Canada

In the news today: UN court opens hearings on genocide allegation against Israel

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Top UN court opens hearings on South Africa's allegation that Israel is committ...

Jan 11, 2024

Loss and freedom intertwined for two New Brunswick men cleared of 1983 murder

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - It has been one week since a judge in New Brunswick cleared Walter Gillespie of a murder charge that hung over him for half his 80 years. But as he looked around his dark, cramped a...

Jan 11, 2024

Sentencing hearing to begin for ex-RCMP intel official convicted in secrets law case

OTTAWA - A judge is expected to hear sharply differing arguments about the punishment he should hand to former RCMP intelligence official Cameron Jay Ortis. A hearing scheduled for today and Friday wi...

Jan 11, 2024

Government was warned two years ago high immigration could affect housing costs

OTTAWA - Federal public servants warned the government two years ago that large increases to immigration could affect housing affordability and services, internal documents show. Documents obtained by...

Jan 11, 2024

Conservatives call for ethics probe into Justin Trudeau's free Jamaican holiday stay

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives have asked the conflict of interest and ethics commissioner to probe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's vacation in Jamaica and how his staff handled the detail that he...

Jan 10, 2024

Respiratory season hits parts of Canada as head of ER doctors' group wants better planning

VANCOUVER - The head of a national group of emergency room doctors says he's "disgusted" that provinces and territories have generally not planned for expected overcrowding in ERs, especially as respi...

Jan 10, 2024

Editor says reporter one of several arrests in Edmonton encampment raid

EDMONTON - An editor with an online media outlet says Edmonton police have arrested one of his reporters as they broke up a homeless encampment. Ethan Cox of Ricochet Media says the reporter, Brandi M...

Sheldon Spackman Jan 10, 2024

B.C. hospital admissions break record as respiratory illness season nears peak

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's health minister says hospitals are dealing with a record number of in-patients as the province's respiratory illness season nears its peak. Health Minister Adrian Dix to...

Jan 10, 2024

Opposition calls for Alberta to dump imported fever medicine amid health concerns

EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition says it's time to dump the remaining bottles of imported Turkish children's fever medicine, given a new report that states it clogs hospital feeding tubes and can put n...

Sheldon Spackman Jan 10, 2024

Judge likely to hear clashing arguments on sentence for ex-RCMP intel official Ortis

OTTAWA - A judge is expected to hear sharply differing arguments Thursday about the punishment he should hand to former RCMP intelligence official Cameron Jay Ortis. In November, jurors declared Ortis...

Jan 10, 2024