Canada

Supreme Court to make ruling in B.C. case on sexual consent and use of protection

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will release a decision today that is expected to clarify how the use of a condom during sex relates to consent in sexual assault law. The court will rule on a Bri...

Jul 29, 2022

Public service unions say federal government's guidance on hybrid work flawed

OTTAWA - Federal public service unions say the government's plan to get employees back to the office is confusing, disjointed and jeopardizing health and safety. The Treasury Board of Canada released ...

Jul 29, 2022

Leslyn Lewis joins Pierre Poilievre in skipping third Conservative leadership debate

OTTAWA - Leslyn Lewis has officially decided to skip out on the Conservative party's next leadership debate. Her campaign says it informed the race's organizing committee she will not attend the "all-...

Jul 28, 2022

Visit by Pope Francis to Quebec City stirs mix of emotions among faithful

QUEBEC - Pope Francis is spending less than 48 hours in Quebec City, and his mission is a sombre one of penance, but those lining up hours to catch a brief glimpse of the pontiff say they are balancin...

Jul 28, 2022

Translation error behind Pope's call for 'investigation' into residential schools

OTTAWA - Organizers of the papal visit say the Vatican has "clarified" part of Pope Francis's apology to residential school survivors, noting an error occurred during translation. The pontiff's words ...

Jul 28, 2022

Canada's UN ambassador slams 'biased, antisemitic' remarks by human-rights expert

OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to the United Nations in New York is condemning "blatantly biased, antisemitic comments" by a human-rights investigator at the international organization. Bob Rae says in ...

Jul 28, 2022

Former police watchdog head denies directing RCMP not to reveal N.S. shooter's guns

OTTAWA - The former director of Nova Scotia's police watchdog denies telling the RCMP not to release a list of the weapons seized from the gunman who murdered 22 people in April 2020. Pat Curran - who...

Jul 28, 2022

Harassment of B.C. teen from 22 accounts came from one person, Crown attorney says

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A Crown attorney says similarities in messages from 22 online accounts that harassed and extorted British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd in the three years before her death prov...

Jul 28, 2022

BCCLA calls on other governments to join B.C. in ending immigration detention

VANCOUVER - A civil liberties group says the British Columbia government's decision to end immigration detention in provincial jails should not taken as an opportunity for the Canada Border Services A...

Jul 28, 2022

Canadian soldier of the First World War identified years after death in France

A Canadian soldier killed in battle during the First World War has been identified, more than a century later. The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces confirmed the identity o...

Jul 28, 2022