Canadian military members who are retiring in the foreseeable future will face delays in receiving severance, back pay and accumulated vacation payouts, the Department of National Defence has acknowledged.

There's been concern and confusion among veterans for several weeks, after a note sent to members who are on track to be released warned them to expect delays in receiving their pension — a hot button issue for former soldiers and the federal government.

Both the defence department and public services and procurement, which is responsible for military pensions, say the payment delays do not involve pensions but rather "release benefits."

Those are separate, standard payments that are within the purview of the defence department, which says it is struggling with a staffing shortage — hence the reason for the delay.

RJ Barrett led all scorers with 24 points in the victory. He shot 8-for-14 from the floor and added seven rebounds, five assists and two steals. His 24 points were the most by a Canadian at the Olympic Men’s basketball tournament since Steve Nash had 26 points in 2000.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander overcame early foul trouble to finish with 16 points on 8-for-10 field goals, adding four rebounds, three assists, three steals, and two blocked shots in 26 minutes, while Dillon Brooks scored 16 points. Lu Dort added 11 points while playing stellar defence in the second half as Canada pulled away.

Canada’s defensive pressure in the second half helped to force Australia into 18 turnovers in the game, while Canada had 11 miscues of their own. Canada held a 28-10 advantage in points scored off turnovers.

"I think we came back with a purpose in the third quarter," Fernández said. "We did a great job, 22 deflections in the second half, only 16 points in the paint allowed and that ignited our offence. The way we ran the floor, we scored a lot off of their turnovers. It starts with the defence.”

“The resiliency and how relentless this group is [was the difference],” Fernández said. “The way they fought in the second half, Lu Dort was amazing. Dillon was amazing. I think Khem Birch gave us great minutes, Dwight [Powell]with nine rebounds. It was a great team effort. It wasn’t perfect, but for game two, we’re still growing, and we’re about to face one of the best programs in the world.”

The men's next game (vs Spain) is Friday at 11:15 am ET. The women's next game - hopefully a bounce back one after a blowout loss to France to start the group phase 0-1 - is Thursday at 7:30 am ET and they'll take on Australia.

Pat King's trial may have ended last week, but the prominent figure in the 2022 convoy protests is expected to be taken into custody as early as Tuesday after allegedly breaching his bail conditions.

King has pleaded not guilty to mischief, intimidation and other charges for his role in what became known as the Freedom Convoy.

After his trial ended, King has broadcast online — something he had done occasionally since being released from custody in July 2022.

In those broadcasts, King discussed the status of his sureties and his plans to sue the government following a possible victory in the courts.

The former director of public affairs for the Vancouver Police Department is suing the city, the force and one of the VPD's most prominent spokespeople for alleged "gender and racial discrimination, harassment and bullying."

In a lawsuit filed last week in B.C. Supreme Court, Sharmini Dee claims she resigned from her job in June after being "subjected to systemic and persistent gender-based harassment and discrimination by [Sgt. Steve] Addison and other VPD officers."

Dee — who went by the name Sharmini Thiagarajah for the nearly two decades she worked for the VPD — is also suing B.C.'s attorney general and the minister of public safety for negligence, wrongful dismissal and what she alleges was the "intentional infliction of mental suffering."

"As a consequence of the ongoing harassment that she experienced while working with the VPD, [Dee] was diagnosed with multiple psychiatric conditions including major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder," the lawsuit reads.

Xiaolong Zhang and his wife sold their auto parts distribution business in Vaughan, Ont., at the end of last year to fund their retirement.

They said they hired Ping-Teng Tan to handle the sale because they trusted him after using him for previous legal work.

The business sold for more than $520,000 and the money was transferred to a trust account set up by Tan's law firm, Tan & Associates.

But, despite calls, texts, an in-person visit and a legal demand, Tan hasn't transferred the money to Zhang and his wife.

Black, Indigenous and racialized employees in the Privy Council Office are regularly subjected to a culture of "racial stereotyping, microagressions and verbal violence," according to the findings of an internal report.

The damning report — obtained by the Coalition Against Workplace Discrimination through the Access to Information Act and released by the coalition Monday — said the office does not have a grasp on the scope or impact of the discrimination that those employees face.

There are also "significant material barriers to meaningful representation and inclusion" in the workplace, it says.

The Privy Council Office's 1,200 employees make up the lead branch of the civil service, providing support for the prime minister and cabinet in executing policy directives across the federal government.

Canadians are being advised to stop using various multivitamins and supplements from several brands after Health Canada said the products may contain metal fibres that could injure people’s digestive system.

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The sun has been very active over the past few days, sending out several strong solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) which can produce the northern lights.

One evening in January 2018, Scott Moe, a former Saskatchewan environment minister, won the leadership of the Saskatchewan Party and became premier designate of the province. Before a room of buoyant supporters in Saskatoon, and between fist bumps with his family, he casually declared, “We will not impose a carbon tax on the good people of this province . . . and Justin Trudeau, if you are wondering how far I will go—just watch me.” The phrase was a play on former prime minister Pierre Trudeau’s response during the 1970 October Crisis when a CBC reporter asked how far he would go to maintain order and if he would suspend civil liberties in Quebec. (Days later, Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act.)

