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Black personnel at Global Affairs Canada declare systemic bigotry

OTTAWA — Current and former Global Affairs Canada employees who are Black say the department doesn’t take their complaints about racism seriously. “I was representing Canada but Canada did not represent me,” said Madina Iltireh, who spent more than 20 years working on the administration of foreign aid programs. She spoke Wednesday on Parliament Hill […]

5 Oshawa teenagers detained in heist

Police in Durham area have actually detained 5 teens in connection with a heist that supposedly occurred in Oshawa last month. On Sept. 5, officers were contacted us to the location of William Lott Drive and Greenhill Avenue for reports of an individual with a weapon.    When authorities reached the scene, they talked with […]

Think jailed in Texas in connection to 2021 attack on missing out on female Elnaz Hajtamiri

Think jailed in Texas in connection to 2021 attack on missing out on female Elnaz Hajtamiri

York Regional Police state a guy desired in connection with the December 2021 attack of Elnaz Hajtamiri has actually been apprehended in Texas and extradited to Canada. Private investigators validated that 25-year-old Sukhpreet Singh of Mississauga was nabbed by the U.S. Marshals Service on Aug. 19 with support from Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, […]

Authorities state Hajtamiri, then 37, was struck with a frying pan by several suspects before the enemies ran away in an automobile. In 2022, 4 suspects were charged in connection with the attack, consisting of Hajtamiri's ex-boyfriend, Mohamad Lilo, who was apprehended by York Regional Police and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and charged with tried murder and tried kidnapping. Cops state 3 suspects dressed in phony authorities equipment required her from the home at gunpoint and left in a white Lexus RX SUV. In March 2023, cops jailed Krystal Lawrence of Brampton, charging her with kidnapping in connection with the Wasaga Beach kidnapping.

Canada briefly prohibits pistachio imports from Iran in the middle of salmonella break out

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has stated it will momentarily limit imports of pistachios and pistachio-containing items from Iran as a preventive procedure to safeguard Canadians amidst a salmonella break out that has actually sickened more than 100 individuals throughout the nation. The firm stated Saturday that all importers of pistachios and pistachio-containing items will be […]

"Shipments will be subjected to a hold and test for Salmonella or declined entry if importers do not supply this evidence," CFIA composed in a press release."Healthy individuals might experience short-term signs such as fever, headache, throwing up, queasiness, stomach cramps and diarrhea.

1 dead after apart wheel strikes 2 cars on QEW in St. Catharines

One individual is dead after a wheel flew off a lorry and struck 2 other lorries on the Queen Elizabeth Way in St. Catharines, provincial authorities state. In a post on X prior to twelve noon on Tuesday, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stated the crash happened on the Toronto-bound lanes near Niagara Street. "The accident took place […]

" The accident took place as an outcome of a wheel-off that came from a lorry in the Fort Erie-bound lanes. The motorist in one of the cars was noticable dead at the scene.

Alberta to utilize regardless of provision on its 3 transgender laws: memo

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has directed officials to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender people, says a leaked government memo obtained by The Canadian Press. The internal document sent Sept. 10 by the justice department asks other departments to assemble information as per a directive from Smith’s […]

Scarborough-Rouge Park citizens will head to the surveys for Ward 25 by-election later on this month

A by-election project is underway to change previous Scarborough-Rouge Park Councillor Jennifer McKelvie in Ward 25. Election day will be hung on Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, with surveys open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.    Those who can't make it on election day will likewise have the choice to vote at advance ballot places on […]

The due date to use to vote by mail was Sept. 4 at 4:30 p.m. An overall of 20 prospects have actually been accredited to run in the upcoming by-election.