Canada

Interference inquiry head says feds have signalled need for closed-door hearings

OTTAWA - The head of a federal inquiry into foreign interference says the government has told her it will be necessary to hear some evidence behind closed doors. In a notice issued today, commissioner...

Feb 23, 2024

Ottawa appeals court decision finding its use of Emergencies Act was unreasonable

Ottawa has filed to appeal a Federal Court decision that found its invocation of the Emergencies Act in response to the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests was unjustified. The government is asking the Feder...

Feb 23, 2024

RCMP launches criminal investigation into 'alarming' breach of its networks

OTTAWA - The RCMP says it is "actively managing" a security breach that targeted its networks. Spokesperson Marie-Eve Breton says the police force has launched a criminal investigation. The RCMP says ...

Feb 23, 2024

Police respond to war over drug territory in Quebec City and surrounding areas

QUEBEC - Provincial police say they have launched an operation in response to rising violence between independent drug dealers and criminal biker gangs. About 100 officers from specialized units were ...

Feb 23, 2024

P.E.I. councillor accused of posting anti-Indigenous sign seeking judicial review

CHARLOTTETOWN - A village councillor in Prince Edward Island is asking a court to quash sanctions imposed on him after he displayed a sign on his property questioning the existence of unmarked graves ...

Feb 23, 2024

NDP says it has reached deal with Liberals on pharmacare bill as deadline looms

OTTAWA - The NDP says it has reached a deal with the governing Liberals to introduce the first piece of a national pharmacare program that includes coverage for birth control and diabetes medication. ...

Feb 23, 2024

Quebec's common front unionized workers vote to accept deal with province

MONTREAL - Some 420,000 unionized public sector workers have voted 74.8 per cent in favour of accepting an agreement in principle reached with the Quebec government. The workers, who are part of the "...

Feb 23, 2024

In Quebec's strawberry fields, a tiny insect may forecast big climate impacts: study

A bug encroaching on Quebec's strawberry fields could help forecast climate change's impact on agriculture, a new study suggests, the latest to consider what the authors called the "colossal task" of ...

Feb 23, 2024

B.C. police announce dismantling of drug-making and distribution ring with 8 arrests

SURREY, B.C. - Police in British Columbia say they have dismantled a "significant, sophisticated" criminal organization involved in manufacturing and distributing fentanyl-laced counterfeit pharmaceut...

Feb 23, 2024

Man fined $250,000 for illegal prawn fishing in B.C. glass sponge refuge

SECHELT, B.C. - The captain of a commercial fishing vessel has been fined $250,000 by a provincial court judge and ordered to forfeit $80,000 worth of equipment after being caught setting prawn traps ...

Feb 23, 2024