Unpublished Newswire
OTTAWA — With the Liberals’ anti-hate bill set to return to the House of Commons next week, major Jewish advocacy groups are pressing the federal government to take action against what they see as the glorification and promotion of terrorism.
Canada’s criminal laws against terrorism, contained in Section 83 of the Criminal Code, deal specifically with the financing and direct participation in terrorist groups, as well as instructing others to carry out a terrorist activity.
That is narrower than in some other countries such as the United Kingdom, for example, where laws specifically...
March 17, 2026 - 16:45 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post
Canada's fifth straight win at the women's world curling championship was a lesson in adaptation for skip Kerri Einarson.
March 17, 2026 - 16:44 | | CBC News - Canada
Canada's privacy commissioner said the agency agreed to measures to ensure international sports bodies only use highly sensitive personal information for anti-doping purposes.
March 17, 2026 - 16:42 | Sean Boynton | Global News - Canada
OTTAWA — Until last week, the federal byelection in Terrebonne was supposed to help push Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to a majority. Now, as one Liberal operative puts it, a win in the Montreal-area riding would ensure a more “secure” majority.
While
NDP MP Lori Idlout’s decision to cross the floor to the Liberals...
March 17, 2026 - 16:38 | Catherine Lévesque | National Post
The heads of Ottawa’s two remaining supervised consumption sites are asking the Ontario government to reconsider its decision to withdraw their funding in June, saying shutting down the sites will increase preventable overdoses and place a greater strain on emergency and health services. Read More
March 17, 2026 - 16:26 | Elizabeth Payne | Ottawa Citizen
A man convicted for the 1986 rape and murder of a 14-year-old boy has been given three 72-hour unescorted temporary absences from prison by the Parole Board of Canada.
The decision caused Durham Police to issue a
warning to the public
about his presence in Oshawa, Ont., while the area’s...
March 17, 2026 - 16:23 | Chris Knight | National Post
