A look at news events in February 2024: 01 - The federal government announces spending of an additional $362 million to help provinces and cities temporarily house asylum seekers.
01 - The federal government announces spending of an additional $362 million to help provinces and cities temporarily house asylum seekers. Immigration Minister Marc Miller called the interim housing assistance program a stopgap measure, saying the system needs to be rejigged to reflect a large flow of international migration that is not about to stop.
01 - Sixty-three recommendations are issued following the inquest into the death of Sammy Yatim, who was fatally shot by a Toronto police constable, more than a decade ago. The recommendations touch on issues including officer training and monitoring, peer intervention, and mental health supports for officers and family members of those killed or seriously injured by police.
02 - The NHL announces that players will be able compete at upcoming Winter Olympics. League commissioner Gary Bettman says a deal is in place to allow NHL players to suit up for their respective countries at the 2026 Winter Games in Milan and Cortina, Italy, and at the 2030 Games, which doesn't have a host city yet.
3 - At least 22 people are killed in two separate airstrikes overnight in Gaza's southernmost town of Rafah, on the border with Egypt, as Israel expands combat to the town after focusing for the last few weeks on Khan Younis. Hospital officials say the first strike hit a residential building and the second struck a home.
3 - The U.S. and Britain launch new strikes on 36 Houthi targets in Yemen in a second wave of assaults aimed at further disabling groups backed by Iran that have relentlessly attacked U.S. and international interests since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. 4 - Taylor Swift makes history with her album of the year award at the Grammys, breaking the record for most wins in the category with four.
5 - Buckingham Palace says King Charles has been diagnosed with cancer but it isn't saying what form. The palace says the 75-year-old has begun treatment and is feeling positive about it and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible. 5 - Country singer-songwriter Toby Keith dies at the age of 62 surrounded by his family after battling stomach cancer.
6 - Canada lays sanctions against 10 people linked to Hamas, including some of its senior leaders and one person associated with the Islamic Jihad militant group. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly hopes this will hinder fundraising for Hamas, which Ottawa lists as a terrorist organization. 6 - A preliminary report from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board says there were no bolts holding the door plug in place on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 that lost its door mid-flight. It says the door plug arrived at Boeing's factory near Seattle with damaged rivets around it, and the crew forgot to replace the four bolts needed to hold it in place after they repaired the damage.
7 - An Ottawa judge sentences former RCMP intelligence officer Cameron Ortis to 14 years in prison. Ortis was found guilty in November of breaching Canada's secrets law. Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger says Ortis will be credited with time he has already spent in custody and will further serve seven years and 155 days. Ortis led the RCMP's Operations Research group, which assembled classified information on cybercriminals, terror cells and transnational criminal networks.
8 - BCE announces it is cutting about 4,800 jobs at its Bell Media subsidiary and selling off 45 of its 103 regional radio stations in B.C., Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. The cuts represent about nine per cent of the company's workforce and include journalists. 9 - Ontario has signed a $3.1-billion health-care deal with Ottawa and promises to use the money to improve access to primary health care. That includes hiring hundreds of new family doctors and nurse practitioners, as well as thousands of nurses and personal support workers.
10 - Millions across the world celebrate the Lunar New Year – the first full moon of the lunar calendar and one of the most important holidays celebrated in China, Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan and other Asian countries. This year marks the Year of the Dragon. 11 - The Kansas City Chiefs are back-to-back Super Bowl champions, making history and causing an uproar among spectators. The Chiefs rallied to beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in the second overtime game in Super Bowl history. Through the victory, the Chiefs have captured their third Super Bowl title in five years and firmly established themselves as a dynasty team.
12 - The RCMP lays first-degree murder charges against 29-year-old Ryan Manoakeesick, of Carman, Man., in the deaths of five family members. He was arrested on Sunday after the bodies of his 30-year-old common-law wife Amanda Clearwater, his three children Bethany, Jayven and Isabella Manoakeesick – aged six, four and two months – and his wife's 17-year-old niece Myah-Lee Gratton were found at three crime scenes.
