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Judge rejects Montreal homeless camp injunction, site to be dismantled by June 15

Judge rejects Montreal homeless camp injunction, site to be dismantled by June 15

MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has refused to extend an injunction protecting a homeless encampment under a busy Montreal highway, ruling the tent city must be dismantled by June 15 as planned.
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Sex harassment case involving Trudeau Foundation should be heard in N.L., lawyer says

Sex harassment case involving Trudeau Foundation should be heard in N.L., lawyer says

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A lawyer is accusing the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation of trying to delay and ultimately quash a sexual harassment lawsuit by attempting to move the proceedings from Newfoundland and Labrador to Quebec.
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Internal docs suggest Trudeau wants China blocked from Pacific Rim trade deal

Internal docs suggest Trudeau wants China blocked from Pacific Rim trade deal

OTTAWA — While the Liberals insist a Pacific Rim trade bloc should welcome any country that meets its standards, an internal document suggests Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants China kept out of the deal.
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Ottawa gives updated deal to federal union that signed agreement before PSAC strike

Ottawa gives updated deal to federal union that signed agreement before PSAC strike

OTTAWA — The federal government has given an updated deal to a public-service union that signed its collective agreement in the fall in order to match deals reached with the Public Service Alliance of Canada during a strike this spring.
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Stellantis has what it needs to make decision on Windsor battery plant: Champagne

Stellantis has what it needs to make decision on Windsor battery plant: Champagne

OTTAWA — The federal government has delivered a written offer to Stellantis and LG Energy Solutions, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said Tuesday.
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Conservative filibuster threatens potential citizenship for children born abroad

Conservative filibuster threatens potential citizenship for children born abroad

OTTAWA — Andrea Fessler found out her third daughter didn't qualify for Canadian citizenship — even though her two older daughters did — when she arrived at the Canadian consulate in Hong Kong to register.
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Research advances date for likely summer ice-free Arctic by a decade

Research advances date for likely summer ice-free Arctic by a decade

New research has moved up the time by which the Arctic Ocean is predicted to be free of summer ice.
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In The News for June 6 : Feds say Canada on track to have worst wildfire season ever

In The News for June 6 : Feds say Canada on track to have worst wildfire season ever

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 6 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
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Feds warn 2023 on track to be the worst fire season ever seen in Canada

Feds warn 2023 on track to be the worst fire season ever seen in Canada

Canada's emergency preparedness minister says images of wildfires burning across the country are some of the most severe ever witnessed in Canada and the current forecast for the next few months indicates the potential for continued higher-than-norma
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B.C. officials push back against safe supply critics and their 'polarizing rhetoric'

B.C. officials push back against safe supply critics and their 'polarizing rhetoric'

VICTORIA — British Columbia officials have sought to rebut claims that drugs prescribed through the province's safe supply program aimed at curbing overdoses are being re-sold to young people, helping fuel the deadly drug toxicity crisis.
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