Temporary residency program for Palestinians fleeing Gaza starts taking applications | Rebel News personality arrested after an encounter with Chrystia Freeland | Canada backtracks on citizenship review for Russian antiwar activist
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Hello, these are your top stories for Tuesday, January 09, 2024.
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Temporary residency program for Palestinians fleeing Gaza starts taking applications; Palestinian children and youth wait to collect drinking water, amid shortages of drinking water, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, January 9, 2024\. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Temporary residency program for Palestinians fleeing Gaza starts taking applications

January 9 , 2024 at 05:06:32 p.m. EST • :

The federal government officially launched Tuesday its special immigration measures program for extended family members of Palestinian Canadians trying to escape the war in Gaza, allowing 1,000 of them to move here on a temporary basis.

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Rebel News personality arrested after an encounter with Chrystia Freeland; Rebel News personality David Menzies was arrested by police Monday after asking Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland questions at an event to mark the downing of Flight PS752\.

Rebel News personality arrested after an encounter with Chrystia Freeland

January 9 , 2024 at 02:28:28 p.m. EST • :

Rebel News personality David Menzies was arrested Monday for allegedly assaulting a police officer while trying to ask Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland questions about the government's decision to leave the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) off the designated terrorist entity list.

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Canada backtracks on citizenship review for Russian antiwar activist; Kartasheva waits for her citizenship ceremony to begin at her home in Ottawa on Tuesday, Jan\. 9, 2024\.

Canada backtracks on citizenship review for Russian antiwar activist

January 9 , 2024 at 01:27:32 p.m. EST • :

A Russian antiwar activist living in Ottawa has been granted Canadian citizenship after all, despite a conviction in Russia that threatened to disqualify her.

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Liberals pick byelection candidate who first tried running for Tories; Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period, Thursday, November 30, 2023 in Ottawa\.

Liberals pick byelection candidate who first tried running for Tories

January 4 , 2024 at 04:51:42 p.m. EST • :

A man who initially sought the Conservative nomination for a Greater Toronto Area riding has instead become the Liberal candidate in an upcoming byelection.

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Israel's allies warn against displacing Palestinians in Gaza to places like Canada; Palestinians inspect the damage following Israeli strikes on the Zawayda area of the central Gaza Strip on December 30, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Hamas movement\. \(Photo by AFP\) \(Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images\)

Israel's allies warn against displacing Palestinians in Gaza to places like Canada

January 3 , 2024 at 05:55:58 p.m. EST • :

Countries traditionally aligned with Israel are warning its right-wing government against contemplating a displacement of people who live in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli officials repeatedly suggest Canada could take in Palestinians.

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RCMP fails to submit plan on how it will respond to Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry; Assistant Commissioner Dennis Daley, commanding officer of the Nova Scotia RCMP, in an interview with CBC Nova Scotia News at 6 on Wednesday, Sept\. 20, 2023\.  

January 9 , 2024 at 12:13:17 p.m. EST • :

RCMP fails to submit plan on how it will respond to Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry

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Interim government House leader Steven MacKinnon seeks better decorum in Parliament; Liberal member of Parliament Steven MacKinnon speaks to media after being sworn in as Leader of the Government in the House of Commons during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Monday, Jan\. 8, 2024\.  

January 8 , 2024 at 02:11:03 p.m. EST • :

Interim government House leader Steven MacKinnon seeks better decorum in Parliament

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RCMP to begin collecting, analyzing race-based data in pilot project; Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police \(RCMP\), Michael Duheme, speaks during a Canadian citizenship ceremony at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police \(RCMP\) Musical Ride stables in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Nov\. 22, 2023\. The RCMP says it will begin collecting race-based data in select locations this month to better understand police interactions with members of various communities\.  

January 9 , 2024 at 05:12:08 p.m. EST • :

RCMP to begin collecting, analyzing race-based data in pilot project

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Trudeau and family stayed 'at no cost' during vacation in Jamaica, PMO clarifies; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in an interview at the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council in Ottawa on Monday, Dec\. 11, 2023\.  

January 3 , 2024 at 10:46:17 p.m. EST • :

Trudeau and family stayed 'at no cost' during vacation in Jamaica, PMO clarifies

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Prime minister's plane breaks down in Jamaica during family holiday; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waves as he steps off a plane, Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at CFB Bagotville in Saguenay, Que\. Trudeau came to meet with soldiers who worked battling wildfires\.  

January 5 , 2024 at 04:37:59 p.m. EST • :

Prime minister's plane breaks down in Jamaica during family holiday

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