Canada

No new trial for two men convicted in Via Rail terror case: Supreme Court

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says there should be no new trial for two men convicted of terrorism offences. Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier were found guilty in 2015 of terror-related charges...

Oct 07, 2020

Calls for homeless camp to be shut in Vancouver park as council considers plan

VANCOUVER - Residents of a Vancouver neighbourhood were comfortable with a few people sleeping overnight in a park before moving on, but Kelsey Mulyk says they weren't prepared for homeless campers to...

Oct 07, 2020

Supreme Court affirms constitutionality of change to jury selection procedure

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the constitutionality of a key legislative change to the jury-selection process. In a ruling from the bench today, the high court said scrapping so-call...

Oct 07, 2020

Plastics industry says its products are not 'toxic', urges govt to rethink label

OTTAWA - The federal government's plan to ban some single-use plastic products by labelling them "toxic" to the environment is defamatory and harmful to the companies that produce them, an industry gr...

Oct 07, 2020

International couples plan reunions in Canada under new travel exception

Alia Youssef and Mohamed El-Sawah have been in a long-distance relationship for the better part of a year, though they live just a 35-minute drive apart. Youssef lives in Windsor, Ont., El-Sawah in a ...

Oct 07, 2020

Saskatchewan premier discloses 1994 impaired driving charge he says was dropped

Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe says he was charged with impaired driving and leaving the scene of an accident in 1994, but the charges were dropped. Moe, making the disclosure during a campaign s...

Oct 07, 2020

Montreal Canadiens great Guy Lafleur resumes treatment as lung cancer returns

Montreal Canadiens great Guy Lafleur is facing a recurrence of lung cancer, the hospital treating him announced Wednesday. Lafleur was informed of the diagnosis during an appointment with his me...

Oct 07, 2020

Halifax police cleared of wrongdoing in high-profile case of alleged racial profiling

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's police watchdog has cleared two officers of wrongdoing following their violent arrest of a Black woman who later alleged she was a victim of racial profiling. The Serious Incid...

Oct 07, 2020

Canadian defence minister calls out China for 'hostage diplomacy'

OTTAWA - Canada's defence minister is calling out China over what he describes as its "hostage diplomacy" and says the NATO military alliance needs to keep tabs on the increasingly assertive Asian gia...

Oct 07, 2020

Cases drop in Quebec but hospitalizations creep up in hardest-hit provinces

There were some small positive signs in COVID-19 data reported from Quebec and Ontario today, even as hospitalizations inched upwards in Canada's two most populous provinces. New cases in Quebec dropp...

Oct 07, 2020