Canada

Emails at centre of court martial for Lt.-Gen. Whelan are under publication ban

OTTAWA - The military judge presiding over the court martial for Lt.-Gen. Steve Whelan has decided the emails at the centre of the case will not be made public during the trial unless they are allowed...

Sep 28, 2023

Liberals' bail reforms will keep more Black, Indigenous people in jail, lawyers warn

OTTAWA - An association representing Black lawyers in Canada says more Black people will be sent to jail if the Liberal government's bail-reform legislation passes as is. And Indigenous Bar Associatio...

Sep 28, 2023

University of Alberta returns endowment honouring Ukrainian who fought with Nazis

EDMONTON - The University of Alberta is returning endowment funds from the family of a Ukrainian man whose military service was linked to the Nazis. Since 2019, the university's Canadian Institute of ...

Sep 28, 2023

Military police under investigation over handling of sexual assault case

OTTAWA - The Military Police Complaints Commission is investigating the way officers handled allegations of sexual assault against a soldier who took his own life. Military police charged Maj. Cristia...

Sep 28, 2023

Joyce Echaquan's community fights for change to health system three years after death

MONTREAL - It has been three years since Joyce Echaquan died in hospital after filming staff insulting her, but for her family and her First Nation, the fight continues to ensure a legacy of better tr...

Sep 28, 2023

Cyberattacks hit military, Parliament websites as India hacker group targets Canada

OTTAWA - The federal government is coping with apparent cyberattacks this week, as a hacker group in India claims it has sowed chaos in Ottawa. The Canadian Armed Forces says that its website became u...

Sep 28, 2023

Quebec police watchdog investigating shooting of Legault, Trudeau threat suspect

SCOTSTOWN, Que. - Quebec's police watchdog is investigating after a member of a provincial police tactical team shot a man suspected of making threats toward Premier Franois Legault and Prime Minster ...

Sep 28, 2023

Poll suggests two-thirds of Albertans oppose pause on renewable energy approvals

EDMONTON - A poll released Thursday suggests nearly two-thirds of Albertans oppose the provincial government's moratorium on approvals for new renewable energy projects. "This poll clearly demonstrate...

Sep 28, 2023

Reconciliation and reckoning as Nisga'a totem pole returns from Scotland museum

VICTORIA - A homecoming celebration for a memorial totem pole after an absence of almost 100 years will resonate far beyond the tiny Indigenous village in northwest British Columbia where it is being ...

Sep 28, 2023

Indigenous groups stand firm with child welfare law before Supreme Court

EDMONTON - Some Indigenous nations say they are prepared to continue enforcing their jurisdiction over child welfare if Canada's top court sides with Quebec in a landmark constitutional case. Bill C-9...

Sep 28, 2023