13 - Liberal MP Taleeb Noormohamed introduces a motion calling for Bell Canada's CEO and a five other executives to appear in Parliament on Feb. 29 to testify over the company's decision to cut nine per cent of its workforce. The motion is supported by the NDP and Bloc Québécois, with the Conservatives on the committee abstaining from voting.
14 - The Liberal government unveils a rebrand of the federal carbon price rebate as it announces the increased amounts Canadian households are expected to get after the price itself goes up in April. Most Canadian families will get between $760 and $2,160 in carbon price rebates this year, depending on where they live. The increased rebates coincide with the carbon price itself being hiked, as scheduled, another $15 per tonne.
15 - Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, attend Invictus Games training sessions in Whistler, B.C., which is set the host the 2025 games. The Duke of Sussex is the founder of the Games for wounded, injured or sick service personnel and veterans. The famous couple shook hands with athletes and onlookers in the first of a three-day visit to B.C. promoting the Games.
15 - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew announce $633 million in health-care funding for the province. The governments say the funding is to help Manitoba reach its goal of hiring 400 more doctors, 300 more nurses, 200 paramedics and 100 homecare workers. 16 - Russia’s prison agency says imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died. The fiercest foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests died in prison at age 47. The Federal Prison Service says Navalny felt unwell after a walk today and lost consciousness. It says an ambulance arrived, but he died. Navalny's team has not yet been able to confirm his death.
16 - A judge has rules a court challenge can proceed over a Saskatchewan law requiring parental consent for children under 16 who want to change their names or pronouns at school. The judge says applicant U-R Pride can still make its case surrounding the Charter of Rights and Freedoms even if the Charter's notwithstanding clause has been invoked.
17 - A spokesperson for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny confirms his death a day prior at a remote Arctic penal colony, saying he was murdered. In a statement on X, Kira Yarmysh accuses Russia of lying and doing everything possible to avoid handing over Navalny's body.
18 - The NBA All-Star Game shows the highest score ever in the 73-year-history of the game. All-Star MVP Damian Lillard of the Milwaukee Bucks scores 39 points and the Eastern Conference beats the Western Conference 211-186, beating the previous high score of 196 by the West in 2016. 19 - Canada is sending more than 800 drones to Ukraine for surveillance and supply transport, to be shipped out as early as this spring. National Defence says drones have become a critical capability for Ukraine in its war with Russia, helping operators to recognize heat sources, humans and vehicles from far away, even in the dark or poor weather. The drones will cost more than $95 million, and are part of a previously-announced $500 million in military aid for Ukraine.
20 - The federal government will be adding another $2 billion to the BC Builds – British Columbia's plan to fast-track the construction of affordable rental units on government-, community- and non-profit-owned and underused land. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the added federal funding will create up to 10,000 new homes, to be made available to families based on their income, and targeted for the middle class.
21 - The federal government reaches a $59-million settlement with the Matsqui First Nation over the taking of land in 1908 for the Vancouver Power Company right-of-way. Construction of the corridor effectively severed access to some reserve lands, and the government was supposed to make sure crossings were built and maintained, but it didn't and community's access to its reserve lands was cut off.
23 - Low-cost airline Lynx Air says it will be ending all operations after filing for creditor protection. 23 - The NDP reaches a deal with the governing Liberals to introduce the first piece of a national pharmacare program. The deal includes full coverage for contraceptives in line with what B.C. covers, all insulin for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes and additional diabetes drugs. The agreement is a critical piece of the supply-and-confidence pact between the two parties and comes ahead of a March 1 deadline to table legislation.
24 - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signs a new security pact with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the two-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The new security agreement includes $320 million in new military aid by the end of the year, and $75 million for demining efforts and intelligence gathering.
25 - Authorities in the United States say they have charged another man in an alleged human smuggling operation that led a family from India to die in the cold while trying to enter the U.S. from Manitoba. A court document says Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel is charged with transportation of an illegal alien along with conspiracy to bring and attempting to bring an illegal alien to the U.S.
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