
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick says it thoroughly reviewed a 2022 Quebec regulator’s decision to revoke the privileges of a family doctor who was found to have fraudulently obtained his medical license in Quebec.But the New Brunswick college says it found no reason to take similar measures and allowed Sanjeev Sirpal to continue practising and subsequently work in Nova Scotia through the Atlantic Registry, an interprovincial licensing program. Dr. Sirpal is now alleged to have sexually assaulted patients in both provinces.As Canada considers introducing greater...
December 8, 2025 - 05:00 | Lindsay Jones, Ha Tu Thanh | The Globe and Mail
For decades, mobilization — the process by which a nation readies itself for war — has been almost entirely absent from public debate in Canada. The eight core missions of the Canadian Armed Forces make no mention of it, and the word itself appears nowhere in current defence policy. Read More
December 8, 2025 - 04:00 | Alex Robinson | Ottawa Citizen
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December 8, 2025 - 04:00 | Alex Robinson | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — A potential pipeline to the West Coast has created strange political bedfellows.
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet held a meeting with British Columbia Premier David Eby on Dec. 2, only days after
the federal government signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Alberta...
December 8, 2025 - 04:00 | Catherine Lévesque | National Post
Government officials are refusing to meet with Ontario farmers about a controversial missile defence radar after one of their group wrote to Defence Minister David McGuinty to complain about his department’s lack of transparency on the project. Read More
December 8, 2025 - 04:00 | David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Citizen
A sweeping immigration crackdown in the United States is increasingly ensnaring Canadians who don’t have criminal records – including at least six children – new U.S. government data show. An estimated 207 Canadians have now been held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody at some point since January, when President Donald Trump took office. The total number of Canadians held in 2024 was 130.
December 8, 2025 - 04:00 | Sara Mojtehedzadeh, Chen Wang | The Globe and Mail



