Unpublished Newswire
The RCMP have arrested a Montreal boy on terrorism-related charges, alleging he had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and was planning at least one attack.The Mounties said Wednesday that they arrested the boy without incident in the city’s Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough, and police were still searching a four-storey apartment there Wednesday afternoon. Authorities did not release the minor’s name or age. Corporal Érique Gasse said the public was never in danger and that police began their investigation in April. The RCMP found the boy allegedly intended to acquire...
August 20, 2025 - 21:52 | Mike Hager | The Globe and Mail
Three in 10 said that the federal government is offering too much funding to First Nations' communities, but the same number, 27 per cent, felt the current funding is too little.
August 20, 2025 - 21:40 | Amy Judd | Global News - Canada
The United States has issued new sanctions against senior officials with the International Criminal Court, including against a Canadian jurist, threatening to increase friction between Ottawa and Washington as trade talks continue.The U.S. sanctioned two of the court’s deputy prosecutors as well as two judges, a French jurist and Kimberly Prost, a University of Manitoba graduate who spent nearly two decades with Justice Canada before moving overseas.
August 20, 2025 - 21:38 | Nathan VanderKlippe | The Globe and Mail
A federal investigation into a deadly listeria outbreak last year has found significant flaws with an algorithm-based system deployed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency that oversees how often food-production facilities are inspected.A report by CFIA Inspector-General Scott Rattray also found the agency has failed to meet its annual inspection targets – and that a large number of facilities have not been scrutinized because of weaknesses in the system.
August 20, 2025 - 21:11 | Grant Robertson, Kathryn Blaze Baum | The Globe and Mail
Judges for top courts across Canada are underpaid and should receive raises of about 7 per cent to ensure highly qualified candidates continue to apply for jobs behind the bench, according to a commission that reviews judges’ salaries.The proposed raise would increase the salary of most federally appointed judges to $424,700 from $396,700. There are 968 full-time and 230 part-time judges sitting on federally appointed benches, which include provincial superior and appeal courts, the Federal and Tax courts, and the Supreme Court of Canada.
August 20, 2025 - 21:04 | David Ebner | The Globe and Mail
After reaching the pinnacle of the NBA with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Luguentz Dort was in the heights of Old Montreal to receive an honour at City Hall on Wednesday.Dort signed the city’s registrar, known in French as the “Livre d’Or,” while Mayor Valérie Plante highlighted his community involvement and excellence on the court.
August 20, 2025 - 20:34 | Jean-François Tremblay | The Globe and Mail
