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Toronto Sun
09-07-2025
- Toronto Sun
All four men in Quebec terror case had military ties: Canadian Forces
'Violent extremism remains a concern,' Canada's military police chief says of arrests Published Jul 09, 2025 • Last updated 50 minutes ago • 1 minute read The RCMP say the accused took part in military-style training. Photo by RCMP The Canadian Forces now say all four men arrested Tuesday over an alleged violent extremism plot had links to the military — not just the two initially identified. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Two of the men are serving members of the Forces, one is a former member and the fourth was a former civilian instructor with the Royal Canadian Air Cadets, Brigadier-General Vanessa Hanrahan said in a statement. Those currently serving in the Canadian Army were identified as Corporal Marc-Aurèle Chabot, 24, and Corporal Matthew Forbes, 33, of CFB Valcartier, near Quebec City. Hanrahan said. Of the other two men arrested — Simon Angers-Audet, 24, and Raphaël Lagacé, 25 — one previously served in the Canadian Forces, while the other was a civilian instructor with the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. Hanrahan did not specify which man held which role. The Forces had previously only acknowledged that two of those arrested were active members of the military. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Investigators allege Chabot, Angers-Audet, and Lagacé 'took concrete actions to facilitate terrorist activity.' Forbes faces charges including possession of firearms, prohibited devices and explosives. The RCMP has said the case of 'ideologically motivated violent extremism' involved a plan to 'forcibly take possession of land in the Quebec City area' and to create an anti-government militia. The national police force said it recovered stockpiled firearms, ammunition, high-capacity magazines and tactical gear, and said activities included military-style training, including shooting, ambush tactics, survival skills and navigation exercises. Hanrahan, the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal, commands Canada's military police. 'Violent extremism remains a serious concern within Canadian and international society,' she said. Canadian Forces 'members are prohibited from participating in an activity, or being a member of a group or organization, that relates to hate-related criminal activities, and/or promotes hatred, violence, discrimination, or harassment.' Hanrahan said that 'where warranted and when jurisdiction allows, the military police investigate all matters related to alleged criminal activity of (Canadian Forces) members, including all individuals on defence establishments.' Uncategorized Sunshine Girls Canada Toronto Blue Jays Crime
RTÉ News
30-06-2025
- Health
- RTÉ News
Lisdoonvarna GP service 'would be closed' without support
A GP practice in Co Clare has avoided closure after a doctor agreed not to retire and to take over the service in Lisdoonvarna. The post had been advertised twice by the Health Service Executive but failed to attract any candidates. Conor Hanrahan was stepping down from a busy medical practice in Ennis around 18 months ago when he was persuaded to take up the position at Lisdoonvarna Medical Centre. A big factor in accepting the position, he said, was the additional support provided by rural and international graduate schemes. "The previous GP had been operating single-handedly for 30 years here and that's difficult, you know, to get locum cover when you have family occasions ... to even just get a break or holiday. "A lot of the practices along the west coast of Clare have closed down. For example, there was a GP in Quilty, there was one in Doonbeg and they're both gone. "There's a real difficulty getting a doctor in Kilrush which is a good, vibrant town, but there's been a practice vacant there for a good few years. "It's the same up around Mulranny in Mayo, the GP there, Dr Jerry Cowley, has retired and they haven't been able to find a permanent replacement for him." Dr Hanrahan was speaking after a warning was issued of capacity constraints in areas of growing population in Dublin and its commuter towns in Cavan, Meath, Kildare, Louth, Westmeath and Wicklow. The analysis, from the Department of Health, was published today. Dr Hanrahan is part of the Midwestern GP training scheme, meaning that he was able to bring someone with him to train in Lisdoonvarna as well as recruiting from the International Medical Graduate scheme. "Without this support Lisdoonvarna would be closed. It's essential to have this support to remain viable in rural areas. That was the incentive for me to come here to work instead of retiring. "But I'm conscious that not everyone can afford to take on non-EU doctors coming to Ireland for training. A lot of smaller rural practices can't afford to take on a doctor like that, because they have to pay them themselves," he said. Lisdoonvarna has seen its population of around 1,000 expand rapidly in recent years. Up to 1,000 Ukrainian refugees live in the town and surrounding areas along with hundreds of International Protection applicants. Dr Hanrahan said the level of service needed would make the position unsustainable for a single practice GP, adding that the service gets even busier in the summer. "Lisdoonvarna is a tourist town and the region generally gets very busy in places like Doolin, Ennistymon, Lahinch, Kilfenora, the Burren. "So there's a constant busy workload and thankfully we can assist where possible and deter people from arriving into overcrowded emergency departments where a GP can carry out the treatment needed." Dr Hanrahan said the model operating at Lisdoonvarna Medical Centre is the way forward as in incentive to GPs to come to rural Ireland. 