Canada

Info watchdog raps Justice Department over six-year access to information extension

OTTAWA - The federal information watchdog says the Justice Department should not have told an MP it would take six years to respond to his request for documents about plans to ensure online platforms ...

Apr 28, 2022

Poilievre's populism sees him vow to audit the Bank of Canada, ban digital currency

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre took his campaign against Canada's central bank to its doors Thursday, vowing to have it audited and to bar it from using its own digital cu...

Apr 28, 2022

Supreme Court to examine First Nation's residency rule for council members

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will review a rule that requires members of a tiny First Nation in the Arctic Circle to live in the community if they want to serve on its council. Cindy Dickson h...

Apr 28, 2022

Feds enshrining right to healthy environment but no clarity on what that means

OTTAWA - The federal government is pushing legislation to enshrine the right to a healthy environment into law but is giving itself up to two more years to define what that means. The amendment to the...

Apr 28, 2022

Quebec Halloween sword attack suspect says 'bad' version of him committed murder

QUEBEC - The man accused of murdering two people with a sword in Quebec City on Halloween night 2020 insisted there were two competing versions of himself who were fighting for control. Under cross-ex...

Apr 28, 2022

Joly testifies at Senate committee on Ukraine war and possible new sanctions law

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says she supports a bill from an independent senator to confiscate seized Russian assets even though the government's version of such a law differs in one...

Apr 28, 2022

Crown appeals stay of proceedings in case of Quebec judge accused of killing wife

QUEBEC - The Crown says it will appeal a Quebec Superior Court ruling that prevented a former judge from facing a new murder trial in the killing of his wife. Jacques Delisle, 86, had his application ...

Apr 28, 2022

Inuit organization develops shared plan with Mounties to improve relationship

The national organization representing Inuit people has developed a plan with Mounties to help improve the relationship with the police force. Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, says hi...

Apr 28, 2022

Moderna's promised vaccine production facility to be built in Montreal area

OTTAWA - American vaccine maker Moderna will announce Friday it intends to build its promised Canadian production facility in the Montreal area. A source with knowledge of the announcement confirms th...

Apr 28, 2022

Ottawa will not tolerate another occupation, police chief warns biker convoy

Ottawa's interim police chief is warning a planned biker convoy that the city will not tolerate any sort of longer-term occupation of the capital. Interim police chief Steve Bell delivered the warning...

Apr 28, 2022