Canada

'Freedom Convoy' organizers' trial to hear testimony from final Ottawa resident

OTTAWA - The trial for two "Freedom Convoy" organizers is set to wrap up hearing testimony from downtown Ottawa residents today. Paul Jorgenson began his evidence Monday in the criminal trial of Tamar...

Oct 17, 2023

Champagne says he wishes grocers were more 'forthcoming' on plans to stabilize prices

OTTAWA - Industry Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says he wishes Canadian grocers would be more forthcoming with the public about their plans to stabilize prices. Earlier this month, Champagne ann...

Oct 17, 2023

Opioid overdose deaths among homeless people have risen dramatically: Ontario study

LONDON - A new study says people experiencing homelessness make up a growing proportion of opioid overdose deaths in Ontario. It found that about one in six people killed by opioid overdoses in 2021 w...

Oct 17, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Human rights commissioner resigns over Saskatchewan's pronoun bill

REGINA - Heather Kuttai, a commissioner with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, says in a letter that she is resigning immediately because of the province's proposed legislation requiring paren...

Oct 16, 2023

CP NewsAlert: B.C. to bring in law forcing Surrey to go with municipal police force

VICTORIA - British Columbia Solicitor General Mike Farnworth has introduced legislation that will force the City of Surrey to provide policing with a municipal force. The update in the Police Act also...

Oct 16, 2023

Feds, Atlantic premiers meeting in Ottawa as Atlantic Loop project teeters

OTTAWA - Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is meeting in Ottawa today with the premiers of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, seeking an agreement to help the two provinces get off coal power by the end ...

Oct 16, 2023

Two community newspapers publish their last editions in B.C. this week

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - Two newspapers in British Columbia are publishing their last editions this week, eliminating coverage by community newspapers for a large swath of the province's northeast. Glaci...

Oct 16, 2023

Quebec coroner says more diligent police search could have saved life of Cree teen

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner says the death of a 16-year-old girl might have been prevented had police spent more than 10 minutes looking for her. Neebin Icebound died of hypothermia Oct. 9, 2022, in t...

Oct 16, 2023

Experts weigh impact from Supreme Court ruling on other federal environmental moves

Many legal experts say a Supreme Court ruling that found much of Ottawa's environmental assessment law unconstitutional will have no impact on other federal moves, such as clean electricity regulation...

Oct 16, 2023

Canada's new antisemitism envoy Deborah Lyons eyes campus and online anti-Jew speech

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has appointed former ambassador Deborah Lyons as Canada's Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism. Lyons is Canada's former ambass...

Oct 16, 2023