Ottawa commits to resettling 4,700 Sudanese refugees, reopens family pathway following outcry | SAAQclic a total failure, hundreds of millions over budget, auditor general finds | Quebec City police should have acted faster on court order ahead of fatal stabbing, coroner says
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Ottawa commits to resettling 4,700 Sudanese refugees, reopens family pathway following outcry; An attendee holds flags during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Feb\. 9, 2025, in New Orleans\.

Ottawa commits to resettling 4,700 Sudanese refugees, reopens family pathway following outcry

February 20 , 2025 at 01:46:16 p.m. EST • :

After it was declared the worst humanitarian crisis in the world by the African Union, Federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada is committing to resettle 4,700 refugees fleeing the ongoing civil war in Sudan. 

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SAAQclic a total failure, hundreds of millions over budget, auditor general finds; A close up of a SAAQ driver's licence notice\.

SAAQclic a total failure, hundreds of millions over budget, auditor general finds

February 20 , 2025 at 12:17:56 p.m. EST • :

The province's auditor general found that the auto insurance board, known as the SAAQ, blew through the budget allocated to its new digital systems by at least $500 million — and has nothing to show for it. Two years later, the SAAQclic system still doesn't work properly.

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Quebec City police should have acted faster on court order ahead of fatal stabbing, coroner says; A man smiling\.

Quebec City police should have acted faster on court order ahead of fatal stabbing, coroner says

February 20 , 2025 at 05:15:57 p.m. EST • :

Quebec City police failed to act quickly enough on a court order to hospitalize a man during a psychotic episode, a delay that may have cost his neighbour, 65-year-old Jacques Côté, his life, according to a report by coroner Géhane Kamel.

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Small plane crashes east of Montreal, no injuries reported; Longueuil police are investigating after a man in his 30s died in a house fire\.

Small plane crashes east of Montreal, no injuries reported

February 20 , 2025 at 04:37:25 p.m. EST • :

A small plane crashed in a field in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Que., on Thursday afternoon.

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Gatineau police ask public to report rule-breakers in licence plate crackdown; A photograph of an Ontario provincial licence plate with a renewal sticker is shown in Mississauga, Ont\., on Tuesday, February 22, 2022\. The Ontario government is scrapping licence plate renewal fees and corresponding stickers for passenger vehicles, light duty trucks, motorcycles and mopeds\.

Gatineau police ask public to report rule-breakers in licence plate crackdown

February 20 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

Gatineau police are asking for the public's help in identifying Gatineau residents who may not be abiding by provincial licence plate rules.

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Heritage minister pitches CBC/Radio-Canada overhaul and a major funding hike; Minister of Canadian Heritage Pascale St-Onge speaks during a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, on Thursday, Feb\. 20, 2025\.  

February 20 , 2025 at 12:48:30 p.m. EST • :

Heritage minister pitches CBC/Radio-Canada overhaul and a major funding hike

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Quebec higher education minister intervenes in Dawson College course on Palestinian culture; Quebec Higher Education Minister Pascale Déry speaks to reporters outside a cabinet meeting on Oct\. 18, 2023  

February 19 , 2025 at 06:24:21 p.m. EST • :

Quebec higher education minister intervenes in Dawson College course on Palestinian culture

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Passengers livid after Sunwing cancels flights out of Montreal; Three Sunwing passengers superimposed over photo of empty Sunwing kiosks at Montreal airport\.  

February 20 , 2025 at 06:24:45 p.m. EST • :

Passengers livid after Sunwing cancels flights out of Montreal

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Getting around after a snowstorm isn't easy – especially with reduced mobility; Female wheelchair user poses beside a large snow bank in Montreal\.  

February 20 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

Getting around after a snowstorm isn't easy – especially with reduced mobility

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Man, 20, dies after shooting in Montreal's Ahuntsic-Cartierviille borough; Police at the scene in Ahuntsic-Cartierville on Wednesday evening\.  

February 20 , 2025 at 10:10:13 a.m. EST • :

Man, 20, dies after shooting in Montreal's Ahuntsic-Cartierviille borough

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