The final witnesses will appear this week at the public inquiry into the federal government’s unprecedented use of emergency powers to end the convoy protests that had shut down Ottawa earlier this year. You can watch the hearings of the Public Order Emergency Commission here. Here’s a breakdown of why the inquiry is …

Justice Minister David Lametti is expected to field questions about the legal advice the federal government got before invoking the Emergencies Act to deal with anti-public health measure protests last winter when he testifies before the public inquiry later today. The attorney general is one of three federal ministers before …

It’s being called the Pieramoha Plan — the “Victory Plan.” Never heard of it? You’re not alone. The plan for civil resistance in Belarus being touted by opposition leader-in-exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya — who is in Canada this week and is set to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — has received very …

Like so many people contemplating long-term care, Louis Capozzi said he was nervous about what he would find when he started looking at homes. “I heard so many awful things about, you know, people getting not well taken care of, laying in bed, needing to be changed and people hitting them …

Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney accused the federal government of leaving provinces “holding the bag” to clear Freedom Convoy protesters who blockaded a border crossing in southern Alberta, a public inquiry has learned. Documents released by the inquiry looking into the government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act last winter include …

A  B.C. Supreme Court judge in Kamloops has cancelled a marriage annulment after concluding that the woman who appeared before him to consent to the order was an “imposter.” In a ruling he said was necessary — in part — to prevent a “miscarriage of justice,” Justice Dennis Hori last week set aside an order …

The sanctions Canada announced this weekend against six high-ranking Haitian politicians may or may not succeed in changing their behaviour — but they did show that the government of Canada is not as committed to Haiti’s ruling party as the Haitian opposition has claimed. All six of the sanctioned figures were …

A daycare operator in Regina says the current flu season has been even worse than when “we were in full COVID.”  “People were isolating at that time and whatnot, but now everyone is back,” said Megan Schmidt, director of First Years Learning Center. “It just seems that everybody is catching …

Two explosions at bus stops on Jerusalem’s outskirts killed one person and wounded at least 14 others on Wednesday, health officials said, in what Israeli police said appeared to be an attack by Palestinian militants. Lisa Stadelbauer, the Canadian ambassador to Israel, said the deceased was a “young Canadian,” confirming …

The first day a new Toronto city council meets is normally a time of ceremony and smiles, as new councillors get introduced and statutory business gets done — but when council gets together on Wednesday for the first time since last month’s election, it might just be a more tense affair than usual. Experts say the first two-day …