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Deterrent or discrimination? Quebec defends police power to make random traffic stops

Deterrent or discrimination? Quebec defends police power to make random traffic stops

MONTREAL — The power of police to randomly pull over drivers remains an important tool for deterring dangerous behaviour on the road, a Quebec government lawyer argued Wednesday during a constitutional challenge to traffic stops.
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Soldier James Topp wore uniform while criticizing vaccine mandates to draw attention

Soldier James Topp wore uniform while criticizing vaccine mandates to draw attention

OTTAWA — Warrant Officer James Topp says he does not believe people would have paid attention if he had not donned his uniform to publicly oppose the Canadian military’s vaccine requirements.
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Women graduates, those with college educations more likely to access CERB: StatCan

Women graduates, those with college educations more likely to access CERB: StatCan

OTTAWA — A new Statistics Canada study finds post-secondary graduates who are women were more likely to receive the Canada Emergency Response Benefit in 2020 than those who are men.
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Quebec pressured to cut arsenic emissions from copper factory and preserve 650 jobs

Quebec pressured to cut arsenic emissions from copper factory and preserve 650 jobs

MONTREAL — Quebec's government is facing pressure to reduce arsenic levels in the air of a small northwestern city that is home to a copper foundry employing 650 people but emitting 33 times the provincewide standard of arsenic emissions.
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'Hooks are in:' Father says daughter was manipulated online before disappearance

'Hooks are in:' Father says daughter was manipulated online before disappearance

An Edmonton man says his daughter was fun-loving and kind but started to change as the 13-year-old got caught up in psychological games with an older man online.
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Might be time to leave the U.S., Highland Park locals muse after July Fourth rampage

Might be time to leave the U.S., Highland Park locals muse after July Fourth rampage

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — It was 10:17 a.m. on the Fourth of July, central daylight time, when Shelly Sella's cellphone rang. She remembers the time precisely. What she heard — it was her daughter, Lauren — she will never forget.
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Ukrainian Canadian Congress calls on Canada to lead effort to oust Russia from G20

Ukrainian Canadian Congress calls on Canada to lead effort to oust Russia from G20

OTTAWA — The Ukrainian Canadian Congress wants Canada to up the pressure on Vladimir Putin's regime and lead a global charge to get Russia expelled from the G20.
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First set of tickets for Pope's mass in Edmonton booked within minutes

First set of tickets for Pope's mass in Edmonton booked within minutes

EDMONTON — Thousands of tickets for the Pope's open-air mass at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium were all booked about 15 minutes after they were made available to the public for free.
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A chronology of Patrick Brown's political career

A chronology of Patrick Brown's political career

A timeline of the ups and downs in Patrick Brown's political career: 1998: elected president of the Ontario PC Youth Association. 2000: elected as city councillor in Barrie, Ont. 2003: re-elected as Barrie city councillor.
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Tory leadership candidate disqualified and Yukon heat: In The News for July 6, 2022

Tory leadership candidate disqualified and Yukon heat: In The News for July 6, 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 Wednesday, July 6, 2022 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
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