Category Archives: Canada

Nothing 'routine' about Meng Wanzhou's treatment at Vancouver airport: Defence
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou say there was nothing "routine" about the way she was questioned by border officials before she was read her rights and informed of her...
Sep 24, 2019

Beyak thumbs nose at Senate orders on racist letters about Indigenous Peoples
OTTAWA - Racist letters about Indigenous Peoples have finally been removed from Sen. Lynn Beyak's website - but only because Senate officials erased them after Beyak refused to do so herself...
Sep 24, 2019

Alberta property owner who shot suspected thief facing lawsuit
CALGARY - A southern Alberta man who shot at suspected thieves on his rural property is being sued by one of the people.A statement of claim says Ryan Watson entered Edouard Maurice's property near Ok...
Sep 24, 2019

Quebec Human Rights commission says majority of hate attacks go unreported
MONTREAL - Quebec's human rights commission says the vast majority of xenophobic and Islamophobic hatred in the province goes unreported to competent authorities. The organization has released th...
Sep 24, 2019

NewsAlert: Kevin O'Leary's wife charged in fatal boat crash
SEGUIN TOWNSHIP, Ont. - Police have laid charges in a fatal boat crash involving celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary. Ontario Provincial Police say Linda O'Leary, 56, of Toronto, has been charged...
Sep 24, 2019

Federal judge grants B.C. injunction against Alberta's turn-off-the-taps law
CALGARY - A Federal Court judge has granted the British Columbia government a temporary injunction against an Alberta law that could have limited oil exports to other provinces.Justice Sebastien Gramm...
Sep 24, 2019

Ontario shipyard withdraws complaint alleging federal favouritism toward Davie
OTTAWA - An Ontario shipyard is ending its bid to have a trade tribunal determine whether the federal government's plan to add a third shipyard to Canada's multibillion-dollar shipbuilding strategy ha...
Sep 24, 2019

Trudeau takes fight to Singh's B.C. riding while Scheer boosts Tories in Ontario
OTTAWA - The Liberal and Conservative leaders are both in key election battlegrounds today, Justin Trudeau in B.C.'s Lower Mainland and Andrew Scheer in southwestern Ontario. Scheer starts his day jus...
Sep 24, 2019

Quebec First Nation challenging commercial lobster fishing limits
LISTUGUJ, Que. - An Indigenous band in eastern Quebec is challenging the limits of its commercial fishing licence, saying the federal government should allow its members to sell lobster caught during ...
Sep 24, 2019

Huawei, frozen toes and a titillating trip; In-The-News for Sept. 24
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 Sept. 24. What we are watching ...
Sep 24, 2019