Canada

Mounties in southern Alberta help owner round up ostriches that escaped from a pen

TABER, Alta. - RCMP in southern Alberta had an unusual chase this morning after 20 ostriches escaped their pen. Mounties say in a statement that they started receiving reports just before 8 a.m. about...

Nov 24, 2022

Sajjan mum on human rights during World Cup visit to Qatar

OTTAWA - International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan is facing opposition criticism because he did not make any public statement about human rights during his visit to Qatar. Sajjan is headed bac...

Nov 24, 2022

Suicide of Vancouver police officer will be subject of coroner's inquest

VICTORIA - The events leading up to the suicide of a 30-year-old Vancouver police officer will be the subject of a coroner's inquest next month. A lawsuit filed on behalf of Const. Nicole Chan's famil...

Nov 24, 2022

Liberals, Tories spar over scope of proposed assault-style firearm definition

OTTAWA - The Liberals say their proposed definition of a prohibited assault-style firearm applies only to guns that belong on the battlefield. But Conservative MPs are continuing to insist the federal...

Nov 24, 2022

Quebec study confirms practice of forced sterilizations of Indigenous women

MONTREAL - A report released today confirms 22 cases of forced sterilization of First Nations and Inuit women in Quebec since 1980 and calls for the practice to end. The study says that several partic...

Nov 24, 2022

Montreal's choice for new police chief admits to profiling, says will tackle problem

MONTREAL - The City of Montreal is recommending that Fady Dagher be appointed as the next chief of police. Dagher is currently the chief of police in the Montreal suburb of Longueuil, Que., and is kno...

Nov 24, 2022

Alleged Chinese spy working for Hydro-Québec seeking bail

LONGUEUIL, Que. - A former employee of Quebec's electricity utility who is charged with economic espionage for the benefit of China told his bail hearing today he wants to stay in Canada to clear his ...

Nov 24, 2022

Effect of rate hikes on economy will be more powerful than people think: Poloz

OTTAWA - Former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says the effect of interest rate hikes will be larger than people anticipate. Speaking at a conference in Ottawa hosted by Western University's Iv...

Nov 24, 2022

Police did not entrap men in child sex cases, Supreme Court of Canada rules

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a Toronto-area police force did not entrap men in an operation aimed at buyers of sexual services from children. The finding comes today in unanimous decision...

Nov 24, 2022

In The News for Nov. 24: What will Freeland have to say at Emergencies Act Inquiry?

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 Nov. 24 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Nov 24, 2022