Canada

CRTC given $8.5M for online news regulation as critics question its capability

Ottawa is giving $8.5 million to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to develop a regulatory regime covering the reuse of journalism by digital giants. Experts question whe...

Apr 11, 2022

Liberal government's budget still lacking in gender-based analysis: advocates

OTTAWA - Despite the Liberal government long styling itself as feminist, advocates say the recent federal budget lacked a sufficient gender-based analysis of its measures. Shalini Konanur, executive d...

Apr 11, 2022

Mass shooting inquiry: N.S. firefighters take aim at RCMP's handling of their ordeal

HALIFAX - The inquiry investigating the mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives heard testimony today from two firefighters who had sharp criticism for the way the Mounties handled their si...

Apr 11, 2022

Prince Charles and Camilla set to return to Canada in May for 3-day royal tour

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla are set to return to Canada in May, their first visit in five years, as part of the celebrations for Queen Elizabeth's Platinum jubilee. Clarence House and the Gove...

Apr 11, 2022

Dry cells to be banned for women prisoners suspected of carrying contraband in bodies

OTTAWA - The federal government says it will do away with the controversial practice of confining inmates to dry cells when they are suspected of carrying contraband in their vaginas. Dry cells are es...

Apr 11, 2022

Accused in Quebec City sword attack to argue not criminally responsible for killings

QUEBEC - The man accused of two counts of murder in a Halloween night sabre attack in Quebec City in 2020 doesn't deny the acts he's accused of, the judge noted at the opening of his trial today. Lawy...

Apr 11, 2022

Mistaken for mass killer, man recalls shot ‘like a sonic boom’ as RCMP fired at him

HALIFAX - David Westlake is an unbelievably lucky man who still wonders what saved him when two Mounties mistook him for a killer and opened fire. On the morning of April 19, 2020, the emergency manag...

Apr 11, 2022

Trudeau expected to make announcement on electric vehicle infrastructure

VICTORIA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to be in Victoria today. He is expected to make an announcement highlighting investments in electric vehicle infrastructure. The federal budget ta...

Apr 11, 2022

Fixer says former Alberta justice minister hired him to get reporter's phone logs

A self-described political fixer says a former Alberta justice minister hired him to obtain a reporter's phone logs. David Wallace says he was hired by Jonathan Denis to get the phone records of Alann...

Apr 11, 2022

Quebec's English colleges say they are being targeted by government for their success

MONTREAL - Recent amendments to Quebec's new language bill are targeting English junior colleges because the schools are increasingly popular among non-anglophones, say students and representatives of...

Apr 11, 2022