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Canadian shippers are starting to feel the strain of attacks on cargo vessels in the Red Sea, as boats reach the Port of Halifax more than a week late and container rates soar. People watch as a vessel from the global shipping container company MSC departs Halifax Harbour in Halifax on Tuesday, December 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Tremors of Red Sea conflict start to shake Canada, with dozens of ships delayed

Ships running between a day and two weeks behind as fighting continues in transportation corridor

 

Vice-Admiral Bob Auchterlonie, commander of the Canadian Joint Operations Command, is pictured in his office in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. The Canadian Joint Operations Command had an exceptionally busy year in 2023, co-ordinating airlifts from two countries and deploying troops to wildfires, floods and disasters at home.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Canada ‘overly comfortable’ as global security shifts: Senior military leader

‘I’m very happy Canadians feel safe and secure. I also think it’s very naive.’

 

While one-third of Canadians say they have read the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, many fail to distinguish between its text and that of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, a new survey suggests. A section of the official English document of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. THE CANADIAN PRESS

‘People are confused’: Survey suggests Canadians need lesson on Charter rights

Many don’t know the difference between the Charter and U.S. Declaration of Independence

 

Adoptee Anne Sheldon poses for a photograph on Church Hill in downtown St. John’s, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly

Canada has a secretive history of adoption. Some want it brought to light

Unwed mothers from the 1940s to ’70s were often shamed into giving their babies up, says non-profit

Adoptee Anne Sheldon poses for a photograph on Church Hill in downtown St. John’s, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
<div>According to a new poll, 79 per cent of Canadians and 84 per cent of Americans reported believing in at least one conspiracy theory. Signs warn about trespassing at an entrance to the Nevada Test and Training Range near Area 51 outside of Rachel, Nev., July 22, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-John Locher</div>

From COVID-19 to alien contact, conspiracy theories are popular in Canada: survey

A whopping 30% of respondents said they think evidence of alien contact is being hidden from the public

<div>According to a new poll, 79 per cent of Canadians and 84 per cent of Americans reported believing in at least one conspiracy theory. Signs warn about trespassing at an entrance to the Nevada Test and Training Range near Area 51 outside of Rachel, Nev., July 22, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-John Locher</div>
An Israeli army flare is seen over the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. Global Affairs Canada is announcing the death of an eighth Canadian citizen in the Israel-Hamas war. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Leo Correa

Global Affairs confirms 8th Canadian death since Israel-Hamas war began

Global Affairs Canada is announcing the death of an eighth Canadian citizen…

An Israeli army flare is seen over the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. Global Affairs Canada is announcing the death of an eighth Canadian citizen in the Israel-Hamas war. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Leo Correa
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students light candles on the fifth night of Hanukkah in the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day festival that celebrates the victory of Jewish fighters over the ancient Greeks and the rededication of the Jewish Temple. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Maya Alleruzzo

Jewish Canadians to celebrate Hanukkah publicly, even as antisemitism rises

Police reporting rise in hate-based incidents across Canada in wake of Israel-Hamas war

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students light candles on the fifth night of Hanukkah in the Mea Shearim neighbourhood of Jerusalem, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022. Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day festival that celebrates the victory of Jewish fighters over the ancient Greeks and the rededication of the Jewish Temple. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Maya Alleruzzo
Rick Mercer arrives on the red carpet for the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize, in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Avril Lavigne, Rick Mercer among honourees at Canada’s Walk of Fame gala

The 25th anniversary broadcast of Canada’s Walk of Fame will air on Dec. 16

Rick Mercer arrives on the red carpet for the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize, in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A woman uses a computer in Vancouver, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Feds aimed secret cybersecurity briefing at energy sector executives: memo

‘At risk are proprietary trade secrets, research, and business and production plans’

A woman uses a computer in Vancouver, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Palestinians arrive at Rafah, the border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Canadians awaiting word on when they can leave the war-torn Gaza Strip by crossing into Egypt still don’t appear to have the green light to begin their journey home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Fatima Shbair

Canadians stuck in Gaza tentatively set to leave as early as Monday

Timing depends largely on how conflict is impacting the Rafah border in Egypt

Palestinians arrive at Rafah, the border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Canadians awaiting word on when they can leave the war-torn Gaza Strip by crossing into Egypt still don’t appear to have the green light to begin their journey home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Fatima Shbair
CMHC President and CEO Romy Bowers speaks to reporters in Toronto, Friday, June 16, 2023. Infrastructure Canada says the Bowers is stepping down. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Canada housing agency head to step down, interim CEO named

Romy Bowers taking new position at International Monetary Fund

CMHC President and CEO Romy Bowers speaks to reporters in Toronto, Friday, June 16, 2023. Infrastructure Canada says the Bowers is stepping down. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
A person navigates to the on-line social-media pages of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on a cellphone in Ottawa on May 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

