Canada

Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard enters not-guilty plea at Ontario sexual assault trial

HAILEYBURY, Ont. - Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in a northeastern Ontario court as his trial gets underway. The former Hedley frontman, dressed in a dark su...

Sep 23, 2024

Quebec anglophones have right to health services in English, updated directive says

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has published a new health-care directive clarifying that anglophones have the right to receive health and social services in English. The five-page document states mu...

Sep 23, 2024

Parents of 28-year-old man killed by Montreal police in 2017 want case reopened

MONTREAL - The family of a Quebec man killed by police in 2017 is calling on the province's justice minister to order an independent investigation after the Crown declined to charge the officers invol...

Sep 23, 2024

In the news today: Girl, 6, missing near Burns Lake, B.C. is safe

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Girl, 6, missing near Burns Lake, B.C. is safe A 6-year-old girl who had been missing from her community in no...

Sep 23, 2024

A look at recent B.C. crime and public safety incidents ahead of fall election

Crime and street disorder have become a key political issue in British Columbia amid a series of violent stranger attacks and other public safety incidents. Here are some of events that have made the ...

Sep 23, 2024

Crime, disorder take centre stage in B.C. election, but statistics tell complex story

David Screech doesn't mince words when asked about street disorder and crime around his business in downtown Victoria. He described vehicle break-ins, people defecating on or near his store property, ...

Sep 23, 2024

Court to hear appeal arguments over challenge to Saskatchewan's pronoun law

REGINA - Saskatchewan's Appeal Court is set to hear arguments over the next two days about a provincial law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns...

Sep 23, 2024

Early days of B.C. campaign sees NDP, Conservatives trade barbs over housing, drugs

VANCOUVER - Drug policy and housing shortages are emerging as the top issues early in British Columbia's election campaign. New Democrat Leader David Eby and B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad spent...

Sep 23, 2024

Trudeau to meet with Haiti's acting prime minister in New York

NEW YORK - Justin Trudeau will turn his focus to the ongoing crises in Haiti as he speaks with some world leaders Monday ahead of the 78th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. The prime min...

Sep 23, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Missing 6-year-old B.C. girl found safe near Burns Lake

BURNS LAKE, B.C. - A 6-year-old girl who had been missing from her community in north-central British Columbia since Thursday has been found safe. Resources from across the province were enlisted in t...

Sep 22, 2024