Category Archives: Canada

'I just want to be safe': Ukrainian man in Canada faces limbo amid consular freeze
OTTAWA - The future was just starting to appear bright for Mykyta Zakharchenko. The 18-year-old's youth in Ukraine was shadowed by two major conflicts with Russia before he escaped to Canada in 2022. ...
Apr 26, 2024

New Norad commander calls Canada's defence policy update 'very encouraging'
OTTAWA - American troops will be spending more time training in the Far North, the new commander of Norad says, a strategy that fits "hand-in-glove" with Canada's renewed focus on Arctic defence. U.S....
Apr 26, 2024

Inquest into B.C. police shooting deaths recommends emergency events be recorded
BURNABY, B.C. - An inquest jury looking into the police shooting deaths of a man and the woman he was holding hostage has recommended that events involving the emergency response team be recorded with...
Apr 25, 2024

Court ruling affirms law curbing parliamentary immunity of spy watchdog members
OTTAWA - The Ontario Court of Appeal has affirmed the constitutionality of a law that limits members of a spy watchdog from using their parliamentary immunity to speak out. The National Security and I...
Apr 25, 2024

Princess Anne to visit British Columbia, sail to Esquimalt
VICTORIA - Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles, is scheduled to visit British Columbia next month. The princess and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, will attend a series of events dur...
Apr 25, 2024

B.C. civil lawsuit against Sex Pistols guitarist alleges 1980 sexual assault
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver woman has filed a civil lawsuit against Paramount Pictures Corp. and punk rocker Stephen Jones of The Sex Pistols alleging he sexually assaulted her as a teenager while she was...
Apr 25, 2024

Opposition BC United seeks to prevent convicted dangerous offenders from name changes
VICTORIA - Opposition BC United Leader Kevin Falcon says he wants to prevent people convicted of dangerous criminal offences from legally changing their names. Falcon has tabled a private member's bil...
Apr 25, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Bill would give Alberta power to fire municipal councillors, nix bylaws
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has introduced a bill that would grant it sweeping powers over municipalities, including the right to fire councillors, overturn bylaws and postpone elections. The pr...
Apr 25, 2024

Preliminary inquiry scheduled in case of 19-year-old accused of killing six in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Dates for a preliminary inquiry have been set for a 19-year-old former international student accused of killing members of a family he had been living with in an Ottawa suburb. Febrio De-Zoys...
Apr 25, 2024

Two Quebec women raped by foster father will sue child protection services: lawyer
MONTREAL - A lawyer representing two women who were sexually assaulted by a foster father 16 years apart plan to sue the regional health authority in Quebec City. Valrie Assouline says one of her clie...
Apr 25, 2024