Canada

'Diagolon' founder Jeremy MacKenzie expected to testify at Emergencies Act inquiry

OTTAWA - The public inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act during "Freedom Convoy" protests says it expects to call "Diagolon" founder Jeremy MacKenzie as a witness. Public O...

Oct 31, 2022

Santa Claus isn't coming to town, Vancouver parade cancelled for third year

VANCOUVER - The Santa Claus Parade in downtown Vancouver has been cancelled for a third straight year, but this time COVID-19 isn't playing the Grinch. The Vancouver Santa Claus Parade Society instead...

Oct 31, 2022

Ukraine tracking thousands of war crimes despite judicial system woes: chief justice

OTTAWA - Violence in Ukraine has crippled the country's judicial system, the chief justice of its Supreme Court says, and left it struggling to handle tens of thousands of criminal reports arising fro...

Oct 31, 2022

Delegation returns from Haiti amid high expectations for Canadian leadership

OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to Haiti says a team tasked with assessing the situation in the beleaguered Caribbean nation has returned home. Ambassador Sbastien Carrire revealed the team's return whil...

Oct 31, 2022

Blair insists he 'did not ask' RCMP to release information about N.S. shooting guns

OTTAWA - Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair isn't budging from his stance that he did not interfere in a police investigation into the Nova Scotia mass shooting of April 2020. Blair, who was p...

Oct 31, 2022

MLA stripped of duties after inviting killer to throne speech

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has removed a legislature member's duties after Lyle Stewart invited a notorious killer to watch the government's Speech from the Thorne last week. A statement ...

Oct 31, 2022

Employer confirms tentative contract with B.C.'s 49,000 public school teachers

VANCOUVER - A tentative contract agreement has been reached involving British Columbia's 49,000 public school teachers. The BC Public School Employers Association, which negotiates on behalf of the pr...

Oct 31, 2022

Texts show feds planning communications strategy before 'Freedom Convoy' arrival

Newly released text messages show how the federal government was planning its communications strategy before the arrival of "Freedom Convoy" protesters in Ottawa back in late January. Messages between...

Oct 31, 2022

What is the Emergencies Act, and what special powers did Ottawa invoke last winter?

OTTAWA - A massive public inquiry is underway to determine whether the federal government was justified in its invocation of the Emergencies Act last winter during the "Freedom Convoy" protests. The P...

Oct 31, 2022

New Montreal clinic will be part of Quebec network studying long COVID, Lyme disease

MONTREAL - A new clinic is opening today in Montreal that will treat patients who have either long COVID or Lyme disease. It is one of the 15 specialized facilities announced by the Quebec government ...

Oct 31, 2022