This week, Wojtek Gwiazda and Marc Montgomery present highlights of the week’s stories. © Govt of Canada We start off with some interesting but perhaps painful news..at least painful to Canadian’s wallets. A new report from the conservative-leaning think-tank The Fraser… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
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Canada’s FM ‘appalled’ Sri Lanka hosting Commonwealth summit
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is being quoted in the international media after saying he was “appalled” that Sri Lanka will be hosting the Commonwealth summit On Friday he told the UK’s Guardian: “We’re appalled that Sri Lanka seems poised… »
Senior officers of federal police told not to meet parliamentarians without prior approval
Friday’s (April 26) Question Period in the House of Commons saw opposition Members of Parliament raising questions about e-mails sent by the head of the federal police force to senior officers requesting they first get clearance before speaking to Canadian… »
Hospital-acquired illness and singer Rita MacNeil’s death /Correction
Please note an update to this story at the end – health authorities now say Rita MacNeil did not acquire the infection in the hospital, according to senior medical officials of the Cape Breton District Health Authority. Initial reports that… »
More “get tough on crime” legislation
Heinous crimes committed in Canada will likely soon be treated more harshly. A Conservative private member’s bill, has received support of the government. It would make the triple crime of abduction, rape, and murder punishable by up to 40 years… »
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Accused officer denies having sex before ferry sank
A ferry officer denies he had sex with his former lover on board the Queen of the North the night it sank in Canada’s Pacific coastal waters. Karl Lilgert is on trial charged with two counts of criminal negligence causing… »
Eye on the Arctic – What Canada’s Arctic Council chairmanship means for the North
When Canada takes over chairmanship of the Arctic Council on May 15, its stated priority is ‘developing the North for northerners’ around the circumpolar world. But Canada also takes over the organization at one of the most complex times in… »
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Canada could not deport accused terror suspect
Canada tried to deport Raed Jaser nine years ago but could not because he was a stateless Palestinian, reports the public broadcaster, CBC. Jaser, 35, and Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, are accused of plotting to derail a Toronto to New York… »
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Canadian man helping fish farmers in Ghana
A man from an aquaculture business in the east coast province of New Brunswick is providing help and advice to fish farmers in Ghana. Jon Steeves, 26, travelled to Sogakope, Ghana this February to set up a fish pond near… »
Despite civil rights questions, MPs pass anti-terror bill
The bombings in Boston, and an alleged plot to derail a Canadian train, seem to have accelerated the intentions of Canada’s ruling Conservative government as it pushed through the adoption of an anti-terror bill that was first presented in Canada’s… »
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