Category Archives: Canada
'Freedom Convoy' lawyers to argue admissibility of Facebook evidence
OTTAWA - Day four of the criminal trial of "Freedom Convoy" organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber is set to focus on whether Facebook content should be entered into evidence. Lich and Barber helped ...
Sep 08, 2023
Pierre Poilievre to deliver first speech as leader to Conservative convention
QUEBEC - Conservatives gathered for the federal party's national policy convention in Quebec City today will hear not only from their leader later, but from a man who at one time wanted that job himse...
Sep 08, 2023
Trudeau suggests he would raise issue of foreign interference with India's PM Modi
SINGAPORE - Hours before he was set to board a flight to New Delhi on Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had not yet secured a meeting with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But he suggested th...
Sep 07, 2023
Thousands of residents return to Yellowknife as wildfire evacuation order lifted
YELLOWKNIFE - Thousands of Yellowknife residents have returned home this week as a wildfire evacuation order was lifted. The nearby fire forced the city's 20,000 residents out of their homes about thr...
Sep 07, 2023
Don't try to dodge police checkpoints, B.C. fire zone residents are told
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - Residents of wildfire evacuation zones around West Kelowna, B.C., are being warned not to try to dodge police checkpoints and to stay out of restricted areas or face possible fine...
Sep 07, 2023
Only media report spurred Yukon to tell parents of sexual abuse in a school: report
WHITEHORSE - Yukon's ombudsman says the territory's government had a policy and legal duty to notify parents at a school where a child was sexually assaulted, instead it delayed revealing the informat...
Sep 07, 2023
Quebec man, 37, charged with arson in connection with wildfires in province's north
Quebec provincial police have arrested a man for arson in connection with numerous forest fires that burned earlier this summer in the province's north. Police say a 37-year-old man was scheduled to a...
Sep 07, 2023
Bank of Canada may need to raise rates again, despite this week's hold: Macklem
CALGARY - Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said the central bank may have to raise interest rates further, given inflation may stay high for some time. That's according to prepared remarks the gov...
Sep 07, 2023
Prince George, B.C., explosion linked to pipe theft, gas buildup in structure: RCMP
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Police say the explosion that destroyed a building in downtown Prince George, B.C., last month was likely caused by "unauthorized" people who broke into the property and were una...
Sep 07, 2023
Justice minister lays blame on Quebec court for cases being dropped in north
SAGUENAY, Que. - Quebec's justice minister is blaming the provincial court for procedural delays that have led to scores of criminal cases being dropped in the province's north. Simon Jolin-Barrette w...
Sep 07, 2023
