Bilingual Quebec municipalities have lost their bid to have several parts of the government’s French-language reform suspended while their case makes its way through the courts. The communities asked the Quebec Superior Court last month to suspend the application of parts of Bill 96 — as the language reform is known — arguing it would […]

The Calgary Public Library says its branches will reopen later this week with limited services after revealing it suffered a cybersecurity breach. The library says in an update posted on its website that patrons will have access to spaces in its branches that “do not require technology” when they reopen Wednesday, and that people will […]

All Calgary Public Library locations have been closed due to a cybersecurity breach. The library posted the news on its website, stating the closures took effect as of 5 p.m. Friday. The post says that in addition to the closures, all servers and library computer access are being turned off.  No further details on the […]

Another beluga whale has died at Marineland and four years into a provincial probe, Ontario’s solicitor general is saying little about the investigation’s progress. The latest beluga death is the fourth in the past year, provincial records show. Since 2019, 16 belugas and one killer whale have died at the Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction, […]

An officer in Lethbridge, Alta., has received a reprimand for improperly accessing information in a police database about former NDP legislature member Shannon Phillips. Phillips was environment minister when she was surveilled and photographed at a diner in 2017 by officers concerned she was making off-highway changes at a nearby wilderness area. Her information was […]

Burlington resident Eric Straughan-Ostrosky, 28, has been arrested and charged with multiple child exploitation offences. A joint online investigation was launched in July 2024 by the Halton police and the Ontario provincial police.   Straughan-Ostrosky faces three counts of luring a child and making child pornography following the investigation, which utilized several social media platforms. He […]

A rural Colorado county courthouse beefed up security Friday after threats were made against staff and a judge who sentenced former county clerk Tina Peters to nearly nine years behind bars and admonished her for her role in a data breach scheme catalyzed by the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from former President […]

The police officer who was shot and seriously injured in Toronto’s midtown on Wednesday was released from hospital the next day, a spokeswoman for the Toronto Police Association confirmed Friday. The shooting in the Yonge and Eglinton neighbourhood fuelled concerns about a recent spate of Toronto gun violence and recharged political debates about Canada’s bail […]

A man accused of shooting a Toronto police officer in the city’s busy midtown neighbourhood was charged with attempted murder Thursday, as the force and the province’s police watchdog conducted parallel investigations. Court documents indicate a man with the same name as the suspect was out on bail at the time of Wednesday’s shooting after […]

A group of 23 bilingual municipalities asked a Quebec Superior Court judge on Monday to suspend several portions of the province’s 2022 language reform, arguing that the application of the law will cause them serious and irreparable harm. Lawyer Julius Grey told the Montreal courtroom that the law contains measures that will have “enormous consequences” […]

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — The Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah was a “measure of justice” for victims of a four-decade “reign of terror,” President Joe Biden said Saturday. The comments came after Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed earlier Saturday that Nasrallah, one of the group’s founders, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in […]

Canada’s chief electoral officer is playing down any suggestion that Elections Canada should directly administer political nomination or leadership contests. During an appearance at a federal inquiry into foreign interference, Stéphane Perrault pointed to the importance of parties controlling their own processes and indicated his agency lacks the resources to administer such contests in any […]