'Huge amount of demand' for GP services in Meath A GP in Co Meath has said that her practice, which has only been open for a month and a half, had to close its books to new patients for a time such was the level of demand. Dr Bláthnaid McHugh, from Trim General Practice, said there seems to be "very high" demand for GPs in the wider Meath area. "We opened on the 12th of May and we had to pretty much close the list in the first week, because we were really at a huge amount of demand," she said. "We have opened up again, but at a much slower pace, and even then, we aren't able to reach the capacity of people who have requested to join the practice. "At the moment, it's still myself here, and I'm the only doctor in this practice. And there seems to be a real shortage of general practitioners in Trim and in further afield to Trim as well." Dr McHugh said that the growing population and the retirement of GPs who are not being replaced have put pressure on the system. "I've been working in in the Meath area since I qualified in 2017. When you're working, you're not really aware of of how short the area is, but I can see, you know, over the course of my lifetime, how much the town of Trim and surrounding towns have grown. "There have been some local retirements of GPs there too and it's very hard to to keep up with the pace of the growth of the population." Dr McHugh said she believes a number of measures could be put in place that would help to alleviate the problems affecting the sector.. "I think just having a bit more exposure to general practice [during training] to get a feeling as to what the job actually entails on a day-to-day basis, that might be helpful. "In this practice, I've set up this surgery myself, and I was interested in setting up my own practice for a number of years, and certainly there were bumps and problems in the pandemic along the way that delayed me, but certainly, you know, I've set this practice up and over the last 14 months, and I've had a lot of support from my my colleagues that I trained with locally, and a lot of them, you know, would have the same concerns that I had setting up with. "Just the cost of doing it and then, just the lack of available properties as well. The housing market is big a problem but also the commercial market. There wasn't many places over the last few years that I found that were as suitable as this premises is for this purpose. "I think what would probably help a GP to start up in their own area would be if there was maybe some kind of a support, a kind of grant or something to just help with equipment or with legal costs or something so that it would take a little bit of the pressure off the GPs who were looking to start up. "At the moment, it's really on yourself kind of thing when you're doing that and I think that a lot of people find that quite daunting. "I did myself but certainly, I'm on the other side of it now, and I'm very, very glad that I've done it and I've got massive support from the local community. Really pleased to be here. And you know, certainly it's been very positive experience from start to finish," Dr McHugh added.
Ottawa Citizen
17-06-2025
- Ottawa Citizen
Canadian military police leaders refuse civilian oversight mandated by Parliament, watchdog report says
A new report paints Canada's military police leadership as shutting down complaints, ignoring parliamentary-mandated civilian oversight and bungling investigations to the point where a criminal convicted of attempted murder almost went free. Article content The report by the Military Police Complaints Commission, a civilian watchdog created by Parliament, outlines a deteriorating situation in which the office of the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal has been resisting independent oversight. 'The situation escalated from resistance to outright refusal to respect the oversight regime mandated by Parliament,' commission chairperson Tammy Tremblay wrote in her annual report released Tuesday. Article content Article content Article content At times the office of the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal, or CFPM, has shut down complaints into police actions before they could be heard, the MPCC report noted. The CFPM has also refused to provide information needed for the commission to carry out its oversight function and has declined to follow recommendations on improving how it functions, according to the report. Among the recommendations the CFPM refused to accept was a request to remind military police officers of the importance of keeping evidence on file. Article content Article content The report also outlined how a bungled investigation by the CFNIS nearly allowed a person, eventually convicted of attempted murder, to escape justice. Article content In that case, the CFNIS had been brought in to investigate a CFB Edmonton house fire in which a soldier was suspected of trying to kill her children. But the MPCC report pointed out that military police decided not to lay charges despite conclusions by the insurance company and the fire marshal's office that the fire had been deliberately set as well as the discovery of an apparent suicide note from the soldier. Article content Article content The Military Police Complaints Commission reviewed the case and determined there was evidence of a crime that ought to be reinvestigated. The soldier was found guilty in 2023 of trying to kill her three children by setting their house on fire. Article content Article content Canadian Forces Provost Marshal Brig.-Gen. Vanessa Hanrahan provided the Ottawa Citizen with a statement acknowledging 'the criticism toward the Office of the CFPM contained within the MPCC's 2024 Annual Report.' Article content 'Notwithstanding this, the CFPM remains fully committed to, and supportive of the MPCC's mandate,' Hanrahan's statement added. Article content Hanrahan noted that her office carefully considered each request for information from the MPCC, 'providing disclosure not only under legal obligation, but also when it is determined that the information requested is pertinent to the matter being investigated by the MPCC.'
