Senate committee calls for gutting of flagship immigration bill over human rights concerns
Marie Woolf / theglobeandmail - Bill C-12 could have negative effect on human rights, privacy and civil liberties, committee says
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Conservatives call for probe into asylum seekers' access to health care
David Baxter / nationalobserver - The Conservatives plan to put a motion before the House of Commons on Tuesday aimed at reviewing how health benefits are provided to asylum seekers and restricting who has access to those services.
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Montrealers mark four years since Russian invasion of Ukraine with rally of solidarity
Lola Kalder / citynews - Montrealers gathered at Phillips Square Saturday to mark four years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, honouring those killed and renewing calls for continued global support. The rally brought together members of the city’s Ukrainian community and suppor…
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Indigenous leaders outline priorities for spring sitting of Parliament
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - From clean drinking water legislation to self-government and better infrastructure, Indigenous leaders say they're looking for action from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government.
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'Nothing's changing': Calgary man recovering in Ukraine sees no end to war
sootoday - CALGARY — Mac Hughes looks at his body and the permanent reminders of a Russian drone strike last year. Angry red, diamond shapes outline skin grafts on his legs. Mottled grey and purple skin covers his feet.
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Two Toronto Catholic school teachers on leave amid anti-Black racism allegations
John Marchesan / citynews - The Toronto Catholic District School Board says it has placed two Toronto high school teachers on leave following allegations they exchanged racist messages using a school social media page. Advocacy group Parents of Black Children says messages between t…
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‘Centralized monitoring’, ‘tolerance zones’: Montreal, Longueuil release new protocols for homeless encampments
Manoj Subramaniam / citynews - Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada and Longueuil Mayor Catherine Fournier announced new protocols for intervention homeless encampments including centralized monitoring, tolerance zones, perimeters and restrictions on belongings. At a press conference…
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Feds warn First Nations people to carry their passports when crossing US border
Catherine Morrison / nationalobserver - The federal government has updated its travel advice for the United States, urging First Nations people to carry a passport in addition to a status card when crossing the border.
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Calgary man charged with six counts of extortion after months-long police investigation
Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - A Calgary man is facing multiple extortion charges following a months-long police investigation into threats and demands for money targeting a woman in the city’s northeast.
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Pressure mounts on Quebec justice minister to backtrack on enshrining abortion rights
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Pressure is mounting on Quebec's justice minister to abandon plans to enshrine abortion rights in the province's proposed constitution.
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No charges for Calgary police in shooting death of man who strapped grenade to chest
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says officers acted reasonably when they shot and killed a man who had a live grenade strapped to his chest in March 2024.
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Kamloops First Nation finds no confirmed grave sites in latest survey
Jackson Loy / westernstandard - A press release from the office of the Chief of the Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation in Kamloops, B.C., has stated that the most recent investigation at the Kamloops Residential School site shows "signatures that resemble burials" but no confirmed grav…
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Quebec police arrest man in suspected femicide in Montérégie
News Staff / citynews - Police say a 41-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of his partner in Quebec’s Montérégie region last month. Véronic Champagne, 40, died in hospital Jan. 18 after being seriously injured during an argument with a man at a home in …
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Some on Canada’s no-fly list kept on without ‘necessary grounds’: watchdog
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The intelligence watchdog says its recommendations to the government are aimed at ensuring a more fair, principled and co-ordinated approach to managing the program.
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Ottawa faces calls to send essential fuel to Cuba as US widens its oil blockade
Dylan Robertson / nationalobserver - Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing mounting calls to speak out against the United States for widening its restrictions on fuel reaching Cuba, or to send aid to the country.
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U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies at 84: ‘A giant has gone home’
Eddie Chau / torontosun - Jackson's daughter, Sanita Jackson, confirmed that her father died at home in Chicago, surrounded by family
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Ottawa expects Ukrainian emergency visa holders to return after war ends
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - That's in spite of comments from Immigration Minister Lena Diab, who recently acknowledged that many Ukrainians who came to Canada on temporary visas are here to stay.
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200,000 people expected to gather in Toronto in support of Iran protests
sootoday - TORONTO — A major rally is set to march down Yonge Street in North York today as Toronto police expect more than 200,000 people to gather in solidarity with anti-government protesters in Iran.
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Arrest after alleged threat against Toronto Iran protesters
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‘Somebody is hurt’: The horrifying moment neighbours discovered bodies in shooter’s Tumbler Ridge home
Aileen Donnelly / nationalpost - ‘You’re thinking obviously somebody is hurt, somebody is in distress. But you’re not thinking that you’re going to walk into what you’re walking into’
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- Community mourns victims; schools seek safety and healing (10)
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Accountability questions: preventable failures and Mental Health Act
Community mourns victims; schools seek safety and healing
Debate over reporting shooter’s transgender identity
Neighbours discover bodies; crime scenes stun town
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Newfoundland's COVID-19 travel restriction a justifiable Charter infringement: court
sootoday - OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed the constitutionality of a pandemic-related rule that curbed travel to Newfoundland and Labrador for public health reasons.
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