Tag: World

Drone Wars: UAVs Shape the Tide of Conflict Between Russia and Ukraine

On the morning of June 21, Russian air defenses foiled an airborne drone attack—the third in two months—just outside Moscow, according to officials. In a statement, the Russian Defense Ministry said three Ukrainian drones had been destroyed after approaching sensitive facilities in the Moscow region. The Russian press later reported that the attack had been…


Quebec Wildfires: Cree Community Orders Evacuation Due to Heavy Smoke

A Cree community in northern Quebec was being evacuated Friday because heavy smoke from a nearby forest fire was blanketing the town and threatening to cut off the main road to the south of the province. The wildfire in Mistissini, Que., was about 10 kilometres from the road to southern Quebec—and about 30 kilometres from…


CIBC Fined $3 Million for Billing Irregularities Related to Lost or Stolen Credit Cards

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) has been fined $3 million for billing irregularities affecting more than 130,000 credit card accounts over an 18-year period, according to a decision issued by a national financial watchdog. In her decision published on June 22, Judith Robertson, commissioner of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC), said…


EXPLAINER: Now That Bill C-18 Has Passed, Why Is Meta Blocking Canadian News?

On the same day that the Liberal government’s Bill C-18 received royal assent and passed into law, U.S. tech giant Meta announced it would be blocking content from news outlets for Canadian users in order to comply with the new legislation. The Online News Act requires that online platforms and digital news intermediaries like Google and…


David Krayden: No Vax, No Organ Transplant? No Sense From COVID-19 Establishment

Commentary Is Canada stuck in some kind of COVID-19 time warp where we still insist people keep taking the vaccine or else they are denied life-saving services? Yes, we are. Take the case of Sheila Annette Lewis, who was diagnosed with a terminal illness in 2018 and was told she required an organ transplant to live….


Another Person Choosing Assisted Death Under Canada’s Liberalized Laws Over Lack of Support for Disability

A disabled single mother from Ontario is contrasting how fast she was able to start the process for medical assistance in dying (MAiD) compared to support for her disability. “I’m a quadriplegic, single mom raising two kids with disabilities, and I’ve spent the last 79 days trying to raise as much awareness as I possibly…


Increasing Number of Albanian Children Trafficked to UK for Crime: Lawyer

A leading human rights lawyer has told the government how she is increasingly representing Albanian children trafficked into the UK for crime purposes. Danny Bayraktarova told the Home Affairs Select Committee that Albanian teenagers make up a large proportion of her caseload with many being criminally exploited by “highly organised” international people-smuggling gangs. The solicitor…


Military Releases Names of Air Force Captains Killed in Chinook Helicopter Crash

The military has released the names of the two Royal Canadian Air Force members who were killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Ontario on Tuesday. Capt. David Domagala and Capt. Marc Larouche were taking part in a nighttime training exercise near Garrison Petawawa when their CH-147F Chinook helicopter crashed into the Ottawa River. Their…


Minister’s Access to Info Focus Is Better Service Amid Calls for Legislative Overhaul

The federal minister responsible for the much-criticized access-to-information system says her focus is on improving service amid growing calls to go further and rewrite the transparency law. Treasury Board President Mona Fortier said in an interview Friday her priority is better administration of the Access to Information Act, not a legislative overhaul. A House of…


Toronto School Doing ‘Social Experiment on Our Kids’ With All-Gender Washrooms, Says Parent

A group of parents at Toronto’s Jean Lumb elementary school say the school board’s insistence on maintaining all gender-neutral washrooms is “anti-feminist and discriminatory.” Those adjectives were included in the subject line of a letter several parents signed and sent to the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) on June 21. The parents are calling for a…