Canada

Vaccine deliveries enough to fully vaccinate all eligible Canadians by end of July

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise of a two-dose fall is looking a lot more like it will become a two-dose August. Trudeau says Canada is on track now to have 68 million doses delivered ...

Jun 18, 2021

Maxime Bernier's defamation lawsuit should be tossed, says lawyer for Warren Kinsella

OTTAWA - A prominent political commentator is asking a court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit from a former member of Parliament who is now leader of a fringe federal political party. A lawyer for Warr...

Jun 18, 2021

Politicians call for investigation over video of Montreal cops arresting Black youth

MONTREAL - Some Quebec politicians are calling for an investigation after a video was released that appears to show a Montreal police officer with his knee on a Black youth's neck during an arrest. Th...

Jun 18, 2021

First Nations child-welfare hearings wrap after week of arguments

OTTAWA - Lawyers wrapped up arguments today in a Federal Court case focused on how to compensate First Nations children unnecessarily taken from their families due to Canada's discriminatory policies....

Jun 18, 2021

Crown opts for direct indictment for Quebec City Halloween night stabbing suspect

QUEBEC - Prosecutors in the case of the Quebec City Halloween night stabbing attack that killed two people filed a direct indictment today against the accused. It means the case against 25-year-old Ca...

Jun 18, 2021

Quebec Conservatives recruit ex-CAQ Claire Samson as party's first legislature member

QUEBEC - Former Coalition Avenir Qubec member Claire Samson, dumped by the governing party's caucus earlier this week, has switched sides to the Conservative Party of Quebec. Samson made the move offi...

Jun 18, 2021

Nova Scotia drops course that asked pupils to list benefits of residential schools

HALIFAX - Responding to complaints from an Indigenous girl and her mother, the Nova Scotia government has deleted a high school correspondence course that asks students to list the advantages of the r...

Jun 18, 2021

Trudeau defends Sajjan, accuses Tories of slandering embattled defence minister

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending embattled Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan after the latter was censured by the House of Commons. Trudeau says Sajjan has spent his life serving Canad...

Jun 18, 2021

Kenney to deliver update with Alberta on cusp of dropping all COVID-19 restrictions

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will deliver an update today on COVID-19 health rules, with the province on the cusp of fully reopening its economy. Kenney has said Alberta needs 70 per cent o...

Jun 18, 2021

Coal company considers legal options after review denies Rockies mine application

A coal company that was denied an application to build an open-pit mine in Alberta's Rocky Mountains says it's considering its legal options. On Thursday, a joint federal-provincial review panel denie...

Jun 18, 2021