Canada

'No one will be turned away': 988 suicide crisis helpline launches across Canada

TORONTO - A new toll-free, three-digit suicide prevention helpline launched across Canada on Thursday morning. People having suicidal thoughts or other mental health distress can now call or text 988 ...

Sheldon Spackman Nov 30, 2023

In the news for today: Heritage Minister to talk online news deal with committee

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today ... Heritage Minister appearing at a committee hearing Heritage Minister Pascale S...

Nov 30, 2023

Federal ministers expected to announce sole-source deal for Boeing patrol plane today

OTTAWA - Federal ministers are expected to announce today that Boeing is the company of choice to replace the military's aging patrol planes in a multibillion-dollar deal. The decision to go with a so...

Nov 30, 2023

Crown to lay out conspiracy argument in 'Freedom Convoy' organizers' trial

OTTAWA - The Crown is expected to lay out its case for why evidence against one "Freedom Convoy" organizer should apply to the other in the criminal trial of two of the protest's leaders. Tamara Lich ...

Sheldon Spackman Nov 30, 2023

Fresh off big win in Google news standoff, heritage minister to testify at committee

OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge is appearing at a committee hearing this morning, fresh from finally ending Canada's standoff with Google over the Online News Act. St-Onge called the agreem...

Nov 30, 2023

Closing arguments to begin in B.C. first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali

VANCOUVER - Closing arguments in the first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali are expected to begin today in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. Ali pleaded not guilty in April to murdering a 13-year-old...

Nov 30, 2023

Liberal minister to testify after heated testimony from Métis, First Nations groups

OTTAWA - As Indigenous leaders engage in heated debate over a federal bill that would formalize several Mtis self-governance agreements, the Liberal minister for Crown-Indigenous relations is expected...

Nov 30, 2023

Who is U.S.-Canadian lawyer Gurpatwant Pannun, alleged target of murder plot?

A decade ago this month, lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and his friend Hardeep Singh Nijjar were in Geneva to deliver a petition calling on the United Nations to declare widespread killings of Sikhs i...

Nov 30, 2023

Constitutional challenge in Indigenous lobster fishing case moving ahead this week

HALIFAX - An Indigenous fisherman is expected to appear Thursday in a northern New Brunswick courtroom, where he will launch a constitutional challenge that could prove pivotal for First Nations acros...

Nov 30, 2023

Candidates for Assembly of First Nations national chief face off in Winnipeg forum

WINNIPEG - The six candidates vying to be the next national chief of the organization that represents more than 600 First Nations in Canada explained how they would advocate for treaty rights, soverei...

Nov 29, 2023