But even people in that room had raised their eyebrows at Moe’s ascent in the party—including Moe himself, who, in one of his first public appearances post the election, described a text he had received from his brother-in-law: “‘Scott, are you the premier of Saskatchewan? WTF?’” Moe had been the second, even third, choice—the “least disliked” contender, John Gormley, a former member of Parliament and former radio host, once said. People were unsure how Moe, described by friends as ordinary and normal, would fare in his succession of the charismatic former party leader and premier Brad Wall. A successful salesman and communicator, Wall had helped bridge the province’s long-standing rural–urban divide and appealed to a more moderate pool of voters.

For many Canadians, Saskatchewan—a province of over a million people in a space roughly the size of Texas—is something of an afterthought, a land of rolling prairies and infinite blue skies. But for those paying attention, Moe has become the face of a province that may have considerable sway over the nation’s climate policies and the heart of an increasingly Donald Trump-esque ideology. A man of nebulous personality, which shape-shifts as per the moment’s needs, Moe has established himself as one of the most popular premiers in the country. March data from the nonprofit Angus Reid Institute indicated that Moe had a 53 percent approval rating—one of only two provincial leaders in the country to exceed the majority mark that quarter.

A 49-year-old man is facing several charges, including the dangerous operation of a vehicle, after revving his car’s engine outside Winnipeg police headquarters.

According to a news release, the incident happened around 1:10 a.m. Saturday morning. Police said a “suspicious” Chrysler 300 was on Garry Street, when the driver started revving the engine “obnoxiously.”

When officers approached the car, it quickly drove off. Police said the driver was operating the vehicle erratically; running red lights, weaving through traffic, and hitting speeds around 90 km/h in the downtown core.

Multiple police units, including the Tactical Support Team and the Canine Unit helped stop the vehicle near St. Michael Road and Pulberry Street.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals remain deeply unpopular, currently trailing Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives by as many as 17 points in the polls, after more than a year of lagging behind.

If an election was held today, the Conservatives would likely trounce the Liberals and cruise to a majority government, with polling aggregator 338Canada projecting the Conservatives would win 212 seats, based on the current polling data. The Liberals would win just 74 seats.

A recent poll by Nanos Research, commissioned by CTV News, found only nine per cent of Canadians say Trudeau is the most politically appealing option for party leadership.

Those abysmal numbers, coupled with the stunning decision last weekend by U.S. President Joe Biden to end his re-election bid amid mounting concerns about his own viability as a candidate, have the Ottawa bubble abuzz with speculation: Is a major cabinet shuffle on the horizon? Could Trudeau walk away? If he does, who replaces him?

Score a significant victory against apartheid, genocide and Canada’s most significant contribution to Palestinian dispossession. The powerful Jewish National Fund of Canada has reportedly had its charitable status revoked.

Under pressure from Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) and others the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) instigated an audit of the JNF in 2018. JNF Canada was eventually forced to differentiate itself from its parent organization in Israel and to stop “co-mingling” its funds with that organization. JNF Canada was also instructed to stop assisting projects in the illegally occupied West Bank and initiatives supporting the Israeli military. But, apparently it failed to fulfill the Revenue Agency’s requests and now the CRA has rescinded its ability to grant donors tax credits.

Revoking JNF Canada’s charitable status has been long in the making and has come at some cost for many individuals. Born in a West Bank village demolished to make way for the JNF’s Canada Park, Ismail Zayid has been complaining to the CRA about its charitable status for four decades.

A Valemount, B.C., resident is worried about finding adequate, affordable housing after her application to live in an RV on her friend's property for the next three years was denied by village council.

Michele Hayman, 62, bought a used RV in 2023 when she found herself in need of a place to live after being evicted from her rental home, where she had lived for 10 years. Her friend, Sherral Shaw, offered to let her park the RV on her property and got utilities hooked up. They even worked together to winterize the RV.

In an emailed statement to CBC News, the village's chief administrative officer, Anne Yanciw, said the policy was repealed as Trans Mountain construction wrapped up and housing was no longer an issue.

The Government of Canada and the Government of Alberta will match every dollar donated by Canadians to the Canadian Red Cross 2024 Alberta Fires Appeal. This means that every $1 donated will become $3 to support those affected by the wildfires.

Canada should get an oil fund for using taxpayer money from funding the Trans Mountain expansion after we all spent $34 billion dollars on the project that is $85,000 for every person.

A group of First Nations families has reactivated a court challenge against Ottawa over ongoing gender discrimination in the Indian Act because a bill created to address the issue is stalled in Parliament.

Bill C-38 aims to restore Indian status to thousands of First Nations people who lost it because a male family member gave it up under a process known as enfranchisement.

In Salmaniw's case, her great-grandfather Wilfred Laurier Bennett gave up his status in 1944 to avoid being forced to send his children to residential school.

Since enfranchisement by a First Nations man automatically enfranchised his wife and descendants, Salmaniw and her daughter Sage are not eligible for status despite having Haida citizenship.