MPs on the House of Commons foreign affairs committee have voted to study the quickest path to federal government recognition of a Palestinian state. The move comes despite the objections of Conservative MPs on the committee, who argue that recognizing a Palestinian state in the absence of a negotiated agreement with Israel would be a…
Former diplomat Michael Kovrig says his government was caught flatfooted by China’s decision to arrest and detain him in 2018 — and could have secured his release earlier if it had a plan in place. Three years after his return to Canada, he’s now calling on the federal government to publicly release a formal policy on…
Israel struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon and the Iran-backed group attacked military facilities in northern Israel on Tuesday, increasing fears of a full-blown conflict after Lebanon suffered its deadliest day in decades. Israel’s military said it hit dozens of Hezbollah targets overnight, a day after carrying out airstrikes against the armed group that Lebanese…
A Liberal MP says he was pushed by one of the protesters who have been gathering on Parliament Hill for the first week of the fall sitting. Several MPs say they have been harassed throughout the week by protesters who have been shouting and calling politicians and their staff “traitors.” Liberal MP Taleeb Noormohamed told…
The Ontario government is considering bringing forward legislation that could prohibit the installation of bike lanes when lanes for motor vehicles are removed as a result, sources say. CBC News has obtained internal government draft documents indicating such a proposal has been under consideration, which several sources with knowledge of the proposed bill confirmed. It…
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and his party are being targeted by social media misinformation attacks that appear to be coming from outside Canada, the party’s national director told the inquiry into foreign interference Thursday. Lucy Watson said there has been an spike in recent weeks in the number of online misinformation posts, such as fake news stories purporting to…
Israel launched a rare airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern Beirut neighbourhood on Friday, the Israeli army said. It was the deadliest such strike on Lebanon’s capital in years, with Lebanese health authorities reporting at least 14 people killed and dozens more wounded in the attack. The Israeli military’s chief spokesman,…
Hezbollah launched more than 100 rockets early Sunday across a wider and deeper area of northern Israel, with some landing near the city of Haifa, as Israel launched hundreds of strikes on Lebanon. The rocket barrage overnight set off air raid sirens across northern Israel, sending thousands of people scrambling into shelters. The Israeli military…
The brainwave-reading technology of EEG helps monitor people with epilepsy and can detect when we’re dozing off behind the wheel in a simulator. As scientists mark the 100th anniversary of the test, here’s why many in the field are excited about its future uses in medicine. Today’s electroencephalogram, or EEG, device consists of electrodes applied…
Two U.S. researchers say they have identified the probable deployment site in Russia of the 9M730 Burevestnik, a new nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile touted by President Vladimir Putin as “invincible.” Putin has said the weapon — dubbed the SSC-X-9 Skyfall by NATO — has an almost unlimited range and can evade U.S. missile defences. But some Western experts dispute his claims and the…
