Canada

A look at the players involved in federal efforts to address foreign interference

OTTAWA - Canada's major political parties have accepted the results of the 2019 and 2021 election and a panel of bureaucrats has determined both elections remained free and fair, an assessment that na...

Mar 07, 2023

A look at Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Leader Dennis King

CHARLOTTETOWN - A look at Dennis King, leader of Prince Edward Island's Progressive Conservative party. Age: 51 Early years: King was born Nov. 1, 1971, in Georgetown, P.E.I., to Catherine (Cattie) Ra...

Mar 07, 2023

First Nations woman first to testify in trial for former residential school priest

WINNIPEG - A First Nations woman told a courtroom she was left scared and sick to her stomach after a priest allegedly assaulted her at a residential school more than 50 years ago. Arthur Masse, 93, i...

Mar 07, 2023

Government adds indecency, abortion offences to list of 'unjust' historic convictions

OTTAWA - People who have been convicted of a number of indecency and anti-abortion offences that are no longer on the books can now have those convictions expunged. The list of "historically unjust of...

Mar 07, 2023

Montreal primary school teacher pleads guilty to sex crimes involving five girls

MONTREAL - A Montreal elementary school teacher has pleaded guilty to several sex-related crimes involving five young girls. Dominic Blanchette today entered guilty pleas on eight counts, including se...

Mar 07, 2023

Judicial council reviewing complaint against Supreme Court of Canada's Russell Brown

OTTAWA - The Canadian Judicial Council says it is reviewing a complaint about the alleged conduct of Supreme Court of Canada Justice Russell Brown. In a statement, the council says the complaint again...

Mar 07, 2023

B.C. commissioner urges creative ways to fight hate as reports double during pandemic

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Human Rights Commissioner says the province is facing a "reckoning" as hate in society rose sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kasari Govender released a nearly 500-p...

Mar 07, 2023

Ukraine war: Two Montreal companies sanctioned by U.S. for alleged ties to Russia

MONTREAL - Canada Border Services Agency says it helped put two Montreal-based companies with alleged ties to the Russian military on a United States sanctions list. The U.S. Department of Commerce la...

Mar 07, 2023

Opposition continues to push for public inquiry into foreign interference

OTTAWA - The leader of Canada's Opposition says he has little confidence the Liberal government will appoint a truly independent watchdog to investigate foreign interference. Conservative Leader Pierr...

Mar 07, 2023

Military drops charge against soldier accused of negligence in death of reservist

OTTAWA - Military prosecutors have dropped their case against a soldier charged in relation to the death of an army reservist during a training exercise in 2020. Cpl. Lars Callsen of the 3rd Battalion...

Mar 07, 2023