Canada

Government to un-redact text messages, notes of PMO staff at Emergencies Act inquiry

OTTAWA - Lawyers for "Freedom Convoy" organizers have won their bid to get access to unredacted versions of 20 documents at the Public Order Emergency Act. Lawyer Brendan Miller applied to have the pu...

Dec 2, 2022

Four years after Meng Wanzhou's arrest, U.S. moves to drop remaining indictment

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a New York judge to dismiss the remaining indictment against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Four years to the day since the Chinese tech scion was...

Dec 2, 2022

Feds won't help provinces for disaster compensation if housing built in flood areas

The federal environment minister is warning that Ottawa will not provide disaster compensation where a province deliberately allows housing to be built in areas prone to flooding. Steven Guilbeault's ...

Dec 2, 2022

In The News for Dec. 2: November jobs numbers out this morning

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 2 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Dec 2, 2022

Liberals to consult public on merits of a foreign agent registry, Mendicino says

OTTAWA - The federal government is preparing to consult the public on the possible creation of a foreign agent registry as a means of preventing outside interference in Canadian affairs, Public Safety...

Dec 2, 2022

Canadian-funded group works to remove landmines left in Ukraine after Russian retreat

PEREMOHA, Ukraine - The small yellow stakes in the middle of a vast field outside Kyiv appear harmless, but they are not. Three explosions have rocked this field, including a fatal one that destroyed ...

Dec 2, 2022

National security officials planning for 2023 'Freedom Convoy' reboot: adviser to PM

OTTAWA - The national security adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that senior officials are planning ahead for the possibility of another "Freedom Convoy" protest in early 2023. Jody Thomas...

Dec 1, 2022

Canada should pause MAID for people with mental disorders: psychiatrists

Canada is not ready to expand medical assistance in dying for people with a mental disorder, leaving psychiatrists across the country "incredibly concerned" about patients needing better access to car...

Dec 1, 2022

'We must all grieve their loss:' Winnipeg man accused of killing four women

WINNIPEG - Police allege a Winnipeg man charged with killing a First Nations woman this spring killed three other women around the same time. Of the latest three, two have been confirmed to be Indigen...

Dec 1, 2022

Global Affairs calls in China ambassador over claims of secret police stations

OTTAWA - A Global Affairs Canada official says the department has called in China's ambassador numerous times over allegations that secret police stations are targeting that country's diaspora in Cana...

Dec 1, 2022