Canada

'Stunning lack of judgment': Nunavut prosecutor, Mountie acquitted of contempt

IQALUIT, Nunavut - A Nunavut judge has acquitted a prosecutor and an RCMP officer of criminal contempt but says their joint actions in the arrest of a man outside a courtroom were a "direct and public...

Jan 06, 2023

CP NewsAlert: B.C. to reactivate its COVID emergency operations centres

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government will reopen 20 hospital emergency operations centres set up for COVID-19 to deal with an expected surge in flu, respiratory illness and COVID cases. Health ...

Jan 06, 2023

Feds must enforce vaping penalties to protect kids: advocates

OTTAWA - Advocates on both sides of the vaping debate say the government must do more to enforce penalties for selling vapes to kids after a review concluded no changes to the legislation were warrant...

Jan 06, 2023

Man who died near Quebec migrant crossing had been trying to enter U.S., police say

MONTREAL - The man whose body was found this week near an unofficial border crossing south of Montreal likely died of hypothermia while trying to enter the United States, Quebec provincial police said...

Jan 06, 2023

Sentencing starts for man convicted of killing of two Métis hunters in rural Alberta

EDMONTON - The sentencing for an Alberta man convicted in the killing of two Mtis hunters has begun today in Edmonton. Anthony Bilodeau was convicted in May of second-degree murder in the death of Mau...

Jan 06, 2023

Federal Court hears final arguments in case of Canadians detained in Syria

The Federal Court is hearing final arguments in a challenge from family members of 23 Canadians held in Syria who say Ottawa is violating Charter rights by not arranging for their return. The detainee...

Jan 06, 2023

Canadian tourists remain barricaded in hotel amid Mexican cartel violence

Canadian tourists remain barricaded in their hotel today amid violence in the streets after the arrest of a major drug cartel leader. Tina Dahl, an Edmonton woman with relatives stranded in the popula...

Jan 06, 2023

No Fighter Jets Coalition protests Canada's planned F-35 purchase

OTTAWA - A group called the No Fighter Jets Coalition is holding weekend rallies to oppose Ottawa's plans to buy F-35 strike fighters. The Canadian Press revealed last month the Department of National...

Jan 06, 2023

Quebec woman returned from ISIS detention camp in northeastern Syria granted bail

MONTREAL - A Quebec woman facing terrorism charges after returning from a detention camp in northeastern Syria last October has been granted bail. The details of Oumaima Chouay's bail hearing or the r...

Jan 06, 2023

Police associations to examine issues behind officer killings after recent deaths

TORONTO - Some of Canada's largest police associations say they are banding together to identify the root causes behind the killings of five police officers in the past four months. The Canadian Polic...

Jan 06, 2023