arguments. Porte was illustrating how long it would have taken Ali to strangle the 13-year-old girl he's accused of killing in a Burnaby, B.C., park six years ago, saying Ali would have had to apply "consistent and sustained" pressure. "Ibrahim Ali strangled (the girl) for at least that long with his hands or another item around
5 min read - ScienceThe Canadian Press
Scientists feel interference in research has lessened but still occurs: survey
Nearly one in 10 scientists say they have experienced political or workplace pressure to alter their findings, suggests a newly published paper surveying hundreds of researchers in government, academia and the private sector. The survey concludes the situation has improved from about a decade ago but still occurs — particularly to environmental scientists, female or young scientists and those from marginalized communities. "What was clear to us from this research was there's a wide array of rese
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