Canada looks on track to meet NATO’s military spending guideline soon, Defence Minister Bill Blair said Friday, notably by boosting investment in the Arctic near its shared border with Russia as the region warms quickly due to climate change.
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Ottawa Redblacks kick off anniversary season with high hopes against Blue Bombers
The Ottawa Redblacks hope to have much to celebrate during their 10th anniversary season, starting with a win Thursday night against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
South Africa’s Parliament is choosing a president in a vote with unprecedented uncertainty
For the first time in 30 years, South African lawmakers will elect a president with the outcome not a mere formality as unprecedented coalition talks between parties continued until right before a new Parliament convened on Friday.
‘It’s a death sentence’: Local Toronto grocery store told it can no longer serve coffee
A cup of coffee is keeping a small business in Toronto alive – but it could also be a death sentence.
Are Emergency Response Team calls on the rise in the Southern Interior?
Schools locked down, neighbours told to shelter in place, police with weapons drawn.It’s an increasingly familiar sight in Southern Interior communities. So what’s behind the seeming rise in calls that either prompt a large police response or the deployment of the Emergency Response Team?The…
David Lindsay claims judge was ‘ordered to convict at all costs’ in his assault case
The Crown prosecutor in David Lindsay’s assault case said it’s “like Christmas Day” when an accused makes allegations against a judge while the case is still ongoing. And the comments made by Lindsay back in March could lead to him serving an additional four months in jail.The second…
Significant changes coming for ESS following last year’s challenges
Significant changes are coming to the Emergency Support Services program in the Central Okanagan.The volunteer organization that cares for evacuees in emergency situations came under fire during last year’s McDougall Creek Wildfire when as many as 24,000 Westside residents were forced from their…
How Meta’s AI systems are using your data and why opting out is not so simple
Meta Platforms Inc. has long been using artificial intelligence to help it serve users content and ads it thinks are most likely to interest them, but its new chatbot has thrust the company’s use of the technology back into the spotlight.
Quinpool’s iconic McDonald’s is gone. A new one has opened next door
Just months after the closure of an iconic McDonald’s location on Halifax’s Quinpool Road generated an outpour of nostalgia online, a new one has opened next door.
Quebec man arrested for filming sexual encounters with over 30 women
Authorities are asking anyone who believes they may have been victimized by the suspect to come forward, but sex work advocates say going to police only further increases risk.