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'Diagolon' founder Jeremy MacKenzie expected to testify at Emergencies Act inquiry

'Diagolon' founder Jeremy MacKenzie expected to testify at Emergencies Act inquiry

OTTAWA — The public inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act during "Freedom Convoy" protests says it expects to call "Diagolon" founder Jeremy MacKenzie as a witness.
Santa Claus isn't coming to town, Vancouver parade cancelled for third year

Santa Claus isn't coming to town, Vancouver parade cancelled for third year

VANCOUVER — The Santa Claus Parade in downtown Vancouver has been cancelled for a third straight year, but this time COVID-19 isn't playing the Grinch.
Witness tells B.C. mayor's mischief trial she called him evil, said he had scaly face

Witness tells B.C. mayor's mischief trial she called him evil, said he had scaly face

SURREY, B.C. — The first witness at the public mischief trial of Surrey, B.C., Mayor Doug McCallum says she swore at him and told him he had a scaly face during a "heated debate" outside a grocery store.
Blair insists he 'did not ask' RCMP to release information about N.S. shooting guns

Blair insists he 'did not ask' RCMP to release information about N.S. shooting guns

OTTAWA — Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair is sticking to his stance that he did not interfere in a police investigation into the Nova Scotia mass shooting of April 2020.
Delegation returns from Haiti amid high expectations for Canadian leadership

Delegation returns from Haiti amid high expectations for Canadian leadership

OTTAWA — A team tasked with assessing the crisis in Haiti has returned home and is now briefing senior officials as the Canadian government weighs a potential military mission to assist the beleaguered Caribbean nation, according to Canada’s ambassad
Saskatchewan premier apologizes after killer invited to throne speech

Saskatchewan premier apologizes after killer invited to throne speech

REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe apologized Monday after a notorious killer attended the government's tough-on-crime throne speech last week — and went a step further by stripping caucus duties from the member who invited Colin Thatcher.
Ottawa police failed to follow procedure to get help during 'Freedom Convoy': Blair

Ottawa police failed to follow procedure to get help during 'Freedom Convoy': Blair

OTTAWA — During dramatic testimony on Monday, former Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly called out his former boss Bill Blair, who now serves as a federal minister, over his assertions that local police didn't follow proper procedure to get help they ne
New Montreal clinic will be part of Quebec network studying long COVID, Lyme disease

New Montreal clinic will be part of Quebec network studying long COVID, Lyme disease

MONTREAL — A new clinic opened Monday in Montreal to treat patients and help researchers better understand two conditions with different origins but similar symptoms — long COVID and Lyme disease.
B.C. teachers union says new contract puts teachers in 'top tier' in Canada

B.C. teachers union says new contract puts teachers in 'top tier' in Canada

VANCOUVER — A tentative contract has been reached for British Columbia's 49,000 public school teachers in a deal the union says would take them from near the bottom to the "top tier" of pay in Canada.
Ukraine tracking thousands of war crimes despite judicial system woes: chief justice

Ukraine tracking thousands of war crimes despite judicial system woes: chief justice

OTTAWA — Violence in Ukraine has crippled the country's judicial system, the chief justice of its Supreme Court says, and left it struggling to handle tens of thousands of criminal reports arising from the war.