Canada

Shooting survivor objects to firearm coalition's 'disrespectful' sales promotion

OTTAWA - A mass shooting survivor and spokeswoman for gun-control group PolySeSouvient says it is "incredibly disrespectful" for firearm rights advocates to invoke the group's name in a merchandise sa...

Dec 02, 2022

'Major flaw': Judge blames police security plan in 2012 Quebec election shooting

MONTREAL - A Superior Court judge says the police security plan for Quebec's 2012 election night had a "major flaw" that permitted a gunman to carry out a deadly attack. Justice Philippe Blanger has a...

Dec 02, 2022

Ottawa trailing in protection of Indigenous women and girls: federal minister

OTTAWA - The minister for Crown-Indigenous relations says the federal government is trailing in its responsibility to protect Indigenous women and girls, despite allocating money toward the issue. Mar...

Dec 02, 2022

Newly sanctioned Iranians include Toronto gym denizen

OTTAWA - Canada is sanctioning more Iranian officials, including a senior military official spotted earlier this year at a Toronto-area gym. Morteza Talaei, Tehran's former police chief and a former g...

Dec 02, 2022

Government to un-redact text messages, notes of PMO staff at Emergencies Act inquiry

OTTAWA - Lawyers for "Freedom Convoy" organizers have won their bid to get access to unredacted versions of 20 documents at the Public Order Emergency Act. Lawyer Brendan Miller applied to have the pu...

Dec 02, 2022

Four years after Meng Wanzhou's arrest, U.S. moves to drop remaining indictment

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a New York judge to dismiss the remaining indictment against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Four years to the day since the Chinese tech scion was...

Dec 02, 2022

Feds won't help provinces for disaster compensation if housing built in flood areas

The federal environment minister is warning that Ottawa will not provide disaster compensation where a province deliberately allows housing to be built in areas prone to flooding. Steven Guilbeault's ...

Dec 02, 2022

In The News for Dec. 2: November jobs numbers out this morning

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 2 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Dec 02, 2022

Liberals to consult public on merits of a foreign agent registry, Mendicino says

OTTAWA - The federal government is preparing to consult the public on the possible creation of a foreign agent registry as a means of preventing outside interference in Canadian affairs, Public Safety...

Dec 02, 2022

Canadian-funded group works to remove landmines left in Ukraine after Russian retreat

PEREMOHA, Ukraine - The small yellow stakes in the middle of a vast field outside Kyiv appear harmless, but they are not. Three explosions have rocked this field, including a fatal one that destroyed ...

Dec 02, 2022