Canada

GM workers hit the picket lines at three facilities in Ontario

TORONTO - Unifor workers have kicked off a strike at General Motors Canada after failing to reach a new contract with the U.S. automaker. Unifor national president Lana Payne said in a statement early...

Oct 10, 2023

P.E.I. piping plover numbers see a tiny bump this year from effects of Fiona

Post-tropical storm Fiona left behind a trail of destruction and crumbling shorelines on Prince Edward Island, but the cataclysmic tempest seems to have been a big help to a tiny bird, the piping plov...

Oct 10, 2023

'Freedom Convoy' trial evidence a Rorschach test for attitudes about protest: expert

OTTAWA - The evidence put forward by the Crown and defence in the criminal trial of two prominent "Freedom Convoy" organizers is so similar, it reflects something of a Rorschach test for how people fe...

Oct 10, 2023

Saskatchewan legislature members prepare for fight over pronouns, Charter rights

REGINA - Saskatchewan politicians are heading back to legislature, preparing for a pronoun fight that some political observers say could alter the province's electoral landscape. The legislative assem...

Oct 09, 2023

North Vancouver RCMP called to amateur film set featuring actors with replica guns

VANCOUVER - Police in North Vancouver say they were called to the set of a film shoot over the weekend after receiving a report of a group of men in body armour carrying rifles. North Vancouver RCMP s...

Oct 09, 2023

Toronto police boost presence ahead of Israel, Palestine rallies, warn against hate

TORONTO - Police are warning the public that there will be no tolerance for violence or hate crimes ahead of expected large-scale demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinian and Israeli communities ...

Oct 09, 2023

France ambassador for LGBTQ+ rights: Canada, Quebec can counter Russia-led regression

OTTAWA - France's ambassador for LGBTQ+ rights says Russia is helping sow a global backlash against gender and sexual minorities, and argues francophone countries should work together to counter growi...

Oct 09, 2023

Newfoundland jail death renews calls for accountability in provincial corrections

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - It was shortly after another death was confirmed at a notoriously harsh Newfoundland jail that Bob Buckingham wrote to his fellow defence lawyers to ask what they could do to better...

Oct 09, 2023

Canadian universities bet on international students, but global shifts present risks

VANCOUVER - When the University of British Columbia announced the launch of Vantage College in 2013, the school said it envisioned the program for fee-paying international students would have enrolmen...

Oct 08, 2023

Trans Mountain route change will 'desecrate' sacred site: Secwépemc knowledge keeper

OTTAWA - A Secwpemc law called X7ensq't says that if you disrespect the land and don't take care of it properly, the land and the sky will turn on you. "It's a serious law," said Mike McKenzie, a Secw...

Oct 08, 2023