Category Archives: Canada
CSIS whistleblowers faced hurdles seeking justice and telling their stories
VANCOUVER - Canadian Security Intelligence Service employees who say the agency's British Columbia office is a toxic workplace have faced a series of hurdles in speaking out - including a law against ...
Nov 30, 2023
'No one will be turned away': 988 suicide crisis helpline launches across Canada
TORONTO - A new toll-free, three-digit suicide prevention helpline launched across Canada on Thursday morning. People having suicidal thoughts or other mental health distress can now call or text 988 ...
Nov 30, 2023
In the news for today: Heritage Minister to talk online news deal with committee
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today ... Heritage Minister appearing at a committee hearing Heritage Minister Pascale S...
Nov 30, 2023
Federal ministers expected to announce sole-source deal for Boeing patrol plane today
OTTAWA - Federal ministers are expected to announce today that Boeing is the company of choice to replace the military's aging patrol planes in a multibillion-dollar deal. The decision to go with a so...
Nov 30, 2023
Crown to lay out conspiracy argument in 'Freedom Convoy' organizers' trial
OTTAWA - The Crown is expected to lay out its case for why evidence against one "Freedom Convoy" organizer should apply to the other in the criminal trial of two of the protest's leaders. Tamara Lich ...
Nov 30, 2023
Fresh off big win in Google news standoff, heritage minister to testify at committee
OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge is appearing at a committee hearing this morning, fresh from finally ending Canada's standoff with Google over the Online News Act. St-Onge called the agreem...
Nov 30, 2023
Closing arguments to begin in B.C. first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali
VANCOUVER - Closing arguments in the first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali are expected to begin today in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. Ali pleaded not guilty in April to murdering a 13-year-old...
Nov 30, 2023
Liberal minister to testify after heated testimony from Métis, First Nations groups
OTTAWA - As Indigenous leaders engage in heated debate over a federal bill that would formalize several Mtis self-governance agreements, the Liberal minister for Crown-Indigenous relations is expected...
Nov 30, 2023
Who is U.S.-Canadian lawyer Gurpatwant Pannun, alleged target of murder plot?
A decade ago this month, lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and his friend Hardeep Singh Nijjar were in Geneva to deliver a petition calling on the United Nations to declare widespread killings of Sikhs i...
Nov 30, 2023
Constitutional challenge in Indigenous lobster fishing case moving ahead this week
HALIFAX - An Indigenous fisherman is expected to appear Thursday in a northern New Brunswick courtroom, where he will launch a constitutional challenge that could prove pivotal for First Nations acros...
Nov 30, 2023
