Broadcaster Charles Adler wants to meet with Manitoba chiefs after calls to pull Senate appointment

Broadcaster Charles Adler wants to meet with Manitoba chiefs after calls to pull Senate appointment

Broadcaster Charles Adler says he’s asked for a face-to-face meeting with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and its grand chief after the assembly called for Adler’s recent Senate appointment to be rescinded over what it called “grossly offensive” comments he made about Indigenous communities 25 years ago. “I am accountable for what I say and … Read more

Groups representing minorities say they’re alarmed by foreign interference legislation

Groups representing minorities say they’re alarmed by foreign interference legislation

Groups representing minority communities are warning that a recently introduced law giving Canada’s intelligence agency and the federal government new powers to counter foreign interference is open to abuse. Bill C-70 received royal assent on June 20. The law introduces new criminal provisions against “deceptive or surreptitious acts” done “for the benefit of or in association … Read more

PCO says it didn’t search new human rights chief’s online aliases, blames ‘administrative oversight’

PCO says it didn’t search new human rights chief’s online aliases, blames ‘administrative oversight’

The Privy Council Office (PCO) says it did not search the aliases Birju Dattani, the new head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, used to make controversial social media posts.  A spokesperson for the PCO said in a statement to CBC News on Monday that “an administrative oversight resulted in the aliases not being searched by PCO.” … Read more

Quebec calls on Supreme Court justice to recuse himself from secularism law case

Quebec calls on Supreme Court justice to recuse himself from secularism law case

The Quebec government is requesting that Supreme Court Justice Mahmud Jamal recuse himself from hearing the challenge to the province’s secularism law because he was board president for one of the plaintiffs.   In letters sent to the registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada, Attorney General of Quebec Bernard Roy, the Mouvement laïque québécois, as … Read more

WBCHSE Class 12 Result 2024 announced: 90% students pass, Avik Das tops with 496 marks, more details here |

WBCHSE Class 12 Result 2024 announced: 90% students pass, Avik Das tops with 496 marks, more details here |

WB HS Class 12th Result 2024: The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has declared the results for the WB Board class 12 exams 2024. In a press conference held today at 1 PM, the WB HS Council announced the results and other statistics pertaining to student’s performance this year.Candidates who are waiting … Read more

Arrests in Nijjar killing, commission report refocus India as potential source of foreign meddling

Arrests in Nijjar killing, commission report refocus India as potential source of foreign meddling

The arrest of three men in connection with the killing of a prominent Sikh activist, coming on the same day as a major report on foreign interference in Canada, has put renewed focus on India as a major player when it comes to alleged meddling in this country. The RCMP in British Columbia said Friday that they had … Read more

NWMO reaffirms safety of Canada’s 1st nuclear waste repository but there’s still heavy pushback

NWMO reaffirms safety of Canada’s 1st nuclear waste repository but there’s still heavy pushback

The body tasked with selecting the future storage site for Canada’s nuclear waste has reaffirmed its confidence in the project’s safety, but others remain concerned about the potential risks of burying spent nuclear fuel hundreds of metres below the earth’s surface. By the end of this year, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is expected to decide … Read more