Canada

MPs meet soldier charged with criticizing vaccine requirements while in uniform

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are meeting today with James Topp, a Canadian soldier charged in May for speaking out against vaccine requirements while in uniform. The meetings come as Topp and his su...

Jun 22, 2022

CRTC renews CBC licensing for another five years, tweaks its mandate

OTTAWA - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is renewing CBC's licensing, with tweaks to its mandate that will require it to spend money on programming produced by people w...

Jun 22, 2022

Parliamentary committee proposes government make strategy to address financial abuse

OTTAWA - A parliamentary report recommends the government develop a comprehensive strategy to address financial and economic abuse as a way to prevent intimate partner violence. The recent report by t...

Jun 22, 2022

Almost 100,000 mail ballots in federal election not counted, most arrived late

OTTAWA - A report published today by Elections Canada says almost 100,000 mail-in ballots were not counted in the federal election, most because they arrived after the deadline. The body that administ...

Jun 22, 2022

Quebec judge dismisses defamation suit against comedian Mike Ward regarding joke

MONTREAL - A Quebec comedian who won a high-profile Supreme Court of Canada human rights case last year has logged another legal victory against one of his accusers. A Quebec court judge has dismissed...

Jun 22, 2022

Blair 'very, very confident' he didn't interfere in RCMP mass shooting investigation

OTTAWA - Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki never promised him the Mounties would release details on the guns used in the mass shooting in Nova Scotia to su...

Jun 22, 2022

Canadians more trusting of U.S. as ally, but less so of Biden, Pew poll suggests

WASHINGTON - Canadians are growing more confident in the United States as a trusted and reliable international ally, but losing faith in the man who's currently running the country, a new poll suggest...

Jun 22, 2022

Canadians more trusting of U.S. as ally, but less so of Biden, Pew poll suggests

WASHINGTON - A new poll suggests Canadians are growing more bullish on the United States as a trusted global partner - but losing faith in the man who's currently running the country. In the Pew Resea...

Jun 22, 2022

Latest inflation numbers, Trudeau heads to Rwanda : In The News for June 22

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 June 22 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jun 22, 2022

'Permanent exile': lawyer for trucker in Broncos crash hopes to argue deportation

CALGARY - The lawyer for the former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash hopes he will get a chance to argue against his client's possible deportation before the Federal Court...

Jun 22, 2022