Canada’s Alert Ready system to be tested in most provinces today
OTTAWA — Canadians across most of the country will hear the shrill screeching siren of the public alerting system today.
A test message and tone from Alert Ready will be broadcast on television, radio and compatible wireless devices.
Test messages will be issued in nearly every province and territory except Quebec and Saskatchewan at specific times between morning and early afternoon, with Ontario’s test set for Thursday.
The system is typically tested in May and November and is part of Canada’s effort to ensure it works and raise awareness.
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‘Important that we unite’: Canadians cheering on Canadiens in Stanley Cup bid
EDMONTON — James Obenauer-Fossett may have an Edmonton Oilers tattoo on his shoulder, but for this playoff run the Habs have his allegiance.
He and other hockey fans across Canada are rallying behind the Montreal Canadiens, the last team standing north of the border in the hunt for the NHL’s Stanley Cup.
Montreal’s second-round series against the Buffalo Sabres begins Wednesday night. If they win it all, they would be the first Canadian team to capture the Cup since 1993, when Montreal
Report on OpenAI expected from federal, provincial privacy watchdogs today
OTTAWA — Privacy watchdogs plan to release a report today on OpenAI, the company behind the popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot ChatGPT.
Federal privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne said just over three years ago that his office was investigating a complaint alleging the collection, use and disclosure of personal information without consent.
The findings will be delivered by Dufresne and his counterparts from British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec, who collaborated on a joint probe.
They plan to discuss their conclusions at a news conference in Ottawa.
Upon announcing the investigation in April
Canadian company’s winning innovation a giant leap for drinking water on the moon
MONTREAL — On the moon, access to drinking water could mean the difference between short visits and a permanent human presence, and a Canadian company’s award-winning invention has made colonizing Earth’s natural satellite more within reach.
“There’s no shortage of challenges to purifying water in space,” Daniel Sax, CEO of Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation, said in a recent interview. ”We were able to develop a system designed to operate in the moon’s extreme conditions.”
His company’s
Quebec man found guilty of fomenting hatred against Jews appeals 15-month sentence
MONTREAL — A Quebec man convicted of fomenting hatred against Jews is appealing his guilty verdict and 15-month jail sentence.
The case involving Gabriel Sohier-Chaput is scheduled to be heard today at the Quebec Court of Appeal in Montreal.
Quebec court Judge Manlio Del Negro sentenced Sohier-Chaput in September 2023 to a year and three months in jail followed by three years’ probation.
During sentencing, the judge called Sohier-Chaput a “hate influencer” who represented a continued risk to society because he
Closing arguments to begin in Ontario First Nation’s education funding case at rights tribunal
Closing submissions are set to begin today in a First Nation’s complaint before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal accusing the federal government of systemically underfunding and neglecting on-reserve education in Ontario.
The Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation alleges the education funding formula implemented by the federal government in 2019 substantially underfunds on-reserve schools, fails to meet First Nation students’ needs and perpetuates historic disadvantage.
The case originated from a 2009 complaint involving special education costs for two children of the Mississaugas of the
Police say Australian women with alleged IS ties face charges on return from Syria
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — with alleged ties to Islamic State group militants will be arrested and face criminal investigations if they return from Syria, police said Wednesday.
The Australian government had been alerted Wednesday that four women and nine children had booked flights from Damascus to Australia, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said. He did not say when they were expected to arrive.
Australian Federal Police since 2015 have been investigating the behavior of Australians who had traveled to the Islamic State group’s so-called caliphate
Man charged with murder in Toronto shooting is former police officer: OPP
Ontario Provincial Police say a man charged with murder in a daylight shooting in Toronto last week was a police officer in Collingwood, Ont., in the 1990s.
Toronto police said they responded to a report of a shooting in North York park on Thursday afternoon and they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds.
They said 47-year-old Daniel Stopnicki was pronounced dead at the scene.
Toronto police arrested and charged 67-year-old Michaelo Markicevic with second-degree murder.
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Survivor working to raise awareness about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on Red Dress Day
On Red Dress Day, a somber occasion meant to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, one survivor is now working to raise awareness for fellow victims.
At 18 years old, Shailla Manitowabie-Cooke vanished for weeks.
“I went missing in 2012 and I was trafficked in the sex trade,” shared Manitowabie-Cooke, now a survivor and advocate.
When she returned, she initially kept quiet about the abuse she suffered while missing. “It was deeply traumatizing and I just knew
Trump advisers step up their calls on China to help open Strait of Hormuz ahead of Beijing summit
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials are pressing China to use its influence with Iran to open the just days before President and Chinese President .
Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Chinese officials to use Iranian Foreign Minister to urge Tehran to release its chokehold on the critical waterway. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Araghchi on Wednesday, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
“I hope the Chinese tell him what he needs to be told,” Rubio said during a White House briefing Tuesday. “And that is