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CanadaMar 08, 2024

Clocks in Canada will be an hour forward from March 10

There is going to be a time change in Canada. Next Sunday, March 10, Canada's clocks will go forward one hour. This time will be before 2 am on the intervening night of March 9 and 10 i.e. Saturday and Sunday. It is worth mentioning that the time of clocks changes every 6 months in Canada. This time is changed on the second Sunday of March and the first Sunday of November. From March 10, India's time will be 12 and a half hours ahead of Vancouver, 11 and a half hours from Calgary and Edmonton, 10 hours from Winnipeg and 9 and a half hours from Toronto. This time will last till November 2 this
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CanadaMar 08, 2024

Canada sanctions Iranians accused of violently repressing women and girls

The Canadian government is imposing new sanctions on two Iranians it accuses of participating in the violent repression of women and girls in Iran. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is making the announcement on International Women's Day. Joly says Iranian women and girls face an increasingly repressive environment where they risk injury or death for expressing themselves or demanding basic rights. Canada has now laid sanctions against 155 individuals and 87 entities since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in 2022. Amini died in police custody after being arrested, purportedly for wear
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CanadaMar 07, 2024

As Ottawa reels over multiple homicide, a look at recent mass killings across Canada

Ottawa is reeling after police said six people, including four children, were found dead Wednesday evening in a townhouse in the south-end Barrhaven suburb. Six people were killed at an Ottawa townhouse, including Darshani Banbaranayake Gama Walwwe Darshani Dilanthika Ekanyake, 35; her four children Inuka, seven, Ashwini, four, Rinyana, two, and Kelly, two months; and a 40-year-old man, Amarakoonmubiayansela Ge Gamini Amarakoon. The woman's husband was brought to hospital with injuries. The couple were from Sri Lanka. A 19-year-old man, Febrio De-Zoysa, was arrested Thursday and charged with
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CanadaMar 07, 2024

Montreal public health reports two new measles cases, bringing Quebec total to 12

Quebec health officials are reporting two more measles cases, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the province to 12. The new cases are both in Montreal, adding to the seven that were previously reported in the public health jurisdiction that encompasses the city and its on-island suburbs. Quebec's Health Department says two cases have been reported in Laval, Que., located north of Montreal, and one case is in the central Mauricie region. Montreal's public health agency says that seven cases in its jurisdiction, including the two new infections, are due to community transmissi
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CanadaMar 07, 2024

Trudeau speaks with King Charles for first time since monarch's cancer diagnosis

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and King Charles spoke today for the first time since the King's cancer diagnosis. The Royal Family says the King held an audience with the Canadian prime minister via video link. Buckingham Palace announced a month ago that the King was cancelling "public-facing duties" while undergoing treatment for an unspecified form of cancer. British media reported in December that the King and Queen Camilla were planning to visit Canada this May, though those reports were never confirmed. The Canadian government said following news of the King's diagnosis that it was not pl
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CanadaMar 07, 2024

Canada asking weapons-makers for plans to ramp up ammunition production

The federal government is giving two weapons manufacturers millions of dollars to come up with a plan to make more ammunition in Canada. Defence Minister Bill Blair made the announcement in a speech to the Conference of Defence Associations Institute in Ottawa. He says the $4.4 million will go to IMT Defence and General Dynamics to develop detailed proposals to make more 155 mm ammunition. The deputy defence minister told a House of Commons committee last fall that the two companies estimated it would cost $400 million to ramp up production. The NATO-standard 155 mm ammunition is in short supp
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CanadaMar 07, 2024

Family killed in Nashville plane crash from King Township, North of Toronto

An Ontario town is mourning a family of five who died in a Nashville plane crash earlier this week. Forty-three-year-old Victor Dotsenko, his 39-year-old wife Rimma Dotsenko and their three children, 12-year-old David, 10-year-old Adam and seven-year-old Emma, were killed Monday as a single-engine plane crashed alongside a highway. The family, who were the only people aboard the plane, lived in King Township, located about 50 km north of Toronto. The town's mayor, Steve Pellegrini, expressed condolences to the friends and relatives of the family Wednesday night, calling it a "heartbreaking and
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CanadaMar 07, 2024

