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Ottawa, provinces ask Supreme Court to uphold law that allows routine traffic stops
By Canadian Press on January 20th, 2026
MONTREAL — Lawyers representing the attorneys general of Canada and several provinces asked the Supreme Court of Canada on Tuesday to uphold a Quebec law allowing police to make routine traffic stops without cause, while civil rights groups insisted such stops lead to racial profiling. The country’s top court spent a second morning hearing arguments ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Energy minister Dix says North Coast Transmission Line will facilitate LNG project
By Canadian Press on January 20th, 2026
British Columbia’s energy minister Adrian Dix says an agreement between BC Hydro and the Nisga’a First Nation will help power a planned floating LNG terminal in northwestern B.C. across the finish line. Dix says the agreement announced in Prince George, B.C. will see the North Coast Transmission Line supply up to 600 megawatts to what ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Witness says Myles Gray ‘didn’t look right’ before fatal 2015 fight with VPD officers
By Canadian Press on January 20th, 2026
VANCOUVER — A woman who saw Myles Gray before his fatal fight with a group of Vancouver police officers in August 2015 says he “just didn’t look right,” as he paced up and down the street near her workplace mumbling to himself. Andreah Pilgrim was testifying on day two of a public hearing into Gray’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A look at some potential candidates for the Coalition Avenir Québec leadership
By Canadian Press on January 20th, 2026
MONTREAL — After more than seven years in power, Quebec Premier François Legault announced on Jan. 15 that he would step down after the Coalition Avenir Québec chooses his replacement. The upcoming leadership race is the first in the CAQ’s history, as Legault co-founded the party in 2011 and has served as its only leader. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney says beefing up Arctic security key to solving Greenland crisis
By Canadian Press on January 20th, 2026
OTTAWA — There are solutions to the crisis enveloping Greenland, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday as global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland absorbed another escalation in U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to assert control over the Danish territory. During his address to the forum in the ski resort town of Davos, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Agriculture minister says first exports of canola seed and beef soon going to China
By Canadian Press on January 20th, 2026
OTTAWA — Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald says China is moving quickly to import Canadian canola and beef after Ottawa struck a deal with Beijing to reduce tariffs. MacDonald says a Chinese importer has ordered 60,000 metric tons of canola seed and he’s aware of a Canadian company shipping its first load of beef to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa, provinces ask Supreme Court to uphold law that allows random traffic stops
By Canadian Press on January 20th, 2026
MONTREAL — Lawyers representing the attorneys general of Canada and several provinces have asked the Supreme Court to affirm laws allowing police to make random, routine traffic stops. Federal Justice Department lawyer Marc Ribeiro told Canada’s highest court that police need the discretionary power to stop motorists at random in order to combat impaired driving. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Father’s tribute to B.C. teen Piper James, found dead in Australia circled by dingoes
By Canadian Press on January 20th, 2026
The father of Canadian teenager Piper James, who was found dead surrounded by a pack of dingoes on an Australian beach this week, says her family is “shattered” by her loss. Todd James says on social media that his 19-year-old daughter, who was from Campbell River, B.C., had the “strength and determination to follow her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Father honours B.C. teen found dead in Australia, circled by dingoes
By Canadian Press on January 20th, 2026
The father of Canadian teenager Piper James, who was found dead surrounded by a pack of dingoes on an Australian beach this week, says her family is “shattered” by her loss. Todd James says on social media that his 19-year-old daughter, who was from Campbell River, B.C., had the “strength and determination to follow her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney takes cautious approach to Trump’s invitation to join ‘Board of Peace’
By Canadian Press on January 20th, 2026
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney is sounding a cautious note on his invitation to take part in U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” — even as other leaders balk at the hefty price tag and the list of countries Trump has invited to participate. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Piper James, who died in Australia circled by dingoes, loved nature: friend
By Canadian Press on January 20th, 2026
Brianna Falk was in disbelief when she learned the Canadian whose body was found surrounded by dingoes on an Australian beach was the girl she sat beside during a high school English class just three years ago. “My heart dropped,” Falk said Tuesday in an interview with The Canadian Press from Campbell River, B.C. “You ... Read More »
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