Canada

Quebec bill would give Alzheimer's patients access to medical aid in dying

MONTREAL - Quebec has tabled a bill that would extend the province's assisted death legislation to people with Alzheimer's disease. Health Minister Christian Dub said today that Bill 38 would allow pe...

May 25, 2022

Federal government would join challenge of Quebec's Bill 21 at Supreme Court

MONTREAL - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says his government will join a legal challenge to Quebec's religious symbols law if it reaches the Supreme Court. Lametti told reporters in Montreal ...

May 25, 2022

Peter Nygard sexual assault case to return to Montreal courtroom in July

MONTREAL - Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard's sexual assault and forcible confinement case in Quebec will return to a Montreal courtroom July 8. Nygard remains detained in Toronto and did not appea...

May 25, 2022

Federal government says court challenge to Quebec language law possible

MONTREAL - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says his government is not ruling out a court challenge to Quebec's newly adopted language-reform law. But Lametti says he first wants to see how it's...

May 25, 2022

Victims' families boycott N.S. mass shooting inquiry over questioning of Mounties

TRURO, N.S. - Family members of victims of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting have told their lawyers to boycott a public inquiry after a decision preventing cross-examination of key Mountie witnesses...

May 25, 2022

French Conservative debate, Tamara Lich bail hearing : In The News for May 25

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 25 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

May 25, 2022

Cross-examination continues for Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard

TORONTO - Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is expected to return to the stand today at his sex assault trial. The Hedley frontman has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual assault causing bodily h...

May 25, 2022

One of two Alberta men accused of killing hunters to take witness stand

EDMONTON - A man accused of killing two Metis hunters on a rural Alberta road is scheduled to testify today. Anthony Bilodeau has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the deaths of Jacob Sans...

May 25, 2022

Judge to decide if 'Freedom Convoy' organizer Tamara Lich heads back to jail

OTTAWA - An Ottawa judge is expected to decide today whether "Freedom Convoy" organizer Tamara Lich should return to jail. Moiz Karimjee, a Crown prosecutor, says Lich violated one of her bail conditi...

May 25, 2022

Conservative leadership candidates meet in Quebec for party's French-language debate

OTTAWA - Candidates running for leadership of the federal Conservative party will appear on stage tonight for its French-language debate. The event is taking place in Laval, Que., north of Montreal, a...

May 25, 2022