Canada

'My way of giving back': Officer on Alberta First Nation force proud of community

TSUUT'INA FIRST NATION - Const. Kenny Big Plume knows the snow-covered roads running through the Tsuut'ina reserve like the back of his hand. Big Plume, 33, was raised by his grandparents on the First...

Dec 18, 2023

'Pushed down our throats': Letters detail school pronoun concerns in Saskatchewan

REGINA - The Saskatchewan government received 18 official complaints in the summer before it implemented a rule preventing most children from changing their names or pronouns at school without parenta...

Dec 18, 2023

Earthquakes Canada receives hundreds of reports in B.C. after 4.9 magnitude quake

VICTORIA - Earthquakes Canada says a 4.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded Sunday afternoon and public reports poured in from hundreds of kilometres away from the event's epicentre. John Cassidy, a se...

Dec 17, 2023

Quebec's electricity ambitions reopen old wounds in Newfoundland and Labrador

MONTREAL - As Quebec prepares to ramp up electricity production to meet its ambitious economic goals, the government is trying to extend a power deal that has caused decades of resentment in Newfoundl...

Dec 17, 2023

'Outrageous': Threats to Ibrahim Ali's lawyers spur court safety concerns in B.C.

VANCOUVER - The voice mail threatens to knock lawyer Kevin McCullough's teeth out, and as for his client, Ibrahim Ali, the anonymous caller says: "I'm gonna cut him." The Dec 1. recording was provided...

Dec 17, 2023

Ottawa youth facing terrorism charges in alleged plot against Jewish people: RCMP

OTTAWA - RCMP say an Ottawa youth has been arrested and charged with terrorism-related offences that allegedly targeted Jewish people. The Mounties say the young person arrested Friday was charged wit...

Dec 16, 2023

People's Party candidate must stop using 'engineer,' B.C. Supreme Court rules

VICTORIA - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled that a Vancouver Island People's Party of Canada candidate who ran against Elizabeth May in the last federal election must stop describing h...

Dec 16, 2023

National 'bring a friend to the mosque' event aims to foster dialogue and combat hate

MONTREAL - A Muslim group is organizing mosque visits across Canada this weekend in hopes of building bridges with other communities after an uptick in Islamophobic and antisemitic hate incidents nati...

Dec 16, 2023

Estranged spouse charged with murder of Newfoundland woman seven years after death

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Police have charged the estranged husband of a woman from Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula with first-degree murder in a case that stretches back seven years. Jennifer Hillie...

Dec 16, 2023

It's raining microplastics: Hurricane Larry dropped plastic particles all over N.L.

When hurricane Larry made landfall in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2021, the powerful storm brought heavy rain and wind across the province - and millions of microplastic particles originating from th...

Dec 16, 2023