Keeping her 'eye on the ball': Hillman reflects on her time as top diplomat in D.C.
sootoday - WASHINGTON — Kirsten Hillman hasn't written her autobiography yet, but the 57-year-old career diplomat — soon to be Canada's former ambassador to the U.S. — may already have a title picked out: "Diplomacy is a contact sport.
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Now the Swiss Olympic women’s hockey team is dealing with norovirus — and set to play Canada next
Patrick Johnston / nationalpost - A norovirus outbreak already delayed the first game for the Canadian women's hockey team at the Milan-Cortina Olympics. Could it be happening again?
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Fitness trial begins for man accused of killing B.C. Mountie Shaelyn Yang in 2022
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - A fitness hearing has begun in B.C. Supreme Court for Jongwon Ham, charged with first-degree murder in the 2022 stabbing death of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang.
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Millions in restaurant tips are missing from a major Canadian fintech platform
Claire Brownell / thelogic - The post Millions in restaurant tips are missing from a major Canadian fintech platform appeared first on The Logic.
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Union files complaints as feds increase public servants' in-office time
Catherine Morrison / nationalobserver - Sharon DeSousa, national president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, said the union has filed five unfair labour practice complaints with the Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board in response to the government's decision.
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Canadian sentenced to death in China given new trial
James Griffiths, Mike Hager / theglobeandmail - Retrial of Robert Schellenberg ordered weeks after thaw in Canada-China relations
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What we know about the Toronto police officers charged in a corruption investigation
sootoday - TORONTO — Eight current and retired Toronto police officers have been charged in an organized crime and corruption investigation.
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Explosives probe: 'Individuals' removed from Western University program
Brian Williams / lfpress - 'Individuals' facing charges in a probe of chemicals found in a home have been removed from an accelerator program at Western University
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Metrolinx CEO apologizes for GO train derailment that has wreaked commuter havoc
Jane Stevenson / torontosun - After the train derailed, GO Transit has been on a modified schedule
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Canadian Tire to pay $1.29-million fine related to false advertising charges in Quebec
Susan Krashinsky Robertson / theglobeandmail - Province’s consumer protection office filed 74 charges against retailer for misleading advertising in 2021
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Toronto police corruption scandal spills into Peel as 3 officers there suspended
Aaron D’Andrea / globalnews - A spokesperson with Peel Regional Police told Global News Friday the force has administratively suspended three officers, pending further investigation by York Regional Police.
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Next stage of Bearspaw South Feeder Main construction revealed; expect disruptions until October
Myke Thomas / westernstandard - The City of Calgary has unveiled Stage B of the Bearspaw South Feeder Main (BSFM) replacement project that will further disrupt traffic, home and business owners in the area when construction begins in May.
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Canada and France opening consulates in Nuuk, Greenland
Chris Knight / nationalpost - University of Toronto expert says Inuit relations, climate change studies, trade and Trump are all reasons behind the move
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Supreme Court ruling sets out exception to confidentiality between lawyer and client
Jim Bronskill / theglobeandmail - Lawyer can invoke an ‘innocence at stake’ exception when they seek access to their client’s privileged communications for use in their own defence
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LG Solution takes over NextStar as Stellantis pulls out
Brian MacLeod / windsorstar - Stellantis is selling 49 per cent equity stake in NextStar Energy to its founding joint venture partner, LG Energy Solution of Korea. The move comes in the wake of devastating tariffs from the United States on the auto industry and it follows a developmen…
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Statistics Canada to release January jobs numbers
Craig Lord / nationalobserver - Statistics Canada is set to release jobs figures for January this morning.
- Job losses with lower unemployment (10)
- Regional and anomaly-specific reports (2)
- Scheduled stats release updates (4)
Job losses with lower unemployment
Regional and anomaly-specific reports
Scheduled stats release updates
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Inside the 'con code', the unwritten rules that could be fuelling prison violence
Darryl Greer / nationalobserver - In a Surrey, BC, pretrial centre, an inmate is goaded into fighting his cellmate — dubbed a "rat" by fellow prisoners — but then dies after being put in a 10-minute chokehold.
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British man who was living in Vancouver convicted in U.S. dark web drug trafficking
Amy Judd / globalnews - Paul Anthony Nicholls, 47, was living in Vancouver, B.C., in 2017 and conspired with at least one other person to run a drug trafficking operation titled Canada1.
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Department of Justice lawyer argues Calgary man linked to Ryan Wedding cartel should remain behind bars pending extradition hearing
Kevin Martin / calgaryherald - The lawyer said Allistair Chapman remains a risk to continue his alleged association with members of Wedding's organization
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AI may be killing entry-level jobs, Bank of Canada governor warns
Uday Rana / globalnews - Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem said economic observers had expressed concern about 'over-investment and over-valuation as well as fears of job destruction' from AI.
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