Anand says joining SAFE defence borrowing pact will help Canadian firms compete
OTTAWA — The European Parliament has formally welcomed Canada into the SAFE defence borrowing agreement, something Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says is an important step for the country.
The parliament passed a final vote today that effectively greenlights Canada’s participation in a defence borrowing pact worth the equivalent of C$240 billion.
Canada would be the first non-European country to join the Security Action for Europe agreement, commonly known as SAFE.
Anand says this means Canadian companies will be able to participate in procurement competitions typically open
Carney lays out pipeline conditions as Eby flags negotiations on B.C.’s priorities
VANCOUVER — Prime Minister Mark Carney and British Columbia Premier David Eby have agreed to enter negotiations on B.C.’s economic priorities and Ottawa’s role in national development projects.
Carney met with Eby in a closed-door meeting in Vancouver Wednesday, shortly after the prime minister spoke to B.C. business leaders at a separate event where he outlined prerequisites for a possible pipeline championed by Alberta.
At the event hosted by the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, Carney noted that the pipeline would only go ahead
Shots fired near The Well in downtown Toronto
Toronto police are investigating after a firearm was discharged near The Well in downtown Toronto on Wednesday.
Police were called to the area of Wellington Street and Spadina Avenue shortly after noon and found evidence of gunfire, including damage to a restaurant window.
Police say it is unclear when the shooting occurred, and no injuries have been reported.
There is no suspect information or other details available at this time.
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Conservative MP Michael Chong meets with Taiwan president
OTTAWA — Conservative MP Michael Chong said his meeting with Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday was a way to assert Canadian sovereignty in the face of Beijing’s warnings to lawmakers in this country that such visits are inappropriate.
“I thought it was important to make it clear that we are not going to take direction from a foreign government about where Canadian MPs can travel internationally,” Chong said in an interview from Taipei.
Beijing’s envoy told The Globe and Mail that he was optimistic about warming
US is expected to announce criminal case against former Cuban President Raúl Castro
MIAMI (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday against in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles as the Trump administration escalated pressure on the socialist government.
was related to Castro’s alleged role in the shootdown of two small planes operated by the exile group Brothers to the Rescue. Castro, now 94, was Cuba’s defense minister . The charges included murder and destruction of an airplane.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and other top Justice Department officials made the announcement in
Canadian mystery writer Alan Bradley, who created Flavia de Luce character, dies at 87
Alan Bradley, the Canadian mystery writer whose tales of a precocious 11-year-old super-sleuth earned an international fan base, has died.
He died on Monday at age 87 in the Isle of Man, where he’d lived for more than a decade, said his publisher, Doubleday Canada.
“Alan’s extraordinary imagination, generosity of spirit, and wonderful craft as a storyteller brought joy to readers in Canada and around the world for more than fifteen years,” said Kristin Cochrane,
World Cup-bound Norway player backs calls for improved heat protocols from FIFA
A Norway international likely headed to the is among a group of current or former soccer players backing calls for FIFA to strengthen heat protocols at the tournament.
Morten Thorsby is expected to be in the squad selected by Norway for his country’s first appearance at a men’s World Cup since 1998. In 2020, he founded “We Play Green” — a movement that urges soccer players to engage in environmental and climate issues.
to FIFA by the New Weather Institute and signed by Thorsby
Anand says she will summon Israeli ambassador over treatment of Gaza flotilla
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling Israel’s treatment of people aboard an intercepted flotilla “abominable” and “unacceptable,” and says Ottawa is seeking assurances about the safety of Canadians involved.
The prime minister made the comments on social media Wednesday, after Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand told reporters she directed officials to summon Israeli Ambassador Iddo Moed over the “mistreatment of civilians” aboard the Gaza-bound flotilla.
Activists say 12 Canadians were among those detained when Israel’s navy intercepted hundreds of people on
3 suspicious fires at Pickering housing development leaves couple in tough spot
Matt Lui and his wife Krista Chau had big plans to start a new life in Pickering. The couple, who currently resides in London, Ont., made the decision to move in the fall of 2024.
“We wanted to move back to be closer to family. We pulled the trigger and we were ecstatic about this pre-construction home that we ended up purchasing,” Matt shared.
That home, on Kerrydale Avenue and Marchington Square, is part of builder Mattamy’s Seaton Whitevale development
8 people charged in ‘sophisticated’ CRA identity and cyber fraud scheme
Eight people from Ottawa, Gatineau and Montreal are (CERB) program in 2020.
RCMP began the investigation in August 2020, following the release of millions of dollars to Canadians from the program intended to support people during the COVID-19 pandemic, handed out by the Canada Revenue Agency.
The International Anti-Corruption Team and Cybercrime Investigative Team launched a joint investigation after a cyber attack on the CRA’s online portal.
What Mounties discovered was a “sophisticated fraud scheme” that involved