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Alberta would need to negotiate international agreements if it quits CPP: Freeland

Alberta would need to negotiate international agreements if it quits CPP: Freeland

OTTAWA — Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says if Alberta were to quit the Canada Pension Plan it would require a "complex and multi-year process" of negotiating international social security agreements to deal with contributors who work ab
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Safe supply supporters march after arrests of Vancouver drug activists

Safe supply supporters march after arrests of Vancouver drug activists

VANCOUVER — Activist and podcaster Garth Mullins has been advocating for safe supply of illegal drugs for years, but says he started feeling a "moral panic brewing" recently against the idea.
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Federal appeals court upholds Illinois semiautomatic weapons ban

Federal appeals court upholds Illinois semiautomatic weapons ban

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.
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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Deputy national security adviser Jon Finer; Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Va.; Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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Lawyers in Trump's civil fraud trial are ordered to clam up about judge's communications with staff

Lawyers in Trump's civil fraud trial are ordered to clam up about judge's communications with staff

NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial barred attorneys in the case Friday from commenting on “confidential communications” between him and his staff, after the former president's attorneys renewed claims that a clerk
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Turpel-Lafond removed from Order of Canada after Indigenous identity discredited

Turpel-Lafond removed from Order of Canada after Indigenous identity discredited

OTTAWA — Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a high-profile former judge whose claims to Indigenous identity have been discredited, is no longer a member of the Order of Canada.
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Supreme Court rules mandatory minimum sentences for child luring are unconstitutional

Supreme Court rules mandatory minimum sentences for child luring are unconstitutional

OTTAWA — Canada's top court has ruled that applying mandatory minimum sentences to the offence of child luring is unconstitutional.
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Appeals courts temporarily lifts Trump's gag order as he fights the restrictions on his speech

Appeals courts temporarily lifts Trump's gag order as he fights the restrictions on his speech

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court temporarily lifted a gag order on Donald Trump in his 2020 election interference case in Washington on Friday — the latest twist in the legal fight over the restrictions on the former president's speech.
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Officer who shot Breonna Taylor says fellow officer fired 'haphazardly' into apartment during raid

Officer who shot Breonna Taylor says fellow officer fired 'haphazardly' into apartment during raid

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The ex-Louisville officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor during a botched police raid took the witness stand Friday and criticized the actions of a former officer who is on trial on charges of violating Taylor’s civil rights .
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Conservation deal aims to protect 30 per cent of B.C. land by 2030

Conservation deal aims to protect 30 per cent of B.C. land by 2030

Canada's greatest ally in the fight against climate change is nature itself, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Friday, after signing a $1.1 billion deal with British Columbia and Indigenous leaders to protect 30 per cent of B.
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