Category Archives: Canada

Lawyers cast doubt on phone data linking Ali to alleged scene of B.C. teen's killing
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Ibrahim Ali, who's accused of murdering a 13-year-old girl in a Burnaby, B.C., park six years ago, have been trying to cast doubt on the reliability of cellphone data suggestin...
Jul 12, 2023

'Heartless': Miller criticizes Manitoba government's decision not to search landfill
The federal minister of Crown-Indigenous relations says Manitoba's government is standing in the way of a search for the remains of two slain Indigenous women believed to be in a landfill. "We are wil...
Jul 12, 2023

Rodriguez leaves door open to regulating Meta's new social media platform Threads
OTTAWA - Canada's Heritage Minister is leaving the door open to regulating new social media platform Threads under a bill forcing Google and Meta to pay publishers for content they link to or repurpos...
Jul 12, 2023

Quebec judge says three-month sentence could trivialize promotion of hate
MONTREAL - A Quebec court judge says he fears a jail sentence of just three months for a man convicted of promoting hatred against Jews would trivialize the crime. Both the prosecution and the defence...
Jul 12, 2023

N.W.T. communities shatter temperature records as heat warnings continue
YELLOWKNIFE - Several communities in the Northwest Territories have broken temperature records in recent days as residents try to beat the heat. Jesse Wagar, a meteorologist with Environment and Clima...
Jul 12, 2023

Canada's premiers urge Ottawa to advance infrastructure to boost economic growth
WINNIPEG - Canada's premiers have ended their annual three-day conference in Winnipeg with a request that Ottawa boost economic growth and trade. Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson, who hosted the mee...
Jul 12, 2023

Recognition of First Nations rights a 'sticking' point in new policing law plan: AFN
OTTAWA - A lawyer for the Assembly of First Nations says including the recognition of rights is a "sticking" point as the organization negotiates a new policing bill with Ottawa. Julie McGregor update...
Jul 12, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Martin Short, Lamar Johnson and Luke Kirby among Canadian Emmy nominees
Actors Martin Short, Luke Kirby and Lamar Johnson are among the Canadian actors nominated for Emmys. More coming. The Canadian Press
Jul 12, 2023

Prince Albert, Sask., officer charged with criminal negligence in in-custody death
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A Saskatchewan police officer has been charged with criminal negligence causing death and failing to provide the necessities of life as the beleaguered Prince Albert force tries...
Jul 12, 2023

Four years after passage of law on abandoned boats, only two fines have been levied
OTTAWA - Only two fines have been issued under a four-year-old federal law meant to compel boat owners not to abandon their vessels when they are shipwrecked or reach the end of their lifespan. Vancou...
Jul 12, 2023