Liberals overhaul CBC board selection
The Liberal government forms a nine member advisory panel led by Tom Clark to vet candidates for CBC Radio Canada board posts. Colm Feore Janelle Wookey Prem Gill Monique Savoie and Alanis Obomsawin join the panel with the minister making final choices from the panel list. Critics warn final say remains with Heritage Minister and call for genuine merit based independent appointments.
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Tom Clark
CBC
Radio-Canada
Colm Feore
Pierre Trudeau
Winnipeg
Janelle Wookey
British Columbia
Prem Gill
Quebec
Monique Savoie
Alanis Obomsawin
Heritage
Melanie Joly
Canada
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting
Canadian Media Guild
Crown Corporation
Liberal Party
Governor-in-Council
NDP
Pierre Nantel
Nantel
Canada moves to offensive cyber warfare with CSE mandate
Liberal government unveils security bill to authorize the Communications Security Establishment to launch cyberattacks on foreign targets while protecting Canadians. Defence Minister Sajjan says the measures will bolster national security, with oversight by a new intelligence commissioner and annual reviews.
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Ottawa
Canada
Trudeau
Electronic Spy Agency
Communications Security Establishment
Defence
Harjit Sajjan
Sajjan
Five Eyes
Russia
China
CSE
U.S
Michael Rogers
National Security Agency
U.S. Senate
Ralph Goodale
Gence
Maddening mosquitoes not endangered in Canada report
The National Wild Species 2015 report shows 160 blackfly species and 80 mosquito species in Canada, mostly thriving. It assesses over 30,000 of the country’s 80,000 known species, with 122 extinct or possibly extinct and 456 in danger, yet no mosquitoes or blackflies listed among those in critical danger.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dan Kraus
Nature Conservancy of Canada
Dave Chidley
Magnotta to wed fellow inmate at Port-Cartier prison
Quebec TV reports convicted killer Luka Rocco Magnotta plans to marry a New Brunswick inmate on June 26 at Port-Cartier penitentiary. Magnotta, 34, is serving a life term for the 2012 murder and dismemberment of Jun Lin and several other charges.
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Montreal
Quebec
Luka Rocco Magnotta
TVA Nouvelles
Jun Lin
New Brunswick
Port-Cartier
Magnotta
Lin
Stephen Harper
Senate ethics officer Lyse Ricard resigns from post
Lyse Ricard, author of a March report that led to Sen. Don Meredith’s resignation, has left her role as Senate ethics officer. Chair Raynell Andreychuk announced her departure amid ongoing ethics committee actions. Ricard, in 2010s findings, said Meredith violated ethics rules by a relationship with a girl at 16 and urged expulsion. Meredith resigned in early May as expulsion seemed imminent.
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Ottawa
Don Meredith
Senate
Lyse Ricard
Raynell Andreychuk
Chamber
Ricard
Meredith
Bank of Canada unveils reimagined museum experience
Governor Stephen Poloz previews the revamped Bank of Canada Museum in Ottawa. The free exhibit reopens July 1 after four years of closure and features interactive displays, including a note design station and a rocket flight video game exploring inflation and deflation forces.
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Bank of Canada
Bank
Stephen Poloz
Poloz
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