Canada

Top court to examine payment for classroom use of copyrighted works

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will delve into the issue of fair payment for the use of copyrighted works in the classroom. The top court agreed to hear the case in response to appeals from York...

Oct 15, 2020

Supreme Court decision paves way for Lascaris libel action against B'nai Brith

OTTAWA - A Supreme Court of Canada decision gives lawyer and human-rights advocate Dimitri Lascaris the green light to pursue a libel action against a national Jewish group. The top court has declined...

Oct 15, 2020

Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in Aga Khan lobbying case

OTTAWA - A court ruling today means the federal lobbying commissioner won't be taking a fresh look at whether the Aga Khan broke rules by giving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a vacation in the Bahamas...

Oct 15, 2020

Indigenous lobster fishery presses ahead despite confrontations in Nova Scotia

DIGBY, N.S. - A First Nations chief says his band's self-regulated lobster fishery in Nova Scotia will press ahead despite opposition from non-Indigenous commercial fishers that erupted in threats and...

Oct 15, 2020

Yukon's probable case of COVID-19 test comes back negative

WHITEHORSE - Yukon's top doctor says a probable case of COVID-19 flagged over the weekend has come back negative.Chief medical officer of health Dr. Brendon Hanley says after further testing carried o...

Oct 15, 2020

The Forces' most famous tweeter and Genghis Khan exhibit: In The News for Oct. 15

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 Oct. 15. What we are watching in Canada ... Tr...

Oct 15, 2020

Rights group threatens lawsuit to force New Brunswick to make abortion accessible

FREDERICTON - A civil rights group is threatening New Brunswick's government with a lawsuit to force the province to repeal its abortion-related legislation and to make the procedure more widely avail...

Oct 15, 2020

Sentencing continues for man who pleaded guilty to four murders in Penticton, B.C.

KELOWNA, B.C. - A sentencing hearing is scheduled to continue today for a man who pleaded guilty to four murders last year in Penticton, B.C. John Brittain pleaded guilty Wednesday in B.C. Supreme Cou...

Oct 15, 2020

'Ghost town' in the PATH as retailers in downtown indoor networks wait out COVID-19

TORONTO - Eli Shimonov's lunch spot reopened after the first COVID-19 shutdown in July, but without the usual hordes of office workers making their way through Toronto's underground pedestrian network...

Oct 15, 2020

B.C. Supreme Court tosses parents' challenge of province's school reopening plans

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has dismissed an application by two parents who wanted the province to implement tougher COVID-19 safety measures before schools reopened...

Oct 14, 2020