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Study for Red Dress Alert starting at committee in Ottawa

Work is moving forward on the Red Dress Alert — an Amber Alert-like system for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. On Tuesday morning, the House of Commons’ status of women committee started a study looking into the proposal. Member of Parliament for Winnipeg Centre Leah Gazan said the study …

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Ottawa eyeing ‘more responsive’ police service models under RCMP contract – National

The Liberal government is looking for ways to improve policing services provided under contract by the RCMP across Canada — eyeing everything from overall cost and sustainability to stronger oversight and accountability. Among the possibilities are “more responsive” police service models that could involve closer integration of the RCMP and …

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Ottawa urged to step up against homophobic laws in Uganda, Ghana – National

Canada is missing a pivotal moment to fight a rollback of LGBTQ+ rights abroad, activists say, and they’re urging the Liberal government to put more action behind its condemnation of homophobic legislation in Uganda and Ghana. Steven Kabuye, an activist visiting Toronto who was stabbed in broad daylight in Uganda …

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‘Unimaginably difficult’: Ottawa mass killing leaves survivor ‘devastated’

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The brutal loss of his family and a “dear friend” in one of Ottawa’s worst mass killings has left Dhanushka Wickramasinghe “devastated,” the survivor of the attacks said in a statement. “This tragedy has shaken me and my family deeply. I am …

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Grief, pleas for compassion at funeral for Sri Lankan family slain in Ottawa

More than a hundred mourners offered tearful prayers and calls for solidarity and compassion on Sunday at the funeral for a Sri Lankan family slain in one of the worst mass killing’s in Ottawa’s history. Dozens gathered at the Infinity Convention Centre for a multi-faith service to remember the six …

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Barrhaven homicide suspect set to appear in Ottawa court 

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 14, 2024 7:18 am Updated March 14, 2024 7:21 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The 19-year-old charged with killing six people in an Ottawa suburb last week is set to return to court Thursday afternoon. Febrio …

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Ottawa community gathers at vigil to mourn victims of mass killing: ‘We are hurting’

More than 300 people gathered in the suburban Ottawa neighbourhood of Barrhaven Saturday for a community vigil following what police have called one of the worst mass killings in the region’s recent history. Ottawa Police Service said Thursday that the homicide unit was called in after six people — four …

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10 passengers, bus driver rescued after crash that left OC Transpo bus in ditch – Ottawa

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 11, 2024 6:21 am Updated March 11, 2024 6:22 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ottawa Fire Services says it had to rescue a bus driver and 10 passengers after a collision between an OC Transpo bus …

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Owner of Ottawa home where family killed says no idea accused lived there – National

The property owner of a west-end Ottawa home that became the scene of the city’s worst mass killing in recent memory says he did not know the accused killer lived there. Ottawa police allege 19-year-old Sri Lankan national Febrio De-Zoysa murdered a mother, and her four children along with a …

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Ottawa appeals court ruling that found use of Emergencies Act ‘unreasonable’

By Anja Karadeglija The Canadian Press Posted February 23, 2024 8:41 pm Updated February 23, 2024 8:42 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ottawa has filed to appeal a Federal Court decision that found its invocation of the Emergencies Act in response to the …

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