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People have a right to capture footage of police on the job, say legal experts

Legal and privacy experts have a unified message for Canadians leery of facing threats or consequences for filming police interactions with the public — the law is on your side.

Jun 17, 2020 10:40 AM Read more >

Researchers crack mystery of dinosaur eggs missing from fossil record

CALGARY — Researchers believe they have cracked the mystery of why fossilized eggs of only a few types of dinosaurs have been found.

Jun 17, 2020 10:32 AM Read more >

More women join lawsuit against Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard

More women have added their names to a class-action lawsuit alleging they were sexually assaulted by Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard. Eleven women recently joined the lawsuit, filed in the U.S.

Jun 17, 2020 9:54 AM Read more >

Police say no charges stemming from racist video allegedly created by Montreal teens

Montreal police say two teens allegedly behind a racist video that has circulated widely online this week won't face criminal charges. Const.

Jun 17, 2020 9:22 AM Read more >

Trudeau promises economic and fiscal ‘snapshot’ July 8

The prime minister had previously called such an update "an exercise in invention and imagination”

Jun 17, 2020 8:45 AM Read more >

List of national parks reopening campgrounds starting next week

Parks Canada says camping will be allowed as early as Monday at 31 national parks across the country.

Jun 17, 2020 8:18 AM Read more >

A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown

Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Jun 17, 2020 1:00 AM Read more >

Last survivor of 1958 disaster won't let COVID-19 stop him from honouring dead

VANCOUVER — A sunny afternoon instantly turned dark for Lucien Lessard on June 17, 1958, as he plunged into the ocean when a support collapsed on a bridge being constructed between Vancouver and North Vancouver.

Jun 17, 2020 1:00 AM Read more >

5 things to know about Quebec watchdog probing N.B. police shootings

MONTREAL — Quebec's police watchdog, the Bureau des enquetes independantes, is investigating two recent police shootings of Indigenous people in New Brunswick.

Jun 16, 2020 7:11 PM Read more >

Metis minister 'revolted' by police brutality against Indigenous People

OTTAWA — Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal says he has been revolted by recent videotaped examples of "police brutality" against Indigenous People in Canada.

Jun 16, 2020 6:40 PM Read more >