Canada

Close loopholes in ban on assault-style firearms, gun-control advocates urge MPs

OTTAWA - Advocates who led the push to ban an array of assault-style firearms are telling federal lawmakers that government regulations prohibiting these guns are being circumvented by Canadian manufa...

May 6, 2022

Complainant to continue testimony at sex assault trial of Hedley singer Jacob Hoggard

TORONTO - A young woman alleged to have been sexually assaulted by Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard when she was a teenager is expected to continue her testimony at his trial today. The woman, who firs...

May 6, 2022

Quick Quotes: What the leaders said during the first Conservative leadership debate

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership contenders faced each other in debate for the first time at the Shaw Conference Centre in Ottawa as part of the Canada Strong and Free Network conference. Patrick Brow...

May 5, 2022

Indigenous B.C. man, granddaughter settle with BMO over arrest while opening account

VANCOUVER - Standing amid the noise of traffic and hustle of pedestrians on the same Vancouver sidewalk where he was arrested and handcuffed in December 2019, Maxwell Johnson said he finally feels at ...

May 5, 2022

Alberta premier's caucus foe calls him soft on Ottawa, gets verbal slap in return

EDMONTON - Jason Kenney's arch-foe in caucus took his fight with the Alberta premier to the floor of the legislature Thursday and received in return a backhanded verbal slap from a cabinet minister. B...

May 5, 2022

Canada to investigate sexual violence against women in Ukraine as war crimes

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada will help investigate sexual violence by Russian troops against women and girls in Ukraine. Speaking in Ottawa after talks with Ann Linde, Swe...

May 5, 2022

Crown alleges Jacob Hoggard violently raped teen girl, woman in 2016 incidents

TORONTO - Prosecutors allege Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard repeatedly and violently raped a teen girl and a young woman in two separate incidents months apart, leaving each of them bleeding, bruised...

May 5, 2022

Remains of young girl found in Toronto dumpster, area residents in shock

TORONTO - Shock and disbelief gripped residents of one of Canada's wealthiest neighbourhoods on Thursday as Toronto police revealed that the remains of a young girl had been discovered in a constructi...

May 5, 2022

Governor General Mary Simon to visit hometown while touring Nunavik

OTTAWA - Canada's first Indigenous Governor General is making a visit to a number of remote northern Quebec communities, including her own hometown. Mary Simon will make stops next week in Kuujjuaq, K...

May 5, 2022

Canada's trade minister, U.S. ambassador vow closer trade ties, despite differences

WASHINGTON - Trade Minister Mary Ng and U.S. counterpart Katherine Tai say they are forging closer trade ties between their two countries, in spite of lingering irritants. Tai is in Ottawa for a two-d...

May 5, 2022