Canada

Fashion mogul Peter Nygard appears virtually before judge in Montreal on sex charges

MONTREAL - Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard appeared virtually before a Quebec court judge from a Toronto jail today to be charged with sexual assault and forcible confinement. Nygard, in an orange...

Mar 29, 2022

Mounties charge Oblate priest, Inuit delegates ask Pope to intervene

Mounties have laid a new charge against a Roman Catholic priest who has previously avoided trial for multiple allegations of sexual abuse linked to his time in Nunavut. RCMP said a Canada-wide arrest ...

Mar 29, 2022

National childcare legislation, new climate change plan : In The News for March 29

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 March 29 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Mar 29, 2022

With daycare deals done, Liberals look to craft bill to enshrine child-care system

OTTAWA - The federal families minister says coming child-care legislation will enshrine a long-term role for Ottawa in the daycare system - and the new deal with the New Democrats gives them some time...

Mar 29, 2022

Federal NDP, unions happy Liberals will include strikes in anti-scab law

OTTAWA - Including striking workers in a proposed anti-scab bill was a "major component" of negotiations while hashing out a confidence and supply agreement with the Liberal government, according to t...

Mar 29, 2022

Canada's new greenhouse gas emissions plan to be tabled in Parliament today

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will table a new greenhouse gas emissions plan in Parliament this morning. The plan is a legal requirement under the net-zero accountability law the Lib...

Mar 29, 2022

Delegates to view Vatican's collection of Indigenous artifacts

ROME - Indigenous delegates who have travelled to Rome to meet with Pope Francis are to get a private tour of the Vatican Museums today. The ethnological museum includes the Vatican's collection of In...

Mar 28, 2022

Ottawa Senators announce that owner Melnyk has died at the age of 62

Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk has died at the age of 62. The Senators made the announcement Monday night. The cause of death was not immediately known. In 2015, Melnyk had a liver transplant at ...

Mar 28, 2022

'He was a brilliant lawyer:' Media community remembers Stuart Robertson

Members of Canada's media industry are remembering a prominent lawyer for his dedication to journalism and storytelling. Stuart Robertson, a Toronto-based lawyer specializing in media law, died Sunday...

Mar 28, 2022

Fashion mogul Peter Nygard charged with alleged sex assault in Montreal

Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been charged in Quebec with sexual assault and forcible confinement. Nygard, who is also facing sex-related charges in Toronto and the United States, is schedul...

Mar 28, 2022