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Federal government would join challenge of Quebec's Bill 21 at Supreme Court
MONTREAL - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says his government will join a legal challenge to Quebec's religious symbols law if it reaches the Supreme Court. Lametti told reporters in Montreal ...
May 25, 2022
Peter Nygard sexual assault case to return to Montreal courtroom in July
MONTREAL - Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard's sexual assault and forcible confinement case in Quebec will return to a Montreal courtroom July 8. Nygard remains detained in Toronto and did not appea...
May 25, 2022
Federal government says court challenge to Quebec language law possible
MONTREAL - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says his government is not ruling out a court challenge to Quebec's newly adopted language-reform law. But Lametti says he first wants to see how it's...
May 25, 2022
Victims' families boycott N.S. mass shooting inquiry over questioning of Mounties
TRURO, N.S. - Family members of victims of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting have told their lawyers to boycott a public inquiry after a decision preventing cross-examination of key Mountie witnesses...
May 25, 2022
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime advances to third round at French Open
PARIS - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime scored a straight-set 6-0, 6-3 and 6-4 victory over Camilo Ugo Carabelli of Argentina to move on to the third round of the French Open on Wednesday. Auger-Alia...
May 25, 2022
Stomper of the Year awarded to RaeDawn Barker
The Grande Prairie Stompede officially kicked off on Tuesday with the Bust Out BBQ and awards presentations. RaeDawn Barker is the Stomper of the Year. This is given to a Stompede Committee member for...
May 25, 2022
Brittney Griner's wife tells ABC she wants WNBA star home
Brittney Griner's wife Cherelle wants President Joe Biden to secure her partner's release, doing whatever is necessary to get the WNBA star home from Russia where she has been detained for more than t...
May 25, 2022
Brittney Griner's wife tells ABC she wants WNBA star home
Brittney Griner's wife Cherelle wants President Joe Biden to secure her partner's release, doing whatever is necessary to get the WNBA star home from Russia where she has been detained for more than t...
May 25, 2022
French Conservative debate, Tamara Lich bail hearing : In The News for May 25
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 May 25 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
May 25, 2022
Cross-examination continues for Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard
TORONTO - Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is expected to return to the stand today at his sex assault trial. The Hedley frontman has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual assault causing bodily h...
May 25, 2022