Canada

Chinese envoy warns Canada against granting asylum to Hong Kong protesters

OTTAWA - The Chinese ambassador to Canada is warning the Trudeau government not to grant asylum to Hong Kong residents fleeing a widely criticized national security law imposed by Beijing. Ambassador ...

Oct 15, 2020

Quebec reports 969 new cases of COVID-19 as death toll linked to virus rises by 28

MONTREAL - Quebec is reporting 969 new cases of COVID-19 and eight deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours. Health authorities said today another 22 deaths newly linked to the ...

Oct 15, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 10:30 a.m. Ontario is reporting 783 new cases of COVID-19 and five new deaths related to the coronavirus. Health Minister Christ...

Oct 15, 2020

Top court to examine payment for classroom use of copyrighted works

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will delve into the issue of fair payment for the use of copyrighted works in the classroom. The top court agreed to hear the case in response to appeals from York...

Oct 15, 2020

Supreme Court decision paves way for Lascaris libel action against B'nai Brith

OTTAWA - A Supreme Court of Canada decision gives lawyer and human-rights advocate Dimitri Lascaris the green light to pursue a libel action against a national Jewish group. The top court has declined...

Oct 15, 2020

Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in Aga Khan lobbying case

OTTAWA - A court ruling today means the federal lobbying commissioner won't be taking a fresh look at whether the Aga Khan broke rules by giving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a vacation in the Bahamas...

Oct 15, 2020

Indigenous lobster fishery presses ahead despite confrontations in Nova Scotia

DIGBY, N.S. - A First Nations chief says his band's self-regulated lobster fishery in Nova Scotia will press ahead despite opposition from non-Indigenous commercial fishers that erupted in threats and...

Oct 15, 2020

The Forces' most famous tweeter and Genghis Khan exhibit: In The News for Oct. 15

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 Oct. 15. What we are watching in Canada ... Tr...

Oct 15, 2020

Rights group threatens lawsuit to force New Brunswick to make abortion accessible

FREDERICTON - A civil rights group is threatening New Brunswick's government with a lawsuit to force the province to repeal its abortion-related legislation and to make the procedure more widely avail...

Oct 15, 2020

Sentencing continues for man who pleaded guilty to four murders in Penticton, B.C.

KELOWNA, B.C. - A sentencing hearing is scheduled to continue today for a man who pleaded guilty to four murders last year in Penticton, B.C. John Brittain pleaded guilty Wednesday in B.C. Supreme Cou...

Oct 15, 2020