Canada

Supreme Court justices hear two cases in Winnipeg, meet with Indigenous leaders

WINNIPEG - Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner says holding hearings in Winnipeg is an important step toward informing people about how the country's highest court works. Judges from the Suprem...

Sep 23, 2019

Trudeau's behaviour panned by Alberta premier who pumps up Scheer instead

CALGARY - Alberta's premier says images of federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau wearing black and brown face makeup should make it easier for voters to choose in next month's election. Jaso...

Sep 23, 2019

Brain activity 'dampened' by vaped THC, similar to those with schizophrenia: study

A new study by Ontario researchers suggests that brain activity in rats exposed a single time to THC - the vapourized psychoactive component of marijuana - is similar to those with...

Sep 23, 2019

British man returns to Yukon to tipple his own toe in long-running tradition

WHITEHORSE - An British man who lost several toes to frostbite in Yukon is now back in the territory for a reunification of sorts. Former British marine Nick Griffiths is set to become the most exclus...

Sep 23, 2019

Court hears disclosure arguments in Meng Wanzhou case

VANCOUVER - Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's case is scheduled to return to court today, when arguments over the disclosure of documents is expected to be heard ahead of her extradition trial...

Sep 23, 2019

Battleground Ontario: Trudeau, Scheer hope Golden Horseshoe proves lucky

OTTAWA - Ontario: A place to take a stand, a place to grow your votes. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and Liberal rival Justin Trudeau are each hoping to discover a bountiful crop of support as the...

Sep 23, 2019

Back on the campaign trail and Meng Wanzhou's case is back in court; In-The-News for Sept. 23

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 Sept. 23. What we are watching ...

Sep 23, 2019

Singh-Trudeau meeting will be private, say Liberals, but no time set yet

OTTAWA - The Liberal Party pledged Saturday to keep private the details of any conversation between NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Justin Trudeau about the blackface scandal that rocked the federal elec...

Sep 23, 2019

Poll suggests Canadian trust in science falling, scientists thought 'elitist'

A survey suggests that the trust Canadians place in science may be eroding. The survey, by the polling firm Ipsos for the multinational 3M company, also found that nearly half of those ...

Sep 23, 2019

Glen Assoun calls for reform in how Ottawa considers cases of wrongful conviction

HALIFAX - Tethered to an ankle monitor and alone in a British Columbia basement apartment in the fall of 2017, Glen Eugene Assoun felt his sanity slipping away as his wrongful conviction fil...

Sep 22, 2019