Two adults, four children found dead in Ottawa-area home, police say

Ottawa police are investigating the deaths of six people including four children and two adults found in a home in the city's Barrhaven area.Police said Thursday one person has been arrested and there is no ongoing threat to public safety. The investigation comes after police responded to 911 calls late Wednesday night.Police said officers found the six people dead inside the home located in a suburb south of the city.Identities of the deceased have not been confirmed. Police asked that anyone with information to contact the homicide unit."This is a tragic and complex investigation, and inv
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CanadaMar 06, 2024

Federal procurement department punishes companies that worked on ArriveCan app

Ottawa says it has suspended the largest contractor that worked on the ArriveCan app from bidding or working on government contracts that have security requirements. Public Services and Procurement Canada announced today that it is suspending the security status of GC Strategies, which the auditor general says was awarded more than $19 million for the project. The department says the suspension prevents the company from participating in all federal procurements with security requirements. That follows an earlier decision to suspend it from procurement processes within the department. The gover

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BCSep 26, 2025

Police cleared in fatal 2024 shooting of woman in Surrey, B.C.

British Columbia's independent police watchdog says an officer was justified in using lethal force in the fatal shooting of a woman threatening her baby.The Independent Investigations Office says in a report released Friday that on Sept. 19, 2024, the Surrey, B.C., officer shot the woman who was holding scissors to her baby's neck.The report says the situation was made worse because the woman spoke little to no English, and there were no Spanish speaking services available other than the use of Google translate.Police had responded to a call after someone reported the woman breaking things and
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BCSep 26, 2025

VPD investigates pedestrian fatality

Vancouver Police are investigating a pedestrian fatality that occurred last night, and are asking anyone with information to call police. The pedestrian, a 38-year-old man, was struck by a white Tesla at the intersection of Terminal Avenue and Western Street September 25 just before 8:30 p.m. Despite life-saving attempts from first responders, the pedestrian died at the scene. The driver of the Tesla remained at the scene. Speed and impairment are not considered factors in the collision. Anyone with information is asked to call VPD’s Collision Investigation Unit at 604-717-3012.
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CanadaSep 26, 2025

Canada not part of mass walkout when Israel PM Netanyahu spoke at UN General Assembly

Canada was not part of a mass walkout this morning during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the United Nations General Assembly. The office of Canadian Ambassador Bob Rae says he remained seated during Netanyahu's address as dozens of diplomats from other countries walked out of the chamber. The official presiding over the speeches had to call for order multiple times as delegations, including many from developing countries, rose to leave the room. In his speech, Netanyahu said the "disgraceful decision" by countries like Canada to recognize a Palestinian state will encour
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BCSep 26, 2025

Talks to resume between B.C. government and its public service union

Talks are resuming between the union representing British Columbia's public service workers and the provincial government. Paul Finch, president of the BC General Employees' Union, says the government has reached out to the union saying it has a new offer and negotiations will start again on Monday. Finch says union pickets will remain up. The union has been conducting escalating strike action over the last four weeks, with up to 15,000 workers conducting job actions including picketing and overtime bans. Finch told a gathering in Victoria that there has been unprecedented level
WorldSep 26, 2025

Transportation Department tightens noncitizen truck driver rules after fatal crash in Florida

The Transportation Department will immediately tighten up the requirements for non-citizens to get commercial drivers licenses after three fatal crashes this year in Florida, Texas and Alabama that officials say were caused by immigrant truck drivers who never should have received licenses. The nationwide audit of these licenses began after a fatal U-turn crash in Florida that killed two people caused by a truck driver who officials said was in the country illegally. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said also threatened to revoke $160 million in federal funding for California because inve