Canada

The Latest on the hockey players' sex assault case in London, Ont.

LONDON, Ont. - Here are the latest developments in the sexual assault case against five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team: 8:30 a.m. A line is forming outside a London, Ont., courtho...

Feb 5, 2024

In the news today: Hockey players make court appearance, Alberta opens Ottawa office

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Hockey players' sex assault case in court today The sexual assault case against...

Feb 5, 2024

Boom in southern Quebec mining claims, including under people's homes, causes anxiety

MONTREAL - When Ellen Rice-Hogan discovered that someone had bought a mining claim under her farm, she was shocked. There's no mining around the Township of Low, Que., about 40 kilometres northwest of...

Feb 5, 2024

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in Ottawa to open new provincial office

OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is in Ottawa today where she is set to open a new provincial office. Smith's office says the new space is meant to expand the province's presence in the nation'...

Feb 5, 2024

Former world junior hockey players' sex assault case in London, Ont. court today

LONDON, Ont. - The sexual assault case against five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team is set to come before a London, Ont., court today. Dillon Dube, Cal Foote, Alex Formenton, Carte...

Feb 5, 2024

Latest wave of US, Britain strikes on Yemin's Houthis had Canada's support

OTTAWA - Canada was among several allies that provided support to the United States and United Kingdom during their second wave of attacks against Houthi targets in Yemen, the Department of National D...

Feb 4, 2024

Quebec going ahead with out-of-province tuition hikes despite advisory body concern

MONTREAL - Quebec is moving forward with a plan to hike tuition for out-of-province Canadian students by about 30 per cent, despite a letter from a government-mandated advisory committee urging them t...

Feb 4, 2024

Spotlight on London, Ont. as world junior hockey sex assault case goes to court

TORONTO - The southwestern Ontario city of London will be under a spotlight Monday as a high-profile, multi-year probe into allegations of sexual assault involving players from Canada's 2018 world jun...

Feb 4, 2024

New AFN chief looks to turn page with Pierre Poilievre from Harper-era tensions

OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is trying to make inroads with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, hoping to forestall the tensions and angst that marked the party's las...

Feb 4, 2024

Flight Centre fights hundreds of fake sites, as bogus booking costs B.C. man $2,280

VANCOUVER - Ihsan Abdul Salam describes himself as a "loyal" customer of Flight Centre, booking tickets with the international travel company since 1995. But when he went to a Vancouver branch of the ...

Feb 4, 2024