Canada

Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté fined $24,000 in Tahiti over cannabis use

PAPEETE - A representative for Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Lalibert says the Canadian entrepreneur has been fined about $24,000 for cannabis possession in French Polynesia. Anne Dongois says a court ...

Jun 05, 2024

Trudeau congratulates Modi re-election, raises rule of law in India relationship

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is congratulating his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on his re-election, while reinforcing the importance of the rule of law. Modi won a weeks-long election Tu...

Jun 05, 2024

Trial to begin Thursday in murder-conspiracy case tied to Coutts border blockade

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The trial for two men charged with conspiracy to commit murder during the border protest at Coutts, Alta., is set to begin Thursday. Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert were arreste...

Jun 05, 2024

PBO accuses Liberals of hiding economic analysis of carbon pricing

OTTAWA - Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux is accusing the federal government of hiding its own economic analysis that confirms carbon pricing has a negative overall effect on Canadian househol...

Jun 05, 2024

Raed Jaser, convicted in Via Rail terror plot, loses appeal

Ontario's highest court has upheld the conviction and life sentence of one of the two men found guilty of terrorism charges in a plot to derail a passenger train between Canada and the U.S. Raed Jaser...

Jun 05, 2024

Weather window may help search for three missing mountaineers: B.C. RCMP

SQUAMISH, B.C. - Police and rescue teams hope a window of good weather will help the search for three mountaineers lost since Friday on Mount Garibaldi in British Columbia. A Squamish RCMP spokeswoman...

Jun 05, 2024

Robert Miller too sick to defend himself against sex charges, his lawyers say

MONTREAL - Lawyers defending Quebec billionaire businessman Robert Miller against sex crime charges have filed an application for a stay of proceedings, saying he is too sick to appear in court. The f...

Jun 05, 2024

Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate for first time in more than four years

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada marked a major turning point in its fight against inflation on Wednesday as it lowered its key interest rate for the first time in more than four years, making it the first...

Jun 05, 2024

Liberal MP 'surprised' social conservative felt 'ambushed' by questions on abortion

OTTAWA - The Liberal MP who invited a Conservative backbencher onto his podcast says he's surprised the Conservative described feeling "ambushed" by queries about his long-standing and well-known oppo...

Jun 05, 2024

Man to serve 12 months house arrest in fatal hit-and-run of 7-year-old Ukrainian girl

MONTREAL - A driver who struck and killed a seven-year-old Ukrainian refugee in Montreal in 2022 has been sentenced to 12 months of house arrest. Juan Manuel Becerra Garcia apologized to the girl's fa...

Jun 05, 2024