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English-language debate ahead of Quebec vote cancelled after premier pulls out

English-language debate ahead of Quebec vote cancelled after premier pulls out

MONTREAL — An English-language leaders debate that was scheduled to take place ahead of Quebec's October election has been cancelled after Premier François Legault refused to participate.
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Complainant was 'distraught' after encounter with Hoggard, friends tell trial

Complainant was 'distraught' after encounter with Hoggard, friends tell trial

TORONTO — An Ottawa woman who alleges she was violently raped by Jacob Hoggard appeared "distraught" and not like herself after going to meet the singer in Toronto, her friends testified Friday.
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Canadian warship hit with COVID-19 outbreak ahead of overseas deployment

Canadian warship hit with COVID-19 outbreak ahead of overseas deployment

OTTAWA — A Canadian warship has been hit with an outbreak of COVID-19 while preparing for an overseas deployment in the Pacific. HMCS Winnipeg is back home in Esquimalt, B.C.
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Inukjuak men's association teaching the next generation of Inuit hunters

Inukjuak men's association teaching the next generation of Inuit hunters

INUKJUAK, Que. — Elder Simeonie Ohaituk sits on a caribou skin on the floor of the Unaaq Men’s Association in Inukjuak, Que., pulling and cutting a stretchy, cylindrical piece of sealskin.
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Canadian helping reform Ukrainian military says she's not surprised by its resilience

Canadian helping reform Ukrainian military says she's not surprised by its resilience

OTTAWA — Jill Sinclair has been wracked by a combination of anguish, sickness and anger as well as extraordinary pride as she has watched Ukrainians stand fast in the face of Russia’s invasion of their homeland.
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Quebec coroner calls public inquiry into Montreal firefighter's drowning

Quebec coroner calls public inquiry into Montreal firefighter's drowning

MONTREAL — Quebec's chief coroner is calling a public inquiry into the drowning of a Montreal firefighter last year. Pierre Lacroix, a father of two, died after he was thrown into the St. Lawrence River during a rescue mission in October.
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Lewis in leadership contest and Singh targeted on tour: In The News for May 13, 2022

Lewis in leadership contest and Singh targeted on tour: In The News for May 13, 2022

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 May 13, 2022 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
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Battle for the base: What Conservatives think of Lewis – in a race against Poilievre

Battle for the base: What Conservatives think of Lewis – in a race against Poilievre

EDMONTON — It was a common refrain heard from Conservative party members gathered in Edmonton to watch the leadership debate: I like Leslyn Lewis, but I'm picking Pierre Poilievre.
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Feds seek dismissal of planned class action against RCMP over facial recognition tool

Feds seek dismissal of planned class action against RCMP over facial recognition tool

OTTAWA — The federal government is asking a judge to dismiss a Quebec photographer's bid for certification of a class-action lawsuit, possibly involving millions of people, over the RCMP's use of a controversial facial-recognition tool.
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Parks Canada capital budget falls as agency works on new plan for crumbling assets

Parks Canada capital budget falls as agency works on new plan for crumbling assets

OTTAWA — The capital budget for Canada's national parks and historic sites is being slashed by more than two-thirds this year even as more than 30 per cent of the agency's assets remain in poor or very poor condition.
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