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'All options on the table' to end protest ensnaring Ottawa, says police chief
OTTAWA - The head of the Ottawa police says "all options are on the table" when it comes to ending an ongoing - and potentially resurging - anti-vaccine mandate protest that some local councillors are...
Feb 02, 2022
No parking for wood splitter at centre of case against former B.C. clerk, court hears
VANCOUVER - The former facilities manager at the British Columbia legislature told a trial Wednesday that a wood splitter was being stored at the clerk's home while a parking spot was sorted out for i...
Feb 02, 2022
Manitoba RCMP in Toronto to track path migrant family took before dying at border
WINNIPEG - Investigators with Manitoba RCMP are in Toronto tracking tips and information related to an Indian migrant family who froze to death last month near the Canada-U. S. border. RCMP say they a...
Feb 02, 2022
Quebec bill would require some conjugal violence offenders to wear tracking bracelets
Quebec Public Security Minister Genevive Guilbault has introduced a bill that would require some domestic violence offenders to wear electronic tracking bracelets. Guilbault told reporters Wednesday t...
Feb 02, 2022
Three coaches at Montreal high school arrested following sexual assault investigation
Montreal police say three men who coached sports at a high school in the city's St-Laurent borough have been arrested in connection with a sex crimes investigation involving minors. Two men aged 43 an...
Feb 02, 2022
Images from Quebec high school homework assignment called out as racist
MONTREAL - A homework assignment distributed to high school students on Montreal's south shore is being called racist because it asks them to describe two "gangsters" who resemble racialized people. G...
Feb 02, 2022
Riders’ O’Day addresses where team sits as free agency approaches
There could be some significant changes to the Saskatchewan Roughriders' roster after CFL free agency starts Tuesday.For starters, it doesn't look like Ed Gainey - who spent the past five seasons with...
Feb 02, 2022
Erin O'Toole is out as Conservative leader -- a look at some potential replacements
OTTAWA - Erin O'Toole has been voted out as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. A look at some potential contenders to replace him: Pierre Poilievre - The Ottawa-area MP and finance critic is ...
Feb 02, 2022
Online streaming act covers streaming giants, promotes Canadian content
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is reviving proposed legislation that would subject streaming companies, such as Netflix, to the same rules as traditional broadcasters. The Online Streaming Act introd...
Feb 02, 2022
'Hold tight. We're here': Constables recall helping Calgary officer after hit and run
CALGARY - A police constable became emotional Wednesday as he described to a murder trial how he knelt down and comforted a fellow officer lying on a road after a car hit him following a hit and run. ...
Feb 02, 2022