Canada

Independent MLA won't resign while facing charges labelled intimate partner violence

VICTORIA — Independent British Columbia legislator Hon Chan says he is not resigning after his assault charges came to light and he was kicked out of the Conservative caucus. Chan says on Monday while...

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B.C.-based pro-Palestinian group Samidoun, listed as terrorist entity, is dissolved

OTTAWA — The Canadian government says Samidoun, a pro-Palestinian group added to the country's list of terrorist entities in 2024, has been dissolved. The federal corporation database with Innovation,...

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B.C. youth charged over alleged school shooting threats in chats with U.S. teen

SOOKE — Police on Vancouver Island say a youth who lives in Sooke, B.C., has been charged after allegedly making threats about a school shooting in online chats with a 15-year-old in the United States....

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Carney begins process of finding judge to fill coming Supreme Court of Canada opening

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has started the process to fill the Supreme Court of Canada vacancy that will open up when Justice Sheilah Martin retires on May 30. The Montreal-born Martin trained...

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Canada not worried U.S.-Mexico trade talks will upend trilateral deal, LeBlanc says

OTTAWA — Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said on Monday he isn't worried Mexico will sign a trade agreement with the Americans that excludes Canada. LeBlanc told reporters at a news conference...

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Canada not worried U.S.-Mexico trade talks will upend trilateral deal, LeBlanc says

OTTAWA — Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said on Monday he isn't worried Mexico will sign a trade agreement with the Americans that excludes Canada. LeBlanc told reporters at a news conference...

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Accused B.C. cop killer wants to be found mentally fit for trial, lawyer tells court

VANCOUVER — The lawyer for the man accused of killing of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in a Burnaby, B.C., park in 2022 says he wants to be found mentally fit for trial. Jongwon Ham, who appeared at the B.C....

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Metro fruit and vegetable distribution centre employees on strike in Quebec

Workers at Metro's head office and the Laval, Que., fruit and vegetable distribution centre went on strike Monday morning. The strike includes about 550 warehouse workers and drivers at the Mérite 1 warehouse...

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Montreal organizations say Canada is censoring European Parliament member Rima Hassan

Community organizations in Montreal are coming to the defence of a French Palestinian politician who they say was denied entry into Canada because of her political views. Rima Hassan, a member of the European...

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Human rights tribunal approves massive child welfare deal for Ontario First Nations

OTTAWA — The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has approved a landmark First Nations child welfare deal between the federal government and First Nations in Ontario, partially ending a decades-long discrimination...

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