
It was unexpected and the reason can’t be shared yet. Just days after a jury began hearing the sexual assault case against five hockey players in a London, Ont., courthouse, the judge ordered a mistrial. The players have pleaded not guilty.The proceedings restarted immediately on Friday with the selection of a new jury. To help understand the legal concepts, here are the insights of two veteran criminal lawyers and a former Crown attorney.
April 26, 2025 - 11:11 | Ha Tu Thanh | The Globe and Mail
'We're desperate for a change in this country, and it's obvious,' says a Poilievre supporter in Saskatoon. But Western voters may not get the results they're hoping for.
April 26, 2025 - 11:06 | Touria Izri | Global News - Canada
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April 26, 2025 - 11:00 | Alex Robinson | Ottawa Citizen
MONT-LAURIER, Que. – Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says he was “dismayed” by Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet’s “insulting” comments about Canada being “an artificial country with very little meaning.”
In a letter to Blanchet Friday night, Premier Houston invited the Bloc boss to “reflect on what it means to be Canadian and take more pride and honor on being an elected...
April 26, 2025 - 10:49 | Antoine Trépanier | National Post
VAL-D’OR, Que. – Yves-François Blanchet makes no bones that he wants Quebec to become a country, and he believes that sitting in a “foreign parliament” will help the cause.
But before tearing apart what he describes as an “artificial country with very little meaning,” he wants to hold the balance of power in the next House of Commons...
April 26, 2025 - 10:17 | Antoine Trépanier | National Post
MARKHAM, Ont.
— Lionel Loganathan says he has probably spoken more Tamil in the past two-and-half years than he has his entire life.
Seated in his campaign office, the Conservative candidate describes how his parents’ story of immigrating from Sri Lanka in the 1980s makes his upbringing like the thousands of others who call Markham, and more specifically the riding of Markham-...
April 26, 2025 - 09:39 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post