Canada

Coroner's office orders inquest into 2019 killing of Montreal woman and her two sons

MONTREAL - Quebec's chief coroner, Pascale Descary, is ordering a public inquest into the 2019 killing of a Montreal woman and her two young children. Descary says the inquest will also probe the suic...

Jul 20, 2022

What it means if you're randomly selected at the airport for a COVID-19 test

OTTAWA - You've just returned from a fabulous trip abroad. You make it through Canadian customs, ready to get home and settle back into normal life, or at least the new normal you've established since...

Jul 20, 2022

More doctors across Canada should prescribe safer drugs to reduce overdoses: minister

VANCOUVER - Canada's minister of mental health and addictions says more doctors across the country should be willing to prescribe a safer supply of drugs instead of fearing they will be investigated b...

Jul 20, 2022

Hockey Canada execs, CHL president set to answer more questions from MPs next week

Hockey Canada CEO Scott Smith and predecessor Tom Renney will be back in Ottawa next week as members of Parliament continue to press the under-fire federation for answers about its handling of an alle...

Jul 20, 2022

Jean Charest presses Conservative party to hold third leadership debate

OTTAWA - Federal Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest is pressing the party to decide whether it will hold a third debate for contenders. Charest's request comes as members of the committee ...

Jul 20, 2022

MP Kevin Vuong fined for failing to report sex assault charge to Naval Reserve

MONTREAL - Kevin Vuong, a Toronto member of Parliament and naval reservist, has been fined $500 for failing to tell the Royal Canadian Navy about a 2019 sexual assault charge. Naval Reserve spokesman ...

Jul 20, 2022

Indigenous woman says she feels heard as accused priest has first court appearance

POWERVIEW, Man. - A First Nations woman says she is disappointed a 92-year-old priest accused of assaulting her when she was a student at a former residential school did not attend his first court app...

Jul 20, 2022

City south of Montreal approves fall hunt to control deer population in park

LONGUEUIL, Que. - A city just south of Montreal is planning a controlled hunt to kill most of the deer living in a local park after the population jumped by almost 50 per cent over the last year. Long...

Jul 20, 2022

Quebec Court of Appeal says details of secret trial must remain hidden from public

MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has rejected requests to publicly disclose details about a secret trial involving a police informant. The province's high court delivered a redacted decision today,...

Jul 20, 2022

Parole board to hear from truck driver in deadly Humboldt Broncos crash

BOWDEN, ALBERTA - A parole hearing is scheduled to take place today for a former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years after ...

Jul 20, 2022