Canada

Preliminary hearing in Montreal for Peter Nygard, charged in alleged sex assault

MONTREAL - A preliminary hearing is being held in Montreal this week for former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard, who is facing two charges in Quebec including sexual assault. Nygard, the founder o...

Jan 28, 2025

Highlights of the foreign interference commission's final report

OTTAWA - After 18 months of hearings and testimony from more than 100 witnesses, the Commission on Foreign Interference released its final report Tuesday. Here are some of the highlights: - Commission...

Jan 28, 2025

Foreign interference probe urges party leaders to get top-secret security clearances

OTTAWA - The public inquiry into foreign interference is calling on the leaders of all political parties to get top-secret security clearances. In her final report, Commissioner Marie-Josee Hogue says...

Jan 28, 2025

New bill will require newcomers to Quebec to adopt 'common culture,' minister says

MONTREAL - Quebec's immigration minister says newcomers to the province need to embrace the "common culture" to avoid ghettoization. The Quebec government will table a new bill on the integration of i...

Jan 28, 2025

Ontario Premier Doug Ford set to request dissolution of parliament for early election

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to request the dissolution of provincial parliament today and trigger an early election for Feb. 27. Ford's office says he will visit Lt.-Gov. Edith Dumont t...

Jan 28, 2025

In the news today: Ford set to dissolve government for early election

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Ford set to dissolve government for early election Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to request the dissolution...

Jan 28, 2025

Trump bump: U.S. citizenship renunciation inquiries surge in Canada, lawyers say

For more than a decade, Wisconsin native Douglas Cowgill has helped Americans in Canada navigate the complex task of renouncing their U.S. citizenship, cutting themselves loose from that nation's Inte...

Jan 28, 2025

Inquiry report to suggest ways of bolstering election integrity

OTTAWA - Fresh recommendations are expected today from a commission of inquiry into foreign interference - including advice on when the public should be told of meddling during a federal election camp...

Jan 28, 2025

Quebec legislature returns for spring session amid Trump tariff threat

MONTREAL - The Quebec legislature resumes sitting Tuesday for a spring session likely to be dominated by the threat of a trade war with the United States and a renewed focus on secularism and identity...

Jan 28, 2025

Why the Year of the Snake is constricting festive decoration sales in B.C.

RICHMOND, B.C. - Cecilia Liang's Lunar New Year decoration stall has been an annual fixture in the Yaohan Centre in Richmond, B.C., for 25 years - but she knew some products would be a tough sell this...

Jan 28, 2025