Beyond Local

LONDON, Ont. — An Ontario man accused of throwing gravel at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a September 2021 campaign stop has pleaded guilty to a charge of common assault.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government's controversial Online Streaming Act is back in the House of Commons, where MPs are set to debate the Senate's amendments.

WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg judge is left to decide whether a young girl was assaulted in the bathroom of a residential school more than 50 years ago based on the memories of the now-adult woman and the 93-year-old retired priest accused of committing the act. 

OTTAWA — A Canadian engineering giant whose work involves critical military, power and transportation infrastructure across the country has been hit with a ransomware attack.

MONTREAL — Giving someone the middle finger is a "God-given" right that belongs to all Canadians, a Quebec judge said as he recently acquitted a Montreal-area man of criminal harassment and uttering threats.

OTTAWA — Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Marc Garneau is resigning after 15 years in politics.

OTTAWA — A new law working its way through Parliament could soon change the process for handling allegations against judges — even as a Supreme Court justice remains on leave while a complaint against him is reviewed.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government introduced legislation Tuesday aimed at bulking up in its ongoing firearms feud with the federal government.

EDMONTON — Unpaid municipal taxes from the Alberta oilpatch keep rising despite the industry's boom, the province's rural communities say.

The mayors of three Ontario cities are calling on the federal government to help them support asylum seekers being transferred to their communities after entering the country through an unofficial border crossing in Quebec.