Canada

Testimony at Fredericton murder trial on hold while lawyers discuss SCOC decision

FREDERICTON - Testimony at the Matthew Raymond murder trial in Fredericton is on hold until Friday morning. Justice Larry Landry of the Court of Queen's Bench told the jury today that a Supreme Court ...

Oct 08, 2020

Canadian military-college students report widespread sexual misconduct

OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada report says more than two-thirds of students at the country's military colleges personally witnessed or experienced unwanted sexual behaviour in the past year. The fin...

Oct 08, 2020

Quebec reports 1,078 new COVID-19 infections, nine more deaths linked to virus

MONTREAL - Premier Francois Legault says the province is reporting 1,078 new COVID-19 cases and nine more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. Legault told reporters today hospitalizations incr...

Oct 08, 2020

Carbon tax must rise if Canada is to meet Paris emission targets, PBO says

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the federal carbon tax would have to rise over the coming years if the country is to meet emission-reduction targets under the Paris climate accord. The ...

Oct 08, 2020

Supreme Court declines to review sentence in stabbing of Manitoba teenager

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not review the eight-year sentence handed to a man who stabbed a teenager at a church.Maksym Kravchenko assaulted the girl in a washroom after a Sunday servic...

Oct 08, 2020

Path to economic recovery filled with risks that need to be managed, Macklem says

OTTAWA - The governor of the Bank of Canada says managing the risks from the pandemic is more critical than ever, saying it is key to a recovery and the stability of society.Governor Tiff Macklem says...

Oct 08, 2020

Feds, Ontario ante up millions to produce electric vehicles at Ford's Oakville plant

OTTAWA - The federal and Ontario governments are each chipping in more than $250 million to mass produce electric vehicles - and the batteries that power them - at Ford Motor Co.'s plant in Oakville, ...

Oct 08, 2020

No new trial for two men convicted in Via Rail terror case: Supreme Court

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says there should be no new trial for two men convicted of terrorism offences. Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier were found guilty in 2015 of terror-related charges...

Oct 07, 2020

Calls for homeless camp to be shut in Vancouver park as council considers plan

VANCOUVER - Residents of a Vancouver neighbourhood were comfortable with a few people sleeping overnight in a park before moving on, but Kelsey Mulyk says they weren't prepared for homeless campers to...

Oct 07, 2020

Supreme Court affirms constitutionality of change to jury selection procedure

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the constitutionality of a key legislative change to the jury-selection process. In a ruling from the bench today, the high court said scrapping so-call...

Oct 07, 2020