OTTAWA, March 7, 2024 (AFP) – A 19-year-old student was arrested after four young children and two adults were found dead at a suburban home near Canada’s capital city Ottawa, police said Thursday. Police said they rushed to a home in the Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven after receiving a call at 11:00 pm Wednesday evening (0400 GMT Thursday). At the scene, police discovered the bodies of four children, their 35-year-old mother and a 40-year-old man, […]
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PM Trudeau thanks Iglesia Ni Cristo’s FYM Foundation for humanitarian efforts in Canada
Felix Y. Manalo Foundation delivers 10K Pounds in donations to charities in Canada, plus blood donations (Eagle News) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thanked the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s Felix Y. Manalo Foundation for its continuing Aid To Humanity in Canada, saying its efforts “play a valuable role in keeping Canadian families safe and healthy” amid the COVID pandemic. He sent this message after the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC or Church Of Christ) through […]
WATCH: Ottawa, Canada situation: $300-million relief fund
WASHINGTON DC (Eagle News) — EBC Ottawa Bureau Correspondent Sabir Mufti, gives an update to Eagle News International, Washington DC.
Canada capital declares flooding state of emergency
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Ottawa’s mayor declared a state of emergency in the Canadian capital on Thursday in anticipation of rising flood waters and heavy rains. No homes have been evacuated, but authorities expect waters along the Ottawa River to rise above levels in 2017 that saw the worst floods in Eastern Canada in half a century. Environment Canada issued a special weather statement predicting up to 35 millimeters (1.3 inches) of rain by Saturday […]
New docs, recording released in Canada PM meddling scandal
by Michel COMTE Agence France-Presse OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) – A political meddling scandal threatening Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s re-election bid was given fresh impetus Friday with the release of messages and a secret recording supplied by his former attorney general. The House of Commons justice committee, looking into the explosive allegations that Trudeau officials pressured attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to shield engineering firm SNC-Lavalin from trial, released the materials from the now former official. The controversy […]
US trade commission blocks 300% tariffs on Bombardier CSeries planes
by Douglas Gillison Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – A bipartisan US trade panel on Friday blocked the government’s decision to impose nearly 300 percent punitive tariffs on airplanes manufactured by Canada’s Bombardier, in a dispute that has inflamed relations with Ottawa. The US International Trade Commission voted 4-0 that there was no injury to US manufacturers, which effectively forces President Donald Trump’s Commerce Department to reverse course on the retaliatory measures designed to protect Boeing. […]
Trudeau hosts Obama and Pena Nieto amid Brexit drama
by Jerome CARTILLIER OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — US President Barack Obama heads to Ottawa Wednesday for talks with the leaders of Canada and Mexico, as the shockwave from Britain’s vote to leave the European Union reverberates on both sides of the Atlantic. Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who both made clear their desire to see Britain remain in the 28-member bloc, will join Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto for the so-called “Three Amigos” […]
Huge sinkhole opens in heart of Canada capital
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — A massive sinkhole opened up Wednesday on a busy road in the heart of Ottawa, forcing the evacuation of a nearby hotel, convention center and major shopping center in the Canadian capital city. No injuries were reported but a parked van and a lamp post were swallowed up as the hole quickly grew in size, stretching the width of the four-lane road. Authorities pointed to a watermain break as the likely […]
