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Military police failed to transfer almost 70 per cent of sexual offence cases over the past five years to civilian police, despite the government committing to doing so as it worked to pass a permanent change into law. Source link

With the countdown clock towards the Alberta referendum started, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s governing caucus will be out in stronger numbers than usual at the Calgary Stampede, with dozens expected in attendance, after months of lobbying by his few Alberta MPs. Source link

People need affordable homes, and thousands of empty condos in British Columbia are waiting to be sold. The federal government has an idea to help with both: Prime Minister Mark Carney is partnering with the B.C. government to convert vacant condos into affordable housing units. Source link

Canada’s federal public service continues to shrink, with over 12,000 positions cut in the past fiscal year as the government looks to make the bureaucracy more sustainable. Source link

Prime minister Mark Carney is expected in the coming weeks to announce the government’s decision about the future of 24 Sussex Drive, sources tell CBC News. Source link

The Liberal government wants a highway, a deep water port and nuclear waste storage facility in Canada’s North to be listed as projects of national interest. Source link

Mallory McMorrow’s new ad accuses Trump of blocking the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge and suggests he is doing it to benefit a major political donor, building on an anti-corruption message she has sought to make central to her campaign. Source link

As the central Ontario city of Orillia decides what will happen to an imposing, century-old statue of Samuel de Champlain, it remains hidden away in storage. The city council will choose to either restore it, modify it, send it away or melt it down. Source link

Satellite photos and video analyzed by CBC’s visual investigations team reveals the total destruction of a part of the Gaza War Cemetery that holds the remains of 22 Canadian Forces peacekeepers, including the use of high-powered explosives and heavy earthmoving equipment. Now siblings of the soldiers who were buried in Gaza in the 1960s say […]

Immigration Minister Lena Diab said she told her department to investigate when she became aware that “something” had happened to trigger a wave of citizenship document recalls. Source link