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The Liberal government has revised draft firearm regulations to ensure someone buying a gun actually has a valid licence. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the changes will make it easier for law enforcement to investigate and trace gun crimes.
Havana hotel explosion damages emblematic church
Top U.S. meatpacking companies drafted the executive order issued by President Donald Trump in 2020 to keep meat plants running and convinced his administration to encourage workers to stay on the job at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report https://coronavirus.house.gov/sites/democrats.coronavirus.house.gov/files/2022.5.12%20-%20SSCC%20report%20on%20Meatpacking%20FINAL.pdf released on Thursday by a U.S. House panel. The report by the House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis details the meat industry’s influence on Trump's White House as it tried to keep production rolling even as employees fell ill.
Toronto police have made an arrest in the death of a 36-year-old Ajax man over the weekend, saying he was one of three victims whose chains were ripped from their necks at gunpoint Saturday. A 27-year-old man now faces charges of robbery with a firearm and first-degree murder. Two of the victims were shot, and one man — Peter Oscar Khan, 36 — died in hospital Saturday morning. Police were first called to a plaza at Morningside Avenue and Sheppard Avenue East in Scarborough after 3 a.m. on Saturd
Amazon is facing criticism for selling children’s clothes on its site with a sexually explicit message. The products are banned under Amazon’s “offensive products” policies, but the company only removed them after a CBC News investigation.
MILAN (AP) — Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra and its members' folk-hip hop anthem to their war-torn nation is the oddsmaker's favorite to win the Eurovision Song Contest, an event intended to celebrate diversity and promote friendship among nations. Twenty-five bands are set to compete Saturday in the grand final of the annual songwriting contest. It's taking place in northern Italy's industrial city of Turin. Last year, 183 million people watched the televised competition. For the Ukrainian com
HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — About 3,500 residents have been ordered to evacuate a town in the Northwest Territories as volatile water levels never before experienced in some areas cause extensive flooding and damage. People in Hay River, on the south shore of Great Slave Lake just north of the Alberta-N. W. T. boundary were told late Wednesday to get to higher ground, travel to Yellowknife or register at the town's community centre. "Some had very little warning and had to react quickly to stay safe, wh
WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Kevin De Bruyne produced a string of devastating finishes in scoring four of Manchester City's goals in a 5-1 win at Wolverhampton to restore its three-point lead over Liverpool in the Premier League title race on Wednesday. In a masterful attacking display, De Bruyne completed his hat trick by the 24th minute and marked it with a “Zen” pose — perhaps a nod to the celebration made famous by Erling Haaland, the striker who is set to join City from Borussia Dortmund i
In a fiery exchange during Wednesday's Conservative Party leadership debate in Edmonton, candidates Pierre Poilievre and Jean Charest sparred over each other's previous political track records. Charest grilled Poilievre on his abortion stance, to which he responded he’s pro-choice, and Poilievre probed Charest about his stances on abortion and taxes.
An Ottawa man who allegedly used dating apps and other social media platforms to lure victims is now facing 26 charges related to human trafficking, according to Ottawa police. Reza Marandi, 42, used aliases like Razzer Sharpe and Sammy Majour online, police said in a release issued Wednesday afternoon. The charges stem from incidents alleged to have occured between the spring of 2016 and April 2022. "The predatory and historic natures of this ongoing investigation suggest that more crimes have
MONTREAL — WSP Global Inc. secured key project wins across three continents this year, boosting profits and revenue and beating expectations in its first quarter. The Montreal-based engineering firm locked down contracts tied to Ontario's GO Transit rail expansion, an offshore energy hub off the coast of Italy and a hospital redevelopment in Melbourne, Australia. The new work helped push WSP's backlog to $11 billion, with organic growth of nearly 16 per cent last quarter compared with a year ear
Most Calgarians are facing a 3.6 per cent hike on their property taxes this year — that is, unless you live in Shepard, about 20 minutes southeast of downtown, where residents are bracing for a 40 per cent increase. The area was annexed by the City of Calgary in 2007, and as part of the agreement, residents were given a 15-year reprieve before switching from tax rates set by Rocky View County — their previous municipality — to Calgary tax rates. On Tuesday, city council decided to give property
On the heels of a third rebuke of the provincial and federal government from the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), representatives of the Wet'suwet'en and Secwepemc Nations are restating demands to halt construction of the Coastal GasLink and Trans Mountain pipelines. In a letter dated April 29, CERD said the governments of Canada and British Columbia "have escalated their use of force, surveillance, and criminalization of land defenders to intimidate, remove and f
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Students in Newfoundland and Labrador will no longer have to wear masks in schools to protect against COVID-19 infection as of May 24. The province's chief medical officer of health says she still strongly recommends students and staff in K-12 schools wear masks, even though masking will no longer be mandatory, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says COVID-19 epidemiology in the province supports the move, as officials are reporting eight hospitalizations due to the disease, and 108 new co
New labour market projections suggest the aging population in Thunder Bay can't sustain the existing economy, despite seeing early success in programs designed to boost the northwestern Ontario city's workforce. One in five Thunder Bay district residents is already over 65, and according to the North Superior Workforce Planning Board, those aging out of jobs aren't being replaced quickly enough, despite programs designed to replenish the workforce. "I haven't seen enough results at the end of th
An unprecedented year-long effort to clean all 72 miles of Lake Tahoe's underwater coastline using scuba divers wrapped up this week, resulting in more than 25,000 pounds of garbage removed from the largest alpine lake in the US. (May 13)
Finland's president and prime minister say they're in favour of applying for NATO membership. The nordic nation had previously resisted joining to maintain good relations with its Russian neighbours.
N.B. Power now has to wait for a verdict on the Point Lepreau generating station. The utility is asking Canada's nuclear regulator to renew the operating licence on its nuclear power plant for another 25 years. Three days of public hearings on that application concluded in Saint John on Thursday afternoon and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has started to deliberate. If the Commission is satisfied with the information received, it will issue a summary decision before June 30, when Lepreau
WASHINGTON (AP) — A baby formula shortage in the United States is driving parents to swap, sell and offer leftover supplies to each other, while President Joe Biden spoke with manufacturers and retailers Thursday about the plight facing families. The president discussed with executives from Mead Johnson and Gerber how they could increase production and how his administration could help, and talked with leaders from Walmart and Target about how to restock shelves and address regional disparities