Canada

Jury in murder trial of Fredericton shooter enters fourth day of deliberations

FREDERICTON - The jury at the trial of Matthew Raymond on four counts of first-degree murder is entering its fourth day of deliberations today. The 11-member panel has been sequestered since Tuesday i...

Nov 20, 2020

Opposition leaders briefed on alarming rise in COVID-19 cases in Canada

OTTAWA - Federal opposition leaders have been given an advance look at grim new projections for the spread of COVID-19 in Canada.Updated modelling that is expected to show the number of new cases risi...

Nov 19, 2020

CP NewsAlert: B.C. expands COVID-19 restrictions, orders masks in public spaces

VICTORIA - British Columbia is making it mandatory to wear masks in public spaces while social interactions will be under new restrictions until Dec. 7 because of a surge in COVID-19 cases. Provincial...

Nov 19, 2020

Judge to rule Dec. 15 in rape case of former entertainment mogul Gilbert Rozon

MONTREAL - A judge will render her verdict in the rape trial of former entertainment mogul Gilbert Rozon on Dec. 15. Prosecutor Bruno Menard made his final arguments today in the trial of the founder ...

Nov 19, 2020

Solitary confinement persists in federal prisons despite new system, reports find

TORONTO - Prisoners are still being held in harmful solitary confinement despite a revamped system implemented after the courts struck down the previous regime as unconstitutional, according to two re...

Nov 19, 2020

Border officer can't recall where idea to collect Meng's phone passcodes came from

VANCOUVER - The border officer who led the examination of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver's airport before her arrest two years ago says he can't recall whose idea it was to collect the pas...

Nov 19, 2020

Alek Minassian fantasized about mass shootings, court hears

TORONTO - A psychiatrist at the trial of the man behind Toronto's van attack says Alek Minassian had a long history of fantasizing about shooting other people.Dr. Rebecca Chauhan, who was hired by the...

Nov 19, 2020

Federal figures on COVID-19 aid provide window into who needed the help

OTTAWA - Newly released data on emergency COVID-19 aid shows that some of the country's highest income earners used a key benefit for workers. The $2,000-a-month Canada Emergency Response Benefit paid...

Greg Fry Nov 19, 2020

Court challenge to Quebec's Bill 21 temporarily suspended after positive COVID test

MONTREAL - The court challenge to Quebec's secularism law has been temporarily suspended after a person who had attended the proceedings tested positive for COVID-19.Superior Court Justice Marc-Andre ...

Nov 19, 2020

Singh calls for end to for-profit long-term care homes owned by government

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and union officials are calling on Ottawa to put a stop to its role in for-profit long-term care homes, where deadly COVID-19 outbreaks are worsening as the second wa...

Nov 19, 2020