Category Archives: Canada
Quebec TV producer Luc Wiseman charged with sex crimes on minor, case returns Sept. 7
MONTREAL - Quebec television producer Luc Wiseman was formally charged with sex assault against a minor during an arraignment today at the Montreal courthouse. He was not required to be present for th...
Jun 23, 2021
Halifax police constable defends actions in cell death of man wearing spit hood
HALIFAX - A Halifax police constable who helped arrest a man who died of suffocation in a lockup cell says a spit hood was placed over the detainee's head because the man was angry and saliva was spot...
Jun 23, 2021
Indigenous billboard artwork, second vaccine dose expansion: In The News for June 23
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 23 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jun 23, 2021
MPs scramble to pass priority bills before summer but they could stall in Senate
OTTAWA - The House of Commons is poised to break today for the summer - and possibly for an election - after giving eleventh-hour approval to what the minority Liberal government considers its priorit...
Jun 23, 2021
Indigenous artwork to be displayed on billboards to honour residential schoolchildren
Cree artist Betty Albert woke in the middle of the night after learning remains of possibly 215 children had been found at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia and looked at a c...
Jun 23, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Tuesday, June 22, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 482,991 new vaccinations administered for a total of 33,049,...
Jun 22, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, June 22, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. Some provinces and territories do not report daily case numbers. There are 1,410,206 confirmed ca...
Jun 22, 2021
Alberta Crown stays charges against parents in toddler's death
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Crown prosecutors have stayed charges against parents who were facing a third trial in the death of their toddler in southern Alberta. Shawn Buckley, a lawyer for David and Collet ...
Jun 22, 2021
Teen killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo again denied parole
TORONTO - Killer rapist Paul Bernardo has been denied parole.Two officers with the Parole Board of Canada took about an hour to reject his release application.Their decision came after Bernardo said h...
Jun 22, 2021
Trans Mountain tree cutting can resume as stop-work order on pipeline route lifts
CALGARY - A federal regulator has lifted a stop-work order on tree cutting and grass mowing along the route of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The Canada Energy Regulator says in a stat...
Jun 22, 2021