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Canada's Olympic swim trials get underway after pandemic postponements
The long wait is over for Canada's top swimmers. The Olympic swim trials start Saturday in Toronto's Pan Am Sports Centre after cancellation in 2020 and a pair of postponements in 2021 because of the ...
Jun 18, 2021
Politicians call for investigation over video of Montreal cops arresting Black youth
MONTREAL - Some Quebec politicians are calling for an investigation after a video was released that appears to show a Montreal police officer with his knee on a Black youth's neck during an arrest. Th...
Jun 18, 2021
First Nations child-welfare hearings wrap after week of arguments
OTTAWA - Lawyers wrapped up arguments today in a Federal Court case focused on how to compensate First Nations children unnecessarily taken from their families due to Canada's discriminatory policies....
Jun 18, 2021
Crown opts for direct indictment for Quebec City Halloween night stabbing suspect
QUEBEC - Prosecutors in the case of the Quebec City Halloween night stabbing attack that killed two people filed a direct indictment today against the accused. It means the case against 25-year-old Ca...
Jun 18, 2021
Toronto Arrows face more challenges as Major League Rugby season winds down
A loss Saturday to NOLA Gold would result in the Toronto Arrows being mathematically eliminated from Major League Rugby playoff contention. And the Arrows (4-8-0) have more problems to come as the reg...
Jun 18, 2021
Montreal's Auger-Aliassime advances to the semifinals of the Noventi Open
HALLE, Germany - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is heading to the semifinals of the Noventi Open. Auger-Aliassime, from Montreal, downed American qualifier Marcos Giron 6-3, 6-2 in quarterfinal play a...
Jun 18, 2021
Quebec Conservatives recruit ex-CAQ Claire Samson as party's first legislature member
QUEBEC - Former Coalition Avenir Qubec member Claire Samson, dumped by the governing party's caucus earlier this week, has switched sides to the Conservative Party of Quebec. Samson made the move offi...
Jun 18, 2021
Nova Scotia drops course that asked pupils to list benefits of residential schools
HALIFAX - Responding to complaints from an Indigenous girl and her mother, the Nova Scotia government has deleted a high school correspondence course that asks students to list the advantages of the r...
Jun 18, 2021
Trudeau defends Sajjan, accuses Tories of slandering embattled defence minister
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending embattled Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan after the latter was censured by the House of Commons. Trudeau says Sajjan has spent his life serving Canad...
Jun 18, 2021
Kenney to deliver update with Alberta on cusp of dropping all COVID-19 restrictions
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will deliver an update today on COVID-19 health rules, with the province on the cusp of fully reopening its economy. Kenney has said Alberta needs 70 per cent o...
Jun 18, 2021