Category Archives: Canada
Bill creating new oversight body to track reconciliation efforts poised to become law
OTTAWA - Legislation to create new oversight body tracking Canada's reconciliation efforts has passed a final vote in Parliament. The House of Commons unanimously agreed to adopt a final version of th...
Apr 29, 2024
Sikh rally in Toronto with multi-party support prompts India diplomatic rebuke
OTTAWA - India has summoned Canada's envoy in New Delhi following a large Sikh rally in Toronto attended by all three major federal party leaders. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined Conservative Lea...
Apr 29, 2024
Ottawa man who lauded Hamas pleads guilty to breaking bail conditions
OTTAWA - The Crown is asking a judge to consider an Ottawa man's pro-Hamas comments at a Toronto protest to be an aggravating factor in sentencing for breaching the bail conditions of an unrelated cha...
Apr 29, 2024
New Brunswick police no longer investigating most thefts of fuel from gas stations
WOODSTOCK, N.B. - Police officers across New Brunswick are no longer investigating thefts of fuel from service stations unless there is a threat to public safety. Earlier this month, the New Brunswick...
Apr 29, 2024
Understanding what's happening in space a top priority for Canadian Forces: commander
OTTAWA - The commander of the Canadian Armed Forces Space Division says gaining awareness of what's going on outside our planet is one of his top priorities. Brig.-Gen. Michael Adamson made the commen...
Apr 29, 2024
Feds advance ideas to fight foreign interference, prompting support and concern
OTTAWA - A federal inquiry into foreign interference has yet to present its initial report, but the Liberal government is already advancing plans to overhaul a suite of national security laws and proc...
Apr 29, 2024
Teachers union joins bid to have Supreme Court rule on Quebec religious symbols ban
MONTREAL - A major Quebec teachers union says it will follow the lead of the English Montreal School Board and seek to challenge the province's secularism law before the Supreme Court of Canada. The F...
Apr 29, 2024
Climate change, not habitat loss, may be biggest threat to caribou herds: study
Research suggests climate change, not habitat loss, may be the biggest threat to the survival of threatened caribou herds. Biologists have long thought the herds are menaced by wolves using cutlines a...
Apr 29, 2024
Eby says Vancouver speech praising Hamas attack was 'most hateful' he can imagine
VANCOUVER - B.C. Premier David Eby has joined other politicians denouncing remarks at a demonstration in Vancouver where protesters chanted "long live Oct. 7," praising that day's attacks by Hamas on ...
Apr 29, 2024
Retailer London Drugs closes stores in Western Canada due to 'cybersecurity incident'
London Drugs has temporarily closed all of its stores in Western Canada as it grapples with a "cybersecurity incident." In a statement Monday, the retailer and pharmacy chain said it learned it was th...
Apr 29, 2024