Canada

Police breached accused man's right to counsel, Supreme Court rules

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says police breached a Quebec man's constitutional right to counsel by undermining the advice given by his lawyer. The unanimous decision comes today in the case o...

Apr 29, 2022

Biker convoy in the capital and Mattea does it again: In The News for Apr. 29

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 Apr. 29 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Greg Fry Apr 29, 2022

'Rolling Thunder' event will likely bring hundreds of motorcycles to downtown Ottawa

OTTAWA - There's fencing on Parliament Hill, an exclusion zone around several blocks downtown and hundreds of extra police officers on call as Ottawa braces for the arrival of "Rolling Thunder" motorc...

Apr 29, 2022

Moderna vaccine production facility to be built in the Montreal area

MONTREAL - American vaccine maker Moderna is to announce today it plans to build its promised Canadian production facility in Montreal. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Moderna CEO Stphane Bancel, and Q...

Apr 29, 2022

Indigenous leaders say safe drinking water settlement with federal gov't is unfair

OTTAWA - The federal government has set aside about $1.5 billion to compensate Indigenous people who have been without clean drinking water, the result of a class-action lawsuit initiated by First Nat...

Apr 28, 2022

RCMP in Surrey, B.C, investigate 'disturbing incident' directed at Muslim community

SURREY, B.C. - RCMP in British Columbia say they've identified someone they believe was driving a vehicle thought to have been involved in what police have called a "disturbing incident" directed at t...

Apr 28, 2022

Canadian companies expected to uphold ethical standards abroad under new strategy

OTTAWA - Canada has announced a new responsible businessstrategy to ensure companies prevent or ease negative effects to human rights and the environment in their operations overseas. Advocates, howev...

Apr 28, 2022

Possible cases of 'unusual' childhood hepatitis in Canada in 'single digits': Henry

VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer says all 17 pediatric hospitals across the country are looking out for an "unusual" childhood liver disease but the number of possible cases rem...

Apr 28, 2022

Old scandal raised as Saskatchewan government introduces bill on legislative security

REGINA - An Independent member of the legislature has revived a 20-year-old scandal involving the Saskatchewan Party to show her concerns about a bill that aims to reform legislative security. Nadine ...

Apr 28, 2022

Six candidates are on the ballot to be the next Tory leader. Who else might be in?

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidates have until Friday at 5 p.m. to submit $300,000 worth of registration fees and all the necessary nomination signatures to appear on the party's final ballot....

Apr 28, 2022