Category Archives: Canada
'Have your wits about you': Travel advice for Canadians visiting Mexico
The federal government says 1.8 million Canadians travelled to Mexico in 2022. Some of the more popular tourist spots include Cabo San Lucas, Cancun, Mazatlan, Playa Del Carman and Puerto Vallarta. Tr...
Jan 6, 2023
'Stunning lack of judgment': Nunavut prosecutor, Mountie acquitted of contempt
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A Nunavut judge has acquitted a prosecutor and an RCMP officer of criminal contempt but says their joint actions in the arrest of a man outside a courtroom were a "direct and public...
Jan 6, 2023
CP NewsAlert: B.C. to reactivate its COVID emergency operations centres
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government will reopen 20 hospital emergency operations centres set up for COVID-19 to deal with an expected surge in flu, respiratory illness and COVID cases. Health ...
Jan 6, 2023
Feds must enforce vaping penalties to protect kids: advocates
OTTAWA - Advocates on both sides of the vaping debate say the government must do more to enforce penalties for selling vapes to kids after a review concluded no changes to the legislation were warrant...
Jan 6, 2023
Man who died near Quebec migrant crossing had been trying to enter U.S., police say
MONTREAL - The man whose body was found this week near an unofficial border crossing south of Montreal likely died of hypothermia while trying to enter the United States, Quebec provincial police said...
Jan 6, 2023
Sentencing starts for man convicted of killing of two Métis hunters in rural Alberta
EDMONTON - The sentencing for an Alberta man convicted in the killing of two Mtis hunters has begun today in Edmonton. Anthony Bilodeau was convicted in May of second-degree murder in the death of Mau...
Jan 6, 2023
Federal Court hears final arguments in case of Canadians detained in Syria
The Federal Court is hearing final arguments in a challenge from family members of 23 Canadians held in Syria who say Ottawa is violating Charter rights by not arranging for their return. The detainee...
Jan 6, 2023
Canadian tourists remain barricaded in hotel amid Mexican cartel violence
Canadian tourists remain barricaded in their hotel today amid violence in the streets after the arrest of a major drug cartel leader. Tina Dahl, an Edmonton woman with relatives stranded in the popula...
Jan 6, 2023
No Fighter Jets Coalition protests Canada's planned F-35 purchase
OTTAWA - A group called the No Fighter Jets Coalition is holding weekend rallies to oppose Ottawa's plans to buy F-35 strike fighters. The Canadian Press revealed last month the Department of National...
Jan 6, 2023
Quebec woman returned from ISIS detention camp in northeastern Syria granted bail
MONTREAL - A Quebec woman facing terrorism charges after returning from a detention camp in northeastern Syria last October has been granted bail. The details of Oumaima Chouay's bail hearing or the r...
Jan 6, 2023