Murray Wood: Self-defence is a legitimate legal defence in home invasion
An Ontario man was charged for allegedly assaulting an intruder in his home, sparking wide reaction this week. Murray Wo...
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Military Police Complaints Commission investigating botched shooter drill on CAF base
OTTAWA - The Military Police Complaints Commission will hold public hearings to investigate what happened during a botched active-shooter drill on a Canadian Forces base last fall that reportedly left...
Jul 23, 2025
Outgoing antisemitism envoy calls out business, religious leaders for lack of action
OTTAWA - Ottawa's outgoing envoy for tackling antisemitism is accusing Canada's business sector and civil society of failing to call out a rising tide of hate against Jews and other minorities. In an ...
Jul 23, 2025
Trump announces more trade deals as deadline looms for higher tariffs on Canada
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump announced more trade deals this week as his deadline for Canada and the United States to negotiate a new economic and security agreement draws closer. Trump bo...
Jul 23, 2025
Canada should follow U.K.'s move to lower voting age to 16, says senator
OTTAWA - Now that the British government has vowed to lower its voting age to 16 by the next general election, one Canadian senator says it's past time for Canada to do the same. The U.K. announced la...
Jul 23, 2025 A voter leaves a polling station after casting a ballot in the federal election in Calgary on Monday, April 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Premiers entering final day of meetings with public safety, internal trade on agenda
Canada's premiers are set to meet for the third and final day of their gathering in Ontario's cottage country, with internal trade, public safety and health care on the agenda. The premiers met with P...
Jul 23, 2025 Ontario Premier Doug Ford, top centre, speaks as he hosts the premiers during the 2025 summer meetings of Canada’s Premiers at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ont., on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Fitness hearing for Adam Kai-Ji Lo, accused of 11 murders at Vancouver festival
VANCOUVER - The man accused of ramming an SUV into a crowd and killing 11 people at the Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival is set to appear in court today, with a judge determining if he's fit to stand ...
Jul 23, 2025 Debris is seen on East 43rd Avenue in Vancouver, where a vehicle drove into crowd at a Lapu Lapu Day festival the night before, on Sunday April 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rich Lam
In the news today: Convoy leaders to be sentenced, festival attack suspect in court
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Sentencing begins for 'Freedom Convoy' leaders The sentencing hearing for "Freedom Convoy" leaders Tamara Lich...
Jul 23, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney visits his birthplace in Northwest Territories
FORT SMITH - Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the town where he was born Wednesday, as he travels across the Northwest Territories. Carney spent his early childhood in Fort Smith, south of Yellowkni...
Jul 23, 2025
Judge set to deliver ruling after turbulent sexual assault trial of five hockey players
Seven years after an encounter that put sports culture under a national microscope and sparked a new wave of conversations about consent, a judge is set to rule this week on whether the actions of fiv...
Jul 23, 2025
Hockey players' sex assault trial: What court heard about each of the 5 accused
An Ontario judge is set to deliver her ruling Thursday in the case of five hockey players accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room seven years ago. Michael McLeod, Carter H...
Jul 23, 2025
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, August 21
Evan talks with Regina Mayor Chad Bachynski, author Lance Valcour, about his new book on first responders' mental health...
