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Ex-Ottawa police chief says force couldn't change much about response to convoy

OTTAWA — The former chief of the Ottawa police says his officers couldn't have done anything materially differently during the response to the "Freedom Convoy.

Oct 26, 2022 1:35 PM Read more >

Atmospheric river forecast in B.C. days after temperature records and drought

VANCOUVER — An atmospheric river packing "narrow bands of heavy precipitation" is forecast for parts of British Columbia just a week after numerous high temperature records were set amid concerns of drought.

Oct 26, 2022 12:02 PM Read more >

African Union visit could mean Canada pivots to 'coherent engagement'

OTTAWA — The African Union's high-level visit to Ottawa this week could signify a long-delayed focus on the continent, as countries vie for a piece of a growing economic pie.

Oct 26, 2022 7:43 AM Read more >

P.M. meets African Union Chair and latest immigration data: In The News for Oct. 26

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 Oct. 26 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

Oct 26, 2022 2:15 AM Read more >

Mountie wears 'thin blue line' patch while escorting man convicted of hate crime

REGINA — A symbol that has been associated with white nationalist movements was recently worn by a Saskatchewan Mountie while escorting an inmate who had just been sentenced for hate speech.

Oct 26, 2022 2:00 AM Read more >

Appeal filed against Alberta Review Board ruling that Matthew de Grood still a risk

EDMONTON — A lawyer for a mentally ill man who fatally stabbed five young people at a Calgary house party is appealing a determination that he remains "a significant risk to public safety" and wants him released from custody.

Oct 25, 2022 9:05 PM Read more >

Quebecor CEO agrees to industry minister's conditions around sale of Freedom Mobile

MONTREAL — Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau says he intends to accept the conditions laid out by Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne around the sale of wireless carrier Freedom Mobile to Videotron Ltd.

Oct 25, 2022 8:23 PM Read more >

Canadians must choose between hobbies and children's lives: gun-control group

OTTAWA — An umbrella group of gun-control advocates says any exceptions to the federal handgun freeze should be very narrowly defined.

Oct 25, 2022 6:04 PM Read more >

Parliament Hill language interpreter sent to hospital, union blames lax headset rules

OTTAWA — A parliamentary interpreter was sent to the hospital during a Senate committee meeting last Thursday, and a union blames that on a lax approach to wearing headsets during video conferencing.

Oct 25, 2022 4:35 PM Read more >

Judge in Quebec racial profiling case orders end to random traffic stops

MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has invalidated laws that allow police to randomly pull over drivers for traffic stops.

Oct 25, 2022 4:28 PM Read more >