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Canada's PM Trudeau in Brussels for NATO meeting, then Canada-EU summit
BRUSSELS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Brussels today for a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and then a Canada-EU summit. Trudeau will begin his day by meeting the president o...
Jun 14, 2021
Canadian producers hoping U.S. eases cannabis prohibitions nervously eyeing calendar
WASHINGTON - Canada's cannabis industry, banking on the chance to expand into the United States, is nervously eyeing the American political calendar and the Biden administration's narrow legislative w...
Jun 14, 2021
First Nations child welfare case gets underway in Federal Court today
Ottawa's legal challenge of two rulings involving First Nations children taken from their families by an underfunded child-welfare system will be heard in Federal Court today. The federal government h...
Jun 14, 2021
Nathaniel Veltman, accused of killing four in London, Ont., set to appear in court
A court hearing is scheduled today for the man accused of deliberately striking and killing four members of a Muslim family with his truck in London, Ont. Nathaniel Veltman made a brief appearance in ...
Jun 14, 2021
Trial set to begin for Linda O'Leary, charged in fatal 2019 boat crash
A trial is set to begin today for Linda O'Leary, the wife of celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary, who is charged in a boat crash that killed two people. The collision -- which took place on Lake Josep...
Jun 14, 2021
Trudeau pledges support for Ukraine, mum on support for next step in NATO membership
BRUSSELS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is joining a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with Canada reiterating its broad support for Ukraine, but not whether it will back a move by Ky...
Jun 13, 2021
‘A sense of numbness:’ Wolseley still coming to terms with tragic incident involving RCMP officer
A lot has changed in the town of Wolseley within the last 24 hours.Saturday, the downtown core was turned into a police scene, with investigations ongoing by police members following a tragic death in...
Jun 13, 2021
Montreal-area ambulance paramedics announce strike; say medical care to be maintained
MONTREAL - The union representing ambulance paramedics in the Montreal and Laval areas says just over 1,000 of its members will be on strike as of midnight. Union spokeswoman Eve-Marie Lacasse says th...
Jun 13, 2021
Police mourn death of Mountie killed in the line of duty in rural Saskatchewan
Police are mourning the death of an RCMP officer killed in the line of duty in rural Saskatchewan yesterday. Const. Shelby Patton was hit by an allegedly stolen truck that he had pulled over at about ...
Jun 13, 2021
Province on the cusp of reopening, nearing 900,000 COVID-19 vaccines mark; 65 new cases
Saskatchewan is on the cusp of reopening the province. With 69 per cent of those 18 and older already have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, just one more per cent is needed to begin the ...
Jun 13, 2021