Canada

Eby: Federal government needs to reform bail system 'now' to target repeat offenders

British Columbia Premier David Eby says the federal government needs to reform Canada's bail system now instead of simply talking about it. His comments come after federal Justice Minister David Lamet...

Mar 7, 2023

Unpaid oilpatch taxes rise again despite industry boom, say rural municipalities

Rural Municipalities of Alberta says the total of unpaid taxes from the oilpatch keeps rising despite the industry's boom. In a release, the group says energy companies owe towns and villages in which...

Sheldon Spackman Mar 7, 2023

No indication objects downed over Yukon, Lake Huron operated by foreign state: Anand

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Anita Anand says there is no indication the flying objects shot down over Yukon and Lake Huron last month were affiliated with a foreign country. But Anand says she won't oth...

Mar 7, 2023

A look at the players involved in federal efforts to address foreign interference

OTTAWA - Canada's major political parties have accepted the results of the 2019 and 2021 election and a panel of bureaucrats has determined both elections remained free and fair, an assessment that na...

Mar 7, 2023

A look at Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Leader Dennis King

CHARLOTTETOWN - A look at Dennis King, leader of Prince Edward Island's Progressive Conservative party. Age: 51 Early years: King was born Nov. 1, 1971, in Georgetown, P.E.I., to Catherine (Cattie) Ra...

Mar 7, 2023

First Nations woman first to testify in trial for former residential school priest

WINNIPEG - A First Nations woman told a courtroom she was left scared and sick to her stomach after a priest allegedly assaulted her at a residential school more than 50 years ago. Arthur Masse, 93, i...

Mar 7, 2023

Government adds indecency, abortion offences to list of 'unjust' historic convictions

OTTAWA - People who have been convicted of a number of indecency and anti-abortion offences that are no longer on the books can now have those convictions expunged. The list of "historically unjust of...

Mar 7, 2023

Montreal primary school teacher pleads guilty to sex crimes involving five girls

MONTREAL - A Montreal elementary school teacher has pleaded guilty to several sex-related crimes involving five young girls. Dominic Blanchette today entered guilty pleas on eight counts, including se...

Mar 7, 2023

Judicial council reviewing complaint against Supreme Court of Canada's Russell Brown

OTTAWA - The Canadian Judicial Council says it is reviewing a complaint about the alleged conduct of Supreme Court of Canada Justice Russell Brown. In a statement, the council says the complaint again...

Mar 7, 2023

B.C. commissioner urges creative ways to fight hate as reports double during pandemic

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Human Rights Commissioner says the province is facing a "reckoning" as hate in society rose sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kasari Govender released a nearly 500-p...

Mar 7, 2023