Canada

Couche Tard, On the Run parent firms challenge Health Canada nicotine pouch rules

Convenience store firms that operate thousands of outlets across Canada are taking the federal government to court to overturn regulations that restrict the sale of nicotine pouches to pharmacies. Mac...

Oct 5, 2024

Sod-turning ceremony to be held at site of Humboldt Broncos bus crash

A sod-turning ceremony is set to be held Saturday morning at the site of the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan. A committee comprising the players' families, board members with the jun...

Josh Hall Oct 4, 2024

Alberta threatens new legal action over Ottawa's revised environmental assessment act

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is threatening another legal challenge against Ottawa's environmental assessment law, a move federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is dismissing as a...

Josh Hall Oct 4, 2024

Three Montreal subway stations closed for days or weeks for emergency repairs

MONTREAL - The Quebec government is being urged to increase its investment in public transit after three Montreal subway stations were forced to close suddenly on Thursday night for emergency repairs ...

Oct 4, 2024

Police boosting presence in Montreal ahead of Oct. 7 anniversary of Israel-Hamas war

MONTREAL - Montreal police say they are increasing their presence across the city ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 start of the Israel-Hamas war. Deputy Chief Vincent Richer told report...

Oct 4, 2024

Work continues on alert system for missing Indigenous women: minister

WINNIPEG - The federal government says it's making progress on a pilot program for an alert system that would inform the public when an Indigenous woman or girl is missing. The federal and Manitoba go...

Josh Hall Oct 4, 2024

First Nations leaders say Saskatchewan court workers sent home for orange shirts

MEADOW LAKE, Sask. - Indigenous leaders say two staff at a Saskatchewan courthouse were told to go home and take off the orange shirts they wore for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The ...

Oct 4, 2024

NDP house leader says House dysfunction will be a factor in future confidence votes

OTTAWA - NDP House leader Peter Julian says there's more his party wants to do in Parliament before the next election, but the current dysfunction continues it will become a factor in how they vote on...

Oct 4, 2024

Here's what the jury didn't hear in Jacob Hoggard's sexual assault trial

A northeastern Ontario jury has started deliberating in Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard's sexual assault trial. Jurors heard the complainant's emotional account of her encounter with Hoggard eight yea...

Oct 4, 2024

Canadian family stuck in Lebanon anxiously awaits flight options amid Israeli strikes

TORONTO - A Canadian man who is trapped in Lebanon with his family says they are anxiously waiting for seats on a flight out of the country, as a barrage of Israeli airstrikes continues. Jalal Tabaja,...

Oct 4, 2024