Dennis Edney, a lawyer who played a critical role in the release of former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr, has died at 77. An obituary published in the Edmonton Journal said Edney had dementia and died Saturday. The soccer-player-turned-lawyer took on many high-profile cases throughout his career. But his Scottish accent became known across the … Read more
The memo sent to staff in the Prime Minister’s Office to announce the hiring of Max Valiquette as the government’s new executive director of communications said the former marketing executive would be focused on, among other things, “aligning the entire team under a clear narrative.” In politics, a clear narrative isn’t everything, but it’s a … Read more
The first report from the inquiry into foreign interference in federal elections is now set to come out two months later than originally planned. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced Thursday the federal government has granted Justice Marie-Josée Hogue an extension on her interim report on foreign interference in federal elections. According to her terms … Read more
The security costs for Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during his seven-month stay in Miami amounted to approximately one million shekels ($277,000), as reported by Haaretz journalist Gidi Weitz. Throughout his time in the United States, the younger Netanyahu had two Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) security guards, who were replaced … Read more
BHOPAL: Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed faith that the members of the state cabinet who will take oath today will work for the development of the state under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and newly elected Chief Minister Mohan Yadav.His remarks came on a day when the nation is … Read more
A Canadian citizen trapped in Gaza is begging for help as Ottawa announces new measures to help family members of Canadians flee the war zone. Mahmoud Kouta of London, Ont. told CBC News he’s been trapped in Gaza since the current Israel-Hamas war broke out. The air and ground war was launched in response to Hamas’s brutal … Read more
Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed a former Olympian, a philanthropist and the head of the Canadian Women’s Foundation to the Senate. All three appointees to fill vacant Ontario Senate seats The Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 20, 2023 3:32 PM EST | Last Updated: 9 hours ago Marnie McBean (left), Paulette Senior (centre) and … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he believes India’s relations with Canada may have undergone “a tonal shift” in the days since the unsealing of a U.S. indictment alleging a conspiracy to murder a Sikh activist on American soil. The prime minister made the remarks in an end-of-year interview with the CBC’s Rosemary Barton. Indian Prime Minister Narendra … Read more
The Trudeau government still won’t say if it’s considering imposing sanctions on violent Israeli settlers in the wake of travel bans announced by both the U.S. and the United Kingdom in recent days. The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said last week that he will recommend EU sanctions as well. Canada, like its American, British … Read more
New Democrat ethics critic Matthew Green is calling for Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer to appear before Parliament’s access to information, privacy and ethics committee to answer questions about why he broke House of Commons rules by filming a partisan video in his Parliament Hill office. Scheer shot the video to endorse a Conservative candidate in an … Read more
