Category Archives: Canada
Judge tells Ibrahim Ali jury to disregard testimony of Crown witness who died
VANCOUVER - The judge in the first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali, who is accused of killing a Burnaby, B.C., teenager six years ago, has told the jury to completely disregard the testimony of a w...
Nov 7, 2023
Defence, Crown make final arguments to the jury in Peter Nygard's sex assault trial
TORONTO - The sexual assault case against Peter Nygard is built on a "false narrative" created by women whose testimony was not credible, his lawyer argued on Tuesday while the Crown urged the jury to...
Nov 7, 2023
Electric-vehicle chargers distributed unequally in Canada, environment audit finds
OTTAWA - The national infrastructure program to install electric chargers for passenger vehicles is too concentrated in a small number of provinces and has no data to show where the biggest gaps are, ...
Nov 7, 2023
Father of boy abducted in 2011 not notified of Hopley's escape from halfway house
The father of a boy abducted in 2011 by a man who is now wanted on a Canada-wide warrant says he's incredulous the repeat offender could walk away from a Vancouver halfway house. Paul Hebert says in a...
Nov 7, 2023
B.C. Indigenous leaders lobby for transition from open-net salmon farms
OTTAWA - An alliance of British Columbia Indigenous leaders is calling on the federal government to stand firm on plans to transition away from open-net salmon farms in B.C. waters by 2025. Chiefs fro...
Nov 7, 2023
Ukrainian children abducted by Russia appeal for Canadian MPs to help
OTTAWA - Ukrainian children abducted by Russia during its assault on their country are sharing the stories of their captivity with Canadian parliamentarians, in hopes they will help rescue others. Mem...
Nov 7, 2023
Residential school records released day before archbishop testifies at Senate
OTTAWA - A Catholic archdiocese that includes parts of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Ontario released long-awaited residential schools records this week. The news comes as religious leaders face accusati...
Nov 7, 2023
Ottawa 'must act' to overhaul RCMP's federal policing program, committee report says
OTTAWA - A committee of parliamentarians says the RCMP's federal policing program suffers from challenges that undermine its ability to fulfil an essential role in the security and intelligence commun...
Nov 7, 2023
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to share stage with former Fox host Tucker Carlson
CALGARY - A right-wing news commentator is to have a conversation with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in January when he's scheduled to speak in Calgary. Tucker Carlson, who was fired by Fox News in A...
Nov 7, 2023
Alberta government report on safe consumption 'pseudoscience,' says medical journal
A paper in a prominent medical journal says an Alberta government report that influenced safe drug consumption policy is so badly flawed it's harming people and should be withdrawn. The paper in the C...
Nov 7, 2023