Category Archives: Canada
Judge finds no documentation to support Global News reporting on Han Dong allegations
OTTAWA - An Ontario Superior Court judge has found no documented evidence to support allegations made against former Liberal MP Han Dong in series of Global News stories last year. The judge made the ...
Jun 20, 2024
Alberta environment minister unworried by movement toward methane tariffs
WASHINGTON - Alberta's environment minister expressed little concern that European countries are taking steps toward tariffs on imported natural gas associated with high methane emissions as she promo...
Jun 20, 2024
Minister wants B.C. to be model for aquaculture as it moves to containment
VANCOUVER - Federal Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier says the country's "strict rules" on banning open-net salmon farming are necessary, since the goal is to make British Columbia "a model" in g...
Jun 20, 2024
Federal Appeal Court tosses Charter challenge for pair on Canada's no-fly list
VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal has thrown out a bid by two men to get off the country's no-fly list after they weren't allowed to get on planes in Vancouver in 2018. In a ruling this week, th...
Jun 20, 2024
Islamic holiday celebration in Montreal park draws ire from secularists
MONTREAL - Earlier this week, members of Montreal's Muslim community gathered in a park to celebrate the Eid al-Adha holiday, a day when families traditionally wear their finest clothes, share gifts, ...
Jun 20, 2024
Murder-conspiracy trial hears of guns found in travel trailer near Coutts blockade
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - An RCMP officer has told a murder-conspiracy trial that several weapons were discovered inside a travel trailer parked near the 2022 border blockade at Coutts, Alta. Sgt. Gary MacL...
Jun 20, 2024
Spy watchdog raps RCMP over application of protocol to avoid complicity in torture
OTTAWA - A federal spy watchdog says a senior RCMP official wrongly considered the importance of a strategic relationship with a foreign organization when deciding whether sharing information posed a ...
Jun 20, 2024
Liberals plan talks to launch school food program before end of next school year
OTTAWA - Families Minister Jenna Sudds says the government hopes to see kids getting meals from the national school food program before the end of the next school year, but it will take time for organ...
Jun 20, 2024
Former Assembly of First Nations national chief suing organization for $5 million
OTTAWA - The former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is suing the organization and its executive for defamation and breach of contract, asking for $5 million in damages. RoseAnne Archib...
Jun 20, 2024
National security adviser defends cabinet confidence in foreign meddling probe
OTTAWA - Canada's national security adviser says breaking or easing the rules that protect cabinet secrets to respond to alleged foreign interference would be a win for the bad actors trying to meddle...
Jun 20, 2024