Inquiry into government's use of Emergencies Act starting today in Ottawa
The public inquiry investigating the federal government's unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act in February begins today in downtown Ottawa.
Parties to the inquiry including "Freedom Convoy" organizers, the prime minister, seven federal ministers, police forces and officials from all levels of government are expected to appear in the coming weeks.
Commissioner Paul Rouleau and his staff are expected to spend the first day presenting documents and evidence ahead of witness testimony starting Friday.
Who's in and who's out as Conservative party critics under Poilievre's leadership
In an effort to send a message of unity, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has welcomed two former leadership rivals to serve as critics in Parliament — but he has also left out two of the party's more prominent names.
Ontario members of Parliament Scott Aitchison and Leslyn Lewis are among the group of 51 Tory MPs chosen to go head-to-head with Liberal government ministers on certain files, according to a list Poilievre's office released Wednesday.
But well-known caucus members Ed Fast and Michelle Rempel Garner are off the list.
"Most discriminated-against group': Alberta premier pledges to protect unvaccinated
Danielle Smith, sworn in Tuesday as Alberta's new premier, said she will shake up the top tier of the health system within three months and amend provincial human rights law to protect those who choose not to get vaccinated.
“(The unvaccinated) have been the most discriminated-against group that I’ve ever witnessed in my lifetime,” Smith told reporters at the legislature.
Two police officers dead after shooting at home in Innisfil, Ont.
Police north of Toronto say two officers are dead after they were shot while responding to a disturbance call on Tuesday night.
South Simcoe Police Service say the shooting happened at a home in the town of Innisfil, Ont., just before 8 p.m.
Police say both officers were taken to a nearby hospital, where one officer died.
They say the second officer later died after he was airlifted to a Toronto trauma centre in critical condition.
Ontario's police watchdog agency, the Special Investigations Unit, has been called in to investigate.
Scott Smith out as Hockey Canada's president and CEO; board of directors resigns
Scott Smith spent nearly three decades climbing the ladder at Hockey Canada.
He lasted just over three months at the top following a series of scandals that have rocked the sport's national organization to its core.
Smith is out as Hockey Canada's president and CEO, the embattled federation announced Tuesday.
The board of directors has also resigned.
'X-ray specs': Canadian scientists starry-eyed over James Webb space telescope
It's as if they were using a telescope not just to peer into space, but also into time.
Canadian scientists are already using spectacular data and images from the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope to look backward into some of the oldest stars ever studied and forward into how new stars and planets are born.
U.K. man sentenced to life in prison for murder of Canadian teenager
A British man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a Canadian teenager who moved to England last year after meeting him online.
Essex Police said Monday that Jack Sepple will spend a minimum 23 1/2 years in prison for the death of Ashley Wadsworth of Vernon, B.C.
Wadsworth, 19, was stabbed and strangled during a sustained attack in the 23-year-old's home on Feb. 1, police said.
Sepple pleaded guilty to Wadsworth's murder last month.
Trudeau condemns deadly Russian strikes on Kyiv, Ukrainian cities
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Russia's latest attacks on Ukraine as the country unleashed a lethal barrage of strikes against multiple Ukrainian cities on Monday, including downtown Kyiv where at least six people were killed.
While speaking on the phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday, Trudeau deplored the attacks and reiterated Canada's support for Ukraine.
'Some heroes wear moccasins:' Saskatchewan stabbing victims died helping others
Some of the people who died in the stabbing massacre on James Smith Cree Nation last month were killed because they were trying to help others, RCMP say.
Residents put themselves at risk and in some cases paid with their lives for simply trying to protect others in their community, Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore told The Canadian Press in a recent interview.
Competition Bureau probe of 'flushable' wipes goes down the drain
To flush or not to flush?
It is a question Canada's Competition Bureau says it cannot answer.
Three years ago, Friends of the Earth Canada and lawyers from Ecojustice filed a grievance with the bureau saying the makers of 20 disposable wipes were falsely advertising the products as safe to flush down the toilet.
In February, the Competition Bureau informed Friends in a letter that it was closing its inquiry because it's not clear what it really means to be "flushable."