Canada

Trial of 'Freedom Convoy' organizers Tamara Lich, Chris Barber adjourned until 2024

OTTAWA - The criminal trial of "Freedom Convoy" leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber has adjourned after more than 30 days of evidence and arguments, and is expected to resume in January. The trial be...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 8, 2023

1 in 9 Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID infection, StatCan says

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says about one in nine Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID-19 infection. The report released today says that amounts to 3.5 million Canadians. Symptoms ar...

Dec 8, 2023

In the news today: Jury to resume deliberations in B.C. murder trial

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Ibrahim Ali murder jury to resume deliberations A jury is resuming deliberation...

Dec 8, 2023

As fossil fuel execs descend on U.N. climate summit, some ask 'what are COPs about?'

TORONTO - The world's major climate negotiations risk turning into a trade show spectacle of unchecked corporate influence, some observers warn, as a record number of delegates representing fossil fue...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 8, 2023

Time's up for some short-term rentals in B.C., as new housing rules transform scene

VICTORIA - Nancy Paine's short-term rental business is dead in the water. As co-founder and CEO of Victoria-based Superhost, Paine said she had been at the forefront of the Airbnb revolution for seven...

Dec 8, 2023

Nunavut TV channel, The Weather Network deliver forecasts in Inuktut languages

Inuit Nunangat, the four regions comprising the Inuit homeland in Canada, is home to some of the country's harshest climates. With the area's severe, cold winters and short, cool summers, weather has ...

Dec 8, 2023

Quebec unions representing 420,000 public sector workers start weeklong strike

MONTREAL - Unions representing 420,000 Quebec public sector workers are beginning a weeklong strike today. The workers, including teachers, education support staff and lab technicians, are members of ...

Dec 8, 2023

'Silence isn't neutral': Emails show debate in Quebec universities on Israel, Hamas

MONTREAL - Five days after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, Universit de Montral rector Daniel Jutras was under growing pressure to say more about the conflict. Shortly after midnight on Oct. 12, he...

Dec 8, 2023

B.C. jury to resume deliberations in Ibrahim Ali's murder trial

VANCOUVER - A jury is resuming deliberations today in the case of Ibrahim Ali, whose marathon first-degree murder trial in B.C. Supreme Court wrapped up Thursday. Ali is accused of murdering a 13-year...

Dec 8, 2023

Inside Ibrahim Ali's murder trial: threats, hallucinations, a dead witness and delays

VANCOUVER - Ibrahim Ali's lawyers had a problem. They couldn't get him to understand a key point - that he was still on trial for the first-degree murder of a 13-year-old girl. "He's useless to us," d...

Dec 7, 2023