Trudeau says Israel needs to follow ICJ ruling and halt operations in Rafah | Border unions threaten summer disruptions after members vote in favour of striking | Independent Toronto MP Kevin Vuong asks Poilievre to let him join Conservative caucus
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Trudeau says Israel needs to follow ICJ ruling and halt operations in Rafah; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes a health care announcement at the Nova Scotia Community College campus in Truro, N\.S\. on Friday, May 24, 2024\.

Trudeau says Israel needs to follow ICJ ruling and halt operations in Rafah

May 24 , 2024 at 03:27:51 p.m. EDT • :

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says military operations in Rafah must stop now that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to halt its offensive in the southern Gaza city.
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Border unions threaten summer disruptions after members vote in favour of striking; Canada Border Services Agency officers listen during an announcement about a seizure of opium in Tsawwassen, B\.C\. on Friday, Dec\. 16, 2022\. A new audit report says most of the CBSA's criminal investigators lack basic training\.

Border unions threaten summer disruptions after members vote in favour of striking

May 24 , 2024 at 10:48:49 a.m. EDT • :

The unions representing thousands of border workers are predicting disruptions at airports and land crossings this summer after most of their Canada Border Services Agency members voted in favour of strike action.
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Independent Toronto MP Kevin Vuong asks Poilievre to let him join Conservative caucus; Independent MP for Spadina-Fort York Kevin Vuong rises during Question Period, Wednesday, March 23, 2022 in Ottawa\. Vuong says he is asking Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to let him join the Tory caucus\.

Independent Toronto MP Kevin Vuong asks Poilievre to let him join Conservative caucus

May 24 , 2024 at 03:00:00 p.m. EDT • :

Independent Toronto MP Kevin Vuong says he is asking Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to let him join the Tory caucus and intends to seek a party nomination in a Greater Toronto Area riding.
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Loblaws, Sobeys owners under investigation by Competition Bureau for alleged anti-competitive conduct; The near empty produce section of a Toronto Loblaws is seen on Friday, May 3, 2024\. May marks a month-long boycott of the grocery retailer, as a group of shoppers called "Loblaws is out of control," who have 62,000 members, say they are fed up with the company's grocery prices said that they would start boycotting the retailer's flagship Loblaws stores and its offshoot brands, including No Frills, Provigo and City Market\.

Loblaws, Sobeys owners under investigation by Competition Bureau for alleged anti-competitive conduct

May 24 , 2024 at 08:40:21 a.m. EDT • :

Canada's Competition Bureau has launched investigations into the parent companies of grocery chains Loblaws and Sobeys for alleged anti-competitive conduct, court documents reveal, with Sobeys' owner calling the inquiry 'unlawful.'
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RCMP warns push to switch to electric vehicles faces 'significant challenges'; The RCMP's Rideau Hall Response Unit is testing a Tesla Model Y to see how eclectic vehicles will work in the national fleet\.

RCMP warns push to switch to electric vehicles faces 'significant challenges'

May 23 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are staring down a unique problem in the policing world: is it possible to turn the largest law enforcement fleet in North America green?
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Key figure in Freedom Convoy argues police, city failed residents at trial; "Freedom Convoy" organizer Pat King arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Thursday, May 16, 2024\.  

May 24 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Key figure in Freedom Convoy argues police, city failed residents at trial

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Eliminating religion as a hate speech defence an idea worth exploring, says antisemitism envoy; Deborah Lyons attends a press conference, at the European headquarters of the United Nations \(UN\) in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Nov\. 24, 2020\. Canada's special envoy for combatting antisemitism says she's "very interested" in exploring the idea of seeing someone's religion removed as a possible defense in the Criminal Code against hate speech charges\. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP  

May 23 , 2024 at 01:56:42 p.m. EDT • :

Eliminating religion as a hate speech defence an idea worth exploring, says antisemitism envoy

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Trudeau gets an earful on defence spending from nearly one-quarter of the U.S. Senate; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, seen outside the U\.S\. Capitol during a 2013 visit\. On Thursday, he received a critical note from lawmakers there\.  

May 23 , 2024 at 03:45:01 p.m. EDT • :

Trudeau gets an earful on defence spending from nearly one-quarter of the U.S. Senate

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Trudeau's promised made-in-Canada vaccine plant hasn't produced any shots; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with scientists during a visit to the National Research Council of Canada \(NRC\) Royalmount facility in Montreal, Monday, Aug 31, 2020\.  

May 24 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Trudeau's promised made-in-Canada vaccine plant hasn't produced any shots

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Federal employee charged with sexual assault after former Afghan interpreter sues government; In this photo taken Saturday, Sept\. 11, 2010, Canadian soldiers with the 1st RCR Battle Group, The Royal Canadian Regiment, patrol in the early morning outside Salavat, southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan\.  

May 23 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Federal employee charged with sexual assault after former Afghan interpreter sues government

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