Irish Examiner
11-06-2025
- Business
- Irish Examiner
IFA dubs beef price cuts ‘shortsighted'
Factories need to take a longer-term view on beef prices and reverse the price cuts they have already put in place, urges the IFA. Irish Farming Association livestock chair, Declan Hanrahan, warned that cattle numbers are set to be down by almost 100,000 for processing between now and the end of the year, based on Bord Bia projections. This appeal from the IFA comes after a further reduction of 10c/kg to beef prices this week was imposed by factories. Mr Hanrahan explained that beef production is also down in other key markets like the UK and the EU, and the supply-demand balance must be utilised to benefit Irish and EU beef producers. Mr Hanrahan said the UK and EU markets are the most important outlets for Irish beef, and the biggest threat to Irish beef farmers and long-term viable beef prices is trade deals that give these markets access to cheaper beef. Mr Hanrahan pointed out that the UK is doing bilateral deals that give more access for beef to their markets, while the EU is in the process of trying to conclude the Mercosur trade deal, with indications that discussions with Australia could be on the cards. Additional access to cheap beef in these markets will undermine the prices of Irish beef. Mr Hanrahan appealed to the Department of Agriculture to stand firm in rejecting any deals that provide more access to the EU market for beef from outside sources. 'To deliver long-term viable prices to suckler and beef farmers factories, Bord Bia and our Government have key roles to play, factories can and must stand firm in the market place, beef supplies are tight, demand is strong and they must maximise the opportunity that exists to return higher beef prices to farmers supported by Bord Bia highlighting the standards our beef is produced to,' Mr Hanrahan said. Mr Hanrahan concluded by warning the department that the vital EU market for Irish beef cannot be undermined by allowing additional access to cheaper produce in trade deals that trade off farmers for big industry. Read More Factories cut beef quotes by 10c/kg despite tight supplies
Agriland
11-06-2025
- Business
- Agriland
Factories urged to ‘take longer term view on beef prices'
Factories have been urged by a farming organisation today (Wednesday, June 11) to take a 'longer term view on beef prices'. The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) livestock chair, Declan Hanrahan, has also called on factories to 'reverse the recent price cuts they are attempting'. According to the IFA supplies of finished cattle are 'extremely tight with numbers' – based on Bord Bia projections and the strong live export trade – expected to be down almost 100,000 cattle for processing between now and year end. Hanrahan today also said that beef production is also down in Ireland's key markets, chiefly the UK and the EU, and this supply demand balance 'must be utilised to benefit Irish and EU beef producers'. The IFA livestock chair said that he is aware that factories are very concerned about supplies for the coming weeks and months and are 'actively ringing around farmers in attempts to secure cattle for this period'. Beef prices He also stressed that the UK and EU markets are the 'most important outlets' for Irish beef and warned of the threat to posed to Irish beef farmers and long-term viable beef prices from 'trade deals that give access to these markets to cheaper beef'. Hanrahan pointed to recent trade deals concluded by the UK which he said gives more access for beef to their markets and to ongoing Mercosur concerns and the prospect of discussions re-starting with Australia and the EU. He believes any 'additional access for cheap beef to these markets would only serve to undermine our prices' and has urged the Irish government to stand firm in rejecting any deals that provides more access to the EU market for beef. According to Hanrahan beef prices in Ireland have only reached levels that reflect the 'actual production costs on farms' and reflect the quality of product Irish farmers are producing. He believes that it is important for the long-term viability and sustainability of suckler and beef farmers that they are retained. 'To deliver long term viable prices to suckler and beef farmers factories, Bord Bia and our government have key roles to play, factories can and must stand firm in the market place, beef supplies are tight, demand is strong and they must maximise the opportunity that exists to return higher beef prices to farmers supported by Bord Bia highlighting the standards our beef is produced to,' he said.
