Canada

ComediHa! reaches agreement to acquire 'select' Just for Laughs assets

MONTREAL - A Quebec-based entertainment group says it has reached an agreement with Just for Laughs to acquire "select" assets from the financially troubled comedy company. The agreement with ComediHa...

May 29, 2024

Trudeau must more publicly support ICC decisions amid Israel-Hamas war: ex-ministers

OTTAWA - A group of prominent former politicians and current academics is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to change his tone on the possibility of arrest warrants for senior Israeli leaders. Form...

May 29, 2024

Environment Canada says winds reached 155 km/h in destructive Quebec tornado

MONTREAL - Environment Canada says the tornado that hit west of Montreal on Monday generated maximum wind speeds of about 155 kilometres per hour. The agency says in a statement today that the storm's...

May 29, 2024

Cabinet minister in camouflage with gun nearly caused security alert at legislature

REGINA - A leaked letter says Saskatchewan Trade Minister Jeremy Harrison nearly triggered a security incident when he walked into the legislature wearing camouflage and carrying a long gun in a case....

May 29, 2024

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's housing plan defeated in House of Commons

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's housing bill has been defeated in the House of Commons with the Liberals, New Democrats and Bloc Qubcois voting against the legislation. Poilievre intro...

May 29, 2024

Lawyer for trucker who caused deadly Broncos crash says families have no right to sue

REGINA - A lawyer for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash says families of the victims have no standing to seek compensation in an ongoing lawsuit. Court arguments are be...

May 29, 2024

Toronto Liberal MP says politicians need more protection after office vandalized

OTTAWA - A Toronto MP says vandalism that defaced the outside of her constituency office is an "attack on democracy." Liberal MP Julie Dzerowicz says two people dressed in black approached her Davenpo...

May 29, 2024

Conservative attacks on Speakers in Ottawa, Regina a pattern, say Liberals and NDP

OTTAWA - The House leaders for the federal Liberals and NDP say conservative politicians are displaying a pattern of attacks against Speakers' independence. Their accusation comes a day after the fede...

May 29, 2024

Police move on pro-Palestinian protesters at University of B.C. campus

VANCOUVER - Police have moved on pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, with video on social media showing lines of officers advancing on demonstrators r...

May 29, 2024

Quebec court overturns judgment against theatres who allowed smoking on stage

MONTREAL - A Quebec judge has ruled that smoking during a stage performance is a valid form of artistic expression, overturning a lower court's decision and clearing three theatres that had been fined...

May 29, 2024