Category Archives: Canada
Fashion mogul Peter Nygard applies to Supreme Court to appeal bail decision
WINNIPEG - A Canadian fashion mogul facing sex trafficking and racketeering charges in the United States is looking to the Supreme Court of Canada to get out of jail. Peter Nygard has applied to the c...
May 19, 2021
Quebec orderly says colleague admitted to deleting video on phone of Joyce Echaquan
MONTREAL - A hospital orderly told a coroner's inquest today one of her colleagues had admitted to being filmed by Joyce Echaquan, an Indigenous patient who died at the facility on Sept. 28, 2020. The...
May 19, 2021
Evacuation order expanded to homes in rural municipality near Saskatchewan wildfire
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Another evacuation order has been issued as a large wildfire continues to grow near Saskatchewan's third-largest city. The provincial emergency communications centre issued an a...
May 19, 2021
Opposition leaders want juror demographic data to help fight systemic biases
A lack of information on the race, gender and age of jurors hinders the fight to address systemic racism and other inequities in the criminal justice system, federal opposition leaders and others say....
May 19, 2021
U.S. border agency says COVID vax not essential; Canadians could be denied entry
TORONTO - The U.S. border agency says it does not consider COVID-19 vaccinations essential for entry purposes. As a result, Customs and Border Protection says travellers from Canada seeking a vaccine ...
May 19, 2021
PBO report finds that NDP plan to slash student debt would cost $4 billion
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog says the NDP plan to cut student debt would cost about $4 billion. The New Democrats' campaign-style pledge this spring promised to cancel up to $20,000 in tuitio...
May 19, 2021
Ottawa professor Hassan Diab must stand trial in Paris bombing: French court
OTTAWA - A French court has upheld a decision directing Ottawa sociology professor Hassan Diab to stand trial in the decades-old bombing of a Paris synagogue. The Court of Cassation, the highest court...
May 19, 2021
John Gomery, judge who led inquiry exposing Quebec sponsorship scandal, dead at 88
MONTREAL - John Gomery, the judge who led a public inquiry that helped sink a federal government, has died at age 88. His daughter confirmed his death to The Canadian Press today. Gomery was a Quebec ...
May 19, 2021
Canada and post-COVID economic recovery; Protecting poutine: In The News for May 19
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 May 19 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
May 19, 2021
Who have provinces pegged to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks?
As COVID-19 vaccine supplies ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have released details of who can expect to receive a shot in the coming weeks. Health Canada says up to 37 milli...
May 19, 2021