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Appeal court to rule on federal use of Emergencies Act in response to 2022 protests
By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2026
OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal is set to rule today on whether it was reasonable for the Liberal government to use the Emergencies Act four years ago to quell protests in the national capital and at key border points. For about three weeks in January and February 2022, downtown Ottawa was filled with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Carney reaches tariff-quota deal with China on EVs, canola
By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2026
BEIJING — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he has reached a deal with China to allow tens of thousands of Chinese electric vehicles into the country in exchange for lower canola duties. He billed his first such trade deal since taking office as a preliminary one that would boost the economy. Carney says Ottawa expects ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
BEIJING — Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi welcomed Carney and his delegation to China. He said the leaders’ last meeting marked a “turnaround” in China-Canada relations. He said the two countries have since engaged in deep discussions about resuming and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
BEIJING — Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Carney said Thursday that Canada is looking to enter a “new era of relations” with China and the two countries signed a number of agreements this week on energy, agriculture and animal health. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Carney meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
BEIJING — Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Carney said Thursday that Canada is looking to enter a “new era of relations” with China and the two countries signed a number of agreements this week on energy, agriculture and animal health. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Don’t expect spike in arrests after B.C. ends drug decriminalization: police chief
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
The chief of Victoria’s police department supports ending drug decriminalization in British Columbia, but says she doesn’t expect to see a spike in arrests once the program ends this month, since it was already wound back 20 months ago. Fiona Wilson was originally a prominent advocate for decriminalization of personal possession of small amounts of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. councillor charged with four counts of sexual assault involving two complainants
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
VICTORIA — A councillor for the British Columbia city of Maple Ridge has been charged with four counts of sexual assault involving at least two people. The BC Prosecution Service says Ahmed Antar Yousef Mohamed was charged on the recommendation of a special prosecutor appointed last year, whose recommendations had also seen him charged last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: B.C. councillor charged with four counts of sexual assault
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
VICTORIA — A councillor for the British Columbia city of Maple Ridge has been charged with four counts of sexual assault involving at least two people. The BC Prosecution Service says Ahmed Antar Yousef Mohamed was charged on the recommendation of a special prosecutor appointed last year, whose recommendations had previously seen him charged with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lapu Lapu festival attack trial moving to B.C. Supreme Court
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
VANCOUVER — The trial of a man accused plowing his vehicle through the crowded Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver last April is being moved to the B.C. Supreme Court. Adam Kai-Ji Lo, who attended a provincial court hearing in Vancouver by video wearing a navy sweat suit, faces 11 counts of second-degree murder and 31 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!6 economic areas Canada and China have agreed to expand — and one big holdout
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
OTTAWA — Canada and China released a series of agreements Thursday aimed at boosting bilateral trade and investment — even if there is no resolution yet to the tariff dispute. “What it signals to me is a desire to basically revitalize (and) restart a whole bunch of institutional mechanisms that have gone dormant over the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday morning in Beijing
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
BEIJING — Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Xi Jinping are set to meet today in Beijing. The meeting, which is to take place in the late morning in Beijing, will be the second between the two leaders, following a discussion the two had on the sidelines of the APEC summit in South Korea in ... Read More »
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