CRTC urged to mandate supports for Deaf Canadians during phone service outages

Deaf Canadians left without vital accessibility apps when cell service goes down

A person navigates to the on-line social-media pages of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on a cellphone in Ottawa on May 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
As tensions flare between India and Canada, recruitment firms say interest from workers moving between the two countries has not dropped significantly – even though anxiety is building. The Canada flag flies atop the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, May 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Indians still want to move to Canada despite growing anxiety over political tensions

Nearly half of tech workers who migrated to Canada between April 2022 and March 2023 came from India

As tensions flare between India and Canada, recruitment firms say interest from workers moving between the two countries has not dropped significantly – even though anxiety is building. The Canada flag flies atop the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, May 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
In this historic photo from the Archives Deschâtelets-NDC, children gather in front of the old Christie Residential School on Meares Island off the west coast of Vancouver Island near Tofino. The date the photo was taken is unknown. (Archives Deschâtelets-NDC)

Scholar debunks residential school denialism and so-called `mass grave hoax’

A Q&A with historian and Indigenous studies professor Sean Carleton

  • Oct 22, 2023
In this historic photo from the Archives Deschâtelets-NDC, children gather in front of the old Christie Residential School on Meares Island off the west coast of Vancouver Island near Tofino. The date the photo was taken is unknown. (Archives Deschâtelets-NDC)
Palestinians carry an injured person on a stretcher after an airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. The Canadian government announced Saturday it will provide an additional $50 million for humanitarian assistance in the Gaza Strip as the region’s border crossing with Egypt opened to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Fatima Shbair

Canada has ‘high degree of confidence’ Israel didn’t hit Gaza hospital: Blair

Feds say strike more likely caused by ‘errant rocket’ from Gaza Strip

Palestinians carry an injured person on a stretcher after an airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. The Canadian government announced Saturday it will provide an additional $50 million for humanitarian assistance in the Gaza Strip as the region’s border crossing with Egypt opened to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Fatima Shbair
FILE - A man rides a bike outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia, on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot in June. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

US fears row over Sikh activist’s killing could upend strategy for countering China

U.S. officials have also repeatedly urged India to cooperate in the investigation of Nijjar’s killing

FILE - A man rides a bike outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia, on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot in June. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Claire Watson’s winning design shows Canadian icon Elsie MacGill holding blueprints with a Maple Leaf Trainer II and Hawker Hurricane fighter plane. (Royal Canadian Mint image)

Tofino artist designs new loonie honouring Canadian icon Elsie MacGill

Claire Watson’s vision selected by Royal Canadian Mint to honour barrier-breaking engineer

Claire Watson’s winning design shows Canadian icon Elsie MacGill holding blueprints with a Maple Leaf Trainer II and Hawker Hurricane fighter plane. (Royal Canadian Mint image)
This Dec.14, 2018, handout image shows the asteroid Bennu in a composite of 12 images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s PolyCam imager from a distance of 24 kilometres. Seven years after it blasted into space to snag a sample of the asteroid, a spacecraft is set to deliver its rare cargo on Sunday – and Canada is getting a piece of the interstellar bounty. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona *MANDATORY CREDIT*

Canada to get rare asteroid sample after OSIRIS-REx drops cargo to Earth

NASA-led mission will deliver cargo Sunday

This Dec.14, 2018, handout image shows the asteroid Bennu in a composite of 12 images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s PolyCam imager from a distance of 24 kilometres. Seven years after it blasted into space to snag a sample of the asteroid, a spacecraft is set to deliver its rare cargo on Sunday – and Canada is getting a piece of the interstellar bounty. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona *MANDATORY CREDIT*
FILE - A woman is consoled as people mourn Sikh community leader and temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar during Antim Darshan, the first part of day-long funeral services for him, in Surrey, British Columbia, Sunday, June 25, 2023. Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib parking lot. The September 2023 accusation by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that India may have been behind the assassination of Nijjar, a Sikh separatist leader, has raised several complex questions about the nature of Sikh activism in the North American diaspora. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

India-Canada tensions highlight complexities of Sikh activism in the diaspora

Some Sikhs argue for independent state of Khalistan, but there is no consensus

FILE - A woman is consoled as people mourn Sikh community leader and temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar during Antim Darshan, the first part of day-long funeral services for him, in Surrey, British Columbia, Sunday, June 25, 2023. Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib parking lot. The September 2023 accusation by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that India may have been behind the assassination of Nijjar, a Sikh separatist leader, has raised several complex questions about the nature of Sikh activism in the North American diaspora. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Economists are forecasting inflation reaccelerated to around four per cent last month, reversing previous progress made as gasoline prices push inflation higher. A person is silhouetted as people shop for produce at the Granville Island Market in Vancouver, on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Inflation likely gained pace in August, economists expect, reversing progress

Latest consumer price index report to be released Tuesday

Economists are forecasting inflation reaccelerated to around four per cent last month, reversing previous progress made as gasoline prices push inflation higher. A person is silhouetted as people shop for produce at the Granville Island Market in Vancouver, on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck