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MPs need to fast-track new law to seize sanctioned Russian assets: senator

MPs need to fast-track new law to seize sanctioned Russian assets: senator

OTTAWA — An independent senator is calling on the House of Commons to fast-track a new law she's proposing that would confiscate billions of dollars of frozen Russian assets and use them to rebuild Ukraine. Sen.
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Byelection a battle over past and future for BC Liberal leader Kevin Falcon, experts

Byelection a battle over past and future for BC Liberal leader Kevin Falcon, experts

VICTORIA — A byelection that could put new British Columbia Liberal leader Kevin Falcon back in the province's legislature is a race about the past and future, say both the candidates and political experts.
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With sovereignty off the table, Quebec Liberals struggling to connect with voters

With sovereignty off the table, Quebec Liberals struggling to connect with voters

MONTREAL — Quebec's next provincial election is still more than five months away, but Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade is already on the campaign trail. On Thursday, the official Opposition leader was in Trois-Rivières, Que.
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No winning ticket for Saturday's $6 million Lotto 649 jackpot

No winning ticket for Saturday's $6 million Lotto 649 jackpot

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $6 million jackpot in Saturday's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a lottery player in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Apr.
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B.C. man wanting public meeting has 'death-watch monitors' on Day 23 of hunger strike

B.C. man wanting public meeting has 'death-watch monitors' on Day 23 of hunger strike

NANAIMO, B.C. — A 68-year-old activist says "death-watch monitors" were ensuring his safety on the 23rd day of a hunger strike over old-growth logging practices in British Columbia.
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Ex-Guantanamo detainee sues Canada over 14-year detention and torture

Ex-Guantanamo detainee sues Canada over 14-year detention and torture

A former detainee of Guantanamo Bay is taking legal action against the Canadian government over its alleged role in his 14 years behind bars marked by torture and intimidation.
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Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQ groups and sex workers criticize online hate bill

Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQ groups and sex workers criticize online hate bill

OTTAWA — Members of the LGBTQ community, Indigenous people and racialized groups fear a proposed law tackling online harm could disproportionately curtail their online freedoms and even make them police targets, responses to a government consultation
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Traditional ways: Dogsled race covers 500 kilometres in the High Arctic

Traditional ways: Dogsled race covers 500 kilometres in the High Arctic

IQALUIT — Somewhere in the Canadian Arctic dozens of dogs run over ice and snow under Nunavut's high April sun as they pull sleds with racers in tow.
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Advocates want a feminist spending review as feds insist no social-program cuts

Advocates want a feminist spending review as feds insist no social-program cuts

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is insisting that the goal of an upcoming federal spending review is not to slash social programs, while gender-equality advocates want to make sure it is done with women and marginalized people in mind.
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No winning ticket for Friday's $17 million Lotto Max jackpot

No winning ticket for Friday's $17 million Lotto Max jackpot

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $17 million jackpot in Friday's Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Apr. 26 will grow to an estimated $22 million. The Canadian Press
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