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Supreme Court of Canada to rule on sentencing for Quebec City mosque shooter

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is slated to rule this morning on the sentencing of a man who went on a deadly shooting spree at a Quebec City mosque. The high court decision in Alexandre Bissonn...

May 27, 2022

Crown, defence expected to make closing arguments today in Hoggard sex assault trial

TORONTO - Prosecutors and defence lawyers are expected to make their final pitch today to jurors hearing the sex assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard. Hoggard, 37, has pleaded not guilty t...

May 27, 2022

Canadian Blood Service seeks to scrap lifetime ban on sex workers donating blood

OTTAWA - Canadian Blood Services wants to scrap a lifetime ban on sex workers giving blood in a further move to make blood donation more equitable. The blood-donation service this month recommended to...

May 27, 2022

'Always hope': Remains of Cree woman sent home to Alberta decades after disappearance

Violet Soosay's search for her missing aunt began four decades ago. The pursuit took her to parts of Alberta and B.C. and down paths of uncertainty as weeks, months and years passed without word of Sh...

May 27, 2022

Guilbeault 'optimistic' G7 climate ministers will agree to gradually phase out coal

MONTREAL - Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Thursday he's "very optimistic" this week's meeting of G7 climate and energy ministers will produce a consensus to gradually phase out th...

May 26, 2022

Parliamentary committee to start report on expanding eligibility for assisted dying

OTTAWA - A special joint parliamentary committee will now consider its report on current legislation on assisted death and whether to expand who is eligible to opt for it. The committee of MPs and sen...

May 26, 2022

Alberta men accused of killing Métis hunters took law into own hands: prosecutor

EDMONTON - A Crown prosecutor says a father and son accused of killing two Mtis hunters took the law into their own hands when they chased them on a rural road in Alberta, shot them and left them to d...

May 26, 2022

Victoria airport shutdown prompted by inert grenades, mischief charge expected: RCMP

NORTH SAANICH, B.C. - Police say the closure of the Victoria International Airport on Tuesday was triggered by a man travelling out of Canada with inert grenades in his luggage. RCMP Cpl. Andres Sanch...

May 26, 2022

Minke whale carcass found southeast of Montreal is likely one seen near city: expert

MONTREAL - A researcher says a dead whale found today in the St. Lawrence River southeast of Montreal is probably one of two minke whales seen near the city earlier this month. Robert Michaud, preside...

May 26, 2022

Supreme Court of Canada to rule on sentencing for Quebec City mosque shooter

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will rule Friday on the sentencing of a man who went on a deadly shooting spree at a Quebec City mosque. The high court decision in Alexandre Bissonnette's case wi...

May 26, 2022