Category Archives: Canada
'Freedom Convoy' organizer Pat King granted bail
OTTAWA - Pat King, an organizer of the "Freedom Convoy" that paralyzed downtown Ottawa for three weeks last winter, has been granted bail. The decision was delivered in an Ottawa courtroom Monday by S...
Jul 18, 2022
Church fundraising questions, politician private plane use: In The News for July 18
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 July 18 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jul 18, 2022
After guilty pleas, ex-PQ leader André Boisclair to be sentenced for sex assaults
MONTREAL - Former Parti Qubcois leader Andre Boisclair will find out today whether a judge will accept a jointly recommended sentence stemming from his guilty plea in two sexual assault cases. Boiscla...
Jul 18, 2022
Catholic dioceses failed in past to raise money promised to survivors. Will they now?
OTTAWA - When 48 Catholic church entities signed on to fundraise $25 million for survivors under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, it was spelled out they would do so through their ...
Jul 18, 2022
Montreal Children's Hospital says it's overcrowded, urges to avoid emergency room
Montreal Children's Hospital says a surge in patients is putting strain on its emergency services, forcing families to be redirected elsewhere. The hospital sent a release earlier today, asking young ...
Jul 17, 2022
Canada's Rogers wins silver in women's hammer throw at world championship
EUGENE, Ore. - Canada's Camryn Rogers won a silver medal in women's hammer throw at the world track and field championships on Sunday. It's Canada's first-ever world medal in the event. The 23-year-ol...
Jul 17, 2022
Feds propose to cap oil, gas emissions using industry-specific carbon pricing system
OTTAWA - The federal government is proposing to use an industry-specific cap-and-trade system or a modified carbon pricing system to set a ceiling for emissions from the oil and gas sector and drive t...
Jul 17, 2022
Mental health experts say Canada should have a three-digit suicide crisis hotline
Pressure is mounting for Canada to establish a three-digit suicide crisis hotline similar to the one implemented by the United States this weekend. The new 988 mental health hotline American authoriti...
Jul 17, 2022
Trudeau, Zelenskyy to talk turbines as Ukrainian supporters ready to protest
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to speak with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy today as relations between the two countries have been strained by Canada's controversial decisio...
Jul 17, 2022
Shootings, abortion, Trump: are fed-up Americans getting serious about getting out?
WASHINGTON - It's not just the relentless parade of deadly mass shootings, the draconian assault on abortion rights or even the prospect of a Donald Trump comeback that has Mackenzie Fresquez explorin...
Jul 17, 2022