Canada
Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis arrested in Italy on sexual assault charges
Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis is under house arrest in southern Italy on charges of sexual assault and aggravated personal injury, accusations that the Canadian director...
US Southern Baptists release scathing report on sexual abuse
For decades, complaints of sex abuse by pastors and staff in the largest U.S. Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, were either ignored or covered...
G7 to phase out Russian oil, U.S. sanctions Gazprombank execs over Ukraine war
Group of Seven (G7) nations committed on Sunday to ban or phase out imports of Russian oil and the United States unveiled sanctions against Gazprombank...
Lockheed Martin takes big step toward winning Canada jet race
Canada has picked Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) as the preferred bidder to supply 88 new fighter jets, Procurement Minister Filomena Tassi said Monday, in a...
As world scrambles for oil, Canadian producers reluctant to spend on growth
The world is scrambling for oil after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent prices rocketing and upended global supply but producers in Canada, home to the...
Canadian police push to restore normality to the capital
Canadian police on Saturday worked to restore normality to the capital after trucks and demonstrators occupied the downtown core of Ottawa for more than three...
Canada police set to end siege of capital by protesters fighting COVID measures
Canadian police are poised to clear out on Friday hundreds of truck drivers from Ottawa who have staged a three-week-long protest against pandemic restrictions that...
Canada’s Trudeau to invoke emergency powers to end protests; how will it squeeze funding of the trucker protests?
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday activated rarely used emergency powers in an effort to end protests that have shut some U.S. border crossings...
Protesters defy injunction order, continue to occupy key U.S.-Canada bridge
Protesters opposing pandemic restrictions flouted a court order and emergency rules, continuing to occupy a vital Canada-U.S. trade corridor early on Saturday, hours after a judge...