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Lawyers ask Quebec Court of Appeal to shed more light on secret trial
MONTREAL - The province's attorney general, the chief justice of the Quebec court and several media organizations went before the Quebec Court of Appeal today to demand more information about a secret...
Jun 06, 2022
Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy in Capitol riot
The former top leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group and other members have been charged with seditious conspiracy for what federal prosecutors say was a coordinated attack on the U.S. Ca...
Jun 06, 2022
Israeli coalition suffers loss, faces uncertain prospects
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - The Israeli government on Monday failed to pass a bill extending legal protections for settlers in the occupied West Bank. The vote marks a major setback for the fragile coalit...
Jun 06, 2022
Driver alleged to have hit 4 in B.C. residential march turns himself in to RCMP
MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA - RCMP say the driver of a truck who allegedly hit four people walking in a residential school march in Mission, B.C., on Saturday has come forward to police. Mounties say in...
Jun 06, 2022
Dominican Republic cabinet minister killed in office
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - The Dominican Republic's minister of the environment and natural resources was shot and killed in his office on Monday by a close friend, the office of the pre...
Jun 06, 2022
Spruce Kings reel in Stockfish
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings announced the acquisition of forward and College of Holy Cross commit Jack Stockfish from the Pembroke Lumber Kings of the Central Canada Hockey League (...
Jun 06, 2022
Quebec legal aid lawyers set for four-day strike over equal pay with Crown attorneys
MONTREAL - Hundreds of legal aid lawyers in Quebec are taking part in a four-day strike because the provincial government is offering them less than it did for Crown attorneys. About 200 legal aid law...
Jun 06, 2022
China's actions toward Canadian planes 'provocative and irresponsible': Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called the actions of Chinese pilots towards Canadian planes taking part in a United Nations mission "irresponsible and provocative." Speaking at a news conf...
Jun 06, 2022
Conservatives say record number of Canadians signed up to vote for new party leader
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidates say they've sold memberships to hundreds of thousands of Canadians ahead of the September vote. Pierre Poilievre's campaign claims to have signed up more th...
Jun 06, 2022
Canada, Chile sign memorandum of understanding to advance gender equality
OTTAWA - Canada and Chile have signed an agreement to advance gender equality and women's empowerment in both countries. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chilean President Gabriel Boric attended a sp...
Jun 06, 2022