Canada

Groups bring allegations of racism at Canadian Human Rights Commission to global body

OTTAWA - A coalition of federal unions and organizations representing Black workers has filed an international complaint against the Canadian Human Rights Commission. The eight organizations say the b...

Feb 26, 2024

Quebec provincial police arrest 21 allegedly connected to eastern Quebec drug war

Quebec provincial police say they've so far arrested 21 people allegedly connected to a war over drug territory in eastern Quebec between a street gang and the Hells Angels. Sgt. Hlne St-Pierre said m...

Feb 26, 2024

More than 70 per cent of people in jails awaiting bail or trial, report says

TORONTO - A new report says the crisis in Canada's bail system has worsened over the last decade, with more people in pre-trial custody and some spending weeks in detention before being released. A re...

Feb 26, 2024

In the news today: Trudeau in Poland to discuss Ukraine, NATO commitments

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Trudeau meets with Poland's president, PM Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is at t...

Feb 26, 2024

Coroner's inquest into in-custody death of Saskatchewan mass killer set to begin

SASKATOON - A coroner's inquest into the in-custody death of a man who killed 11 people and injured 17 others in a mass stabbing in Saskatchewan is scheduled to begin today. Myles Sanderson had been o...

Feb 26, 2024

Liberals to introduce long-promised legislation to combat harmful online content

OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to introduce legislation against online harms today, which the Liberals have promised will tackle issues such as online child endangerment and non-consensua...

Feb 26, 2024

Inuit hardships are lost amid Canada's affordability crisis. But this MP is listening

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Driving around Iqaluit, Lori Idlout wonders aloud whether the rest of Canada really is in a cost-of-living crisis. The stories that are all too common in Nunavut of people being una...

Feb 26, 2024

Sentencing for father who killed toddler after officers failed to check on child

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A Saskatchewan man is to be sentenced today for killing his toddler in a case where police were found to have neglected their duty in not checking on the child. Kaij Brass had b...

Feb 26, 2024

Trudeau meets with Poland's president, prime minister as he wraps up Ukraine visit

WARSAW, Poland - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw for the first time since a political sea change in Poland ended eight years of national conservative rule. Trudea...

Feb 26, 2024

Man charged in U.S. in case of family from India who froze to death in Manitoba

Authorities in the United States have charged another man in an alleged human smuggling operation that led to a family from India freezing to death while trying to enter the country from Manitoba. A c...

Feb 25, 2024