Category Archives: Canada

MONTREAL - The Crown is telling Eric Salvail's sexual assault trial that the former Quebec television star's version of events cannot be trusted. Prosecutor Amelie Rivard described Salvail's testimony...

OTTAWA - Artificial intelligence must be regulated to protect Canadians' privacy and human rights, a federal watchdog says.In issuing new recommendations for regulating AI Thursday, Canada's privacy c...

OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay is boasting about a reduction in the number of outstanding requests for assistance from veterans with disabilities, even though advocates say COVID...

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard is scheduled to present an economic update this afternoon that will reflect the damage of COVID-19 to the province's finances.  Last month, Girard told a legis...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will delve into the question of minimum prison sentences for fentanyl trafficking. The high court has agreed to jointly hear the appeals of two men who received st...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Experts say Donald Trump's lasting legacy may well be that working-class Americans get more of a say in U.S. trade policy.  That could make Canada's job more difficult when it ...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Transportation Safety Board says a fire in January aboard a large factory-freezer trawler started in the ship's sauna as the vessel was catching and processing shrimp off the co...

OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to announce long-awaited plans today to help Canadians living in Hong Kong amid the Chinese clampdown on democracy in the territory. Immigration Minister Ma...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 11 a.m. Ontario has again reached a daily record for new COVID-19 cases. The province is reporting 1,575 new cases in its daily ...

OTTAWA - The RCMP watchdog has uncovered shortcomings with the national force's crowd-control measures, physical searches and collection of social media information while policing anti-fracking protes...