Canada

Lawyers for Jacob Hoggard to continue questioning of second complainant today

TORONTO - A woman who alleges she was raped by Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard in a Toronto hotel room more than five years ago is expected to take the stand again today at his sex assault trial. The ...

May 13, 2022

Lewis in leadership contest and Singh targeted on tour: In The News for May 13, 2022

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 May 13, 2022 ... What we are watching in Canad...

May 13, 2022

Parks Canada capital budget falls as agency works on new plan for crumbling assets

OTTAWA - The capital budget for Canada's national parks and historic sites is being slashed by more than two-thirds this year even as more than 30 per cent of the agency's assets remain in poor or ver...

May 13, 2022

Feds seek dismissal of planned class action against RCMP over facial recognition tool

OTTAWA - The federal government is asking a judge to dismiss a Quebec photographer's bid for certification of a class-action lawsuit, possibly involving millions of people, over the RCMP's use of a co...

May 13, 2022

Battle for the base: What Conservatives think of Lewis – in a race against Poilievre

EDMONTON - It was a common refrain heard from Conservative party members gathered in Edmonton to watch the leadership debate: I like Leslyn Lewis, but I'm picking Pierre Poilievre. "I wouldn't be hear...

May 13, 2022

Results May 18: Balloting complete in membership review of Alberta Premier Kenney

EDMONTON, United Kingdom - Volunteers began checking voter identification Thursday in a mail-in leadership review of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and, if so inclined, the public could watch a livestre...

May 12, 2022

Peterborough police investigating after protesters hurl insults at NDP's Singh

OTTAWA - Police are investigating after a video circulated on social media showed people hurling verbal abuse at NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh during a protest in Peterborough, Ont., this week. The federal...

May 12, 2022

NASA releases satellite images of Manitoba flooding; province bracing for more rain

WINNIPEG - Severe flooding that has displaced thousands of people in southern Manitoba has reached levels that are quite literally out of this world. Satellite images of flooding in the Red River Vall...

May 12, 2022

Closing Roxham Road border crossing will not stop arrival of asylum seekers: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Closing an unofficial border crossing in southern Quebec will not slow the arrival of asylum seekers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. "If we close Roxham Road, people will cross ...

May 12, 2022

Heavy flooding forces residents of Northwest Territories town from their homes

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. - About 3,500 residents have been ordered to evacuate a town in the Northwest Territories as volatile water levels never before experienced in some areas cause extensive flooding and...

May 12, 2022