Author: admin
-
Privy Council spent thousands on yoga lessons, productivity ninja and supplier of coins and swords: taxpayers federation
The federal department that supports the prime minister, cabinet members and which is often at the heart of Ottawa’s machinations, spent millions of dollars on outside consultants for communications, marketing and research work last year despite employing hundreds of staff to do that work, according to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. The Privy Council Office (PCO)…
-
Domestic travel continues upward trend as Canadians adjust summer plans to rising costs: Expedia
Rising costs and tighter budgets are reshaping how Canadians travel this summer, with many choosing destinations closer to home while still holding onto plans for long-haul trips to Europe, according to a new outlook from Expedia Group. Expedia’s summer travel outlook, released Monday, suggests a continued preference for domestic travel as Canadians look to stretch…
-
Meth, steroids and sparkly iPhone found in grass-disguised package dropped in B.C. prison yard
Police suspect the large package was flown by drone over the Mission Institution at night and dropped into the prison yard.
-
Federal bill aims to enable ‘homegrown’ space launches
On the heels of the successful Artemis II space mission, the federal government says it’s taking another step toward launching Canadian spacecraft from home soil.
-
Inquest jury deliberating how Heather Winterstein died in Ontario hospital after collapsing on 2nd ER visit
After a marathon inquest, a jury is deliberating on how Heather Winterstein died of sepsis after the 24-year-old Indigenous woman sought help at the St. Catharines, Ont., hospital over two days, but collapsed in the emergency department on Dec. 10, 2021, while waiting to see a doctor.
-
Group calls on Ottawa to ban flavoured vapes, despite mixed Quebec results
OTTAWA — A taxpayer-funded advocacy group is calling on Ottawa to follow Quebec’s contentious ban on flavoured vaping products. Cynthia Collard, executive director of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada , was in Ottawa to implore federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel to restrict access to flavoured vapes, which she said is make vaping more attractive to…
-
Alberta’s top court overturns conviction for man who beat his partner to death
Citing a legal error, a panel of three judges at Alberta’s highest court has ordered a new trial for Ryan Applegarth, a man convicted of second-degree murder six years ago for the fatal beating of Chantelle Firingstoney, his common-law wife.
-
Toronto mall security employee shot after confronting alleged jewelry store robber: police
A Fairview Mall security employee was rushed to hospital Tuesday after being shot while confronting a man who had just robbed a jewelry store, Toronto police say.
-
Ottawa has asked Israel to investigate Windsor resident’s killing in Lebanon
Canadian officials have summoned Israeli ambassador Iddo Moed to request an investigation into the killing of Mohammad Hassan Haidar, a Canadian citizen in southern Lebanon, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said.
-
The idea of a scientific ‘body farm’ in Kingsville has died on the vine
The outdoor lab would study human bodies decompose over time in the wild.