Category Archives: National News – CP

VANCOUVER - Jennifer Larue just wants her husband to be able to hold their baby. But COVID-19 outbreaks at federal prisons and the subsequent lockdown to prevent the virus spread means Larue's husband...

TORONTO - Hundreds of anti-racism demonstrators took their message to Toronto's city hall and Ontario's legislature in a pair of protests Saturday, taking a knee in silence at points, amid events acro...

OTTAWA - Highly anticipated reforms to Canadian divorce law have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The reforms were to have gone into effect on July 1 but Justice Minister David Lametti say...

VANCOUVER - A drug user "forced" to switch to a reformulated methadone treatment introduced in British Columbia six years ago has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the provincial gove...

Nunavut is planning its own civilian police review agency over concerns that Inuit are too often treated badly by RCMP. "I will commit to taking action on a civilian-led investigation for se...

WINNIPEG - Canada's first black police chief says he will be joining people to shine a light of hope "into the darkness of this moment" as anti-racism demonstrations take place around the world. "We m...

VICTORIA - Criminal and civil contempt of court charges have been dropped against those who were arrested in February for violating an injunction while fighting the construction of...

MONTREAL - A Montreal man says he's been left traumatized following an arrest by police north of the city in which he was allegedly dragged from a car by his hair and struck. Samue...

SAINT-JEROME, Que. - The defence lawyer for Ugo Fredette, a Quebec man convicted of two murders in 2017, told a courtroom Friday that his client will die in jail if sentenced to 50 years behind b...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived at an anti-racism protest in Ottawa. It's one of multiple events in Canada today, following days of demonstrations against racism and police brutalit...