Canada

Foreign firefighters fight flames, fatigue and get 'eaten alive' by mosquitoes

MONTREAL - Eighteen-year-old Hunter Sousa from Maine celebrated his high school graduation by hopping in a truck and heading to Nova Scotia to fight the biggest forest fire in the province's history. ...

Jun 23, 2023

Charity thanks victims' families for food, clothing after deadly Manitoba bus crash

DAUPHIN, MAN. - The legacies of some of the 16 seniors killed in a bus crash are living on in a western Manitoba community, as their clothing and leftover food are donated to those in need. "It's a hu...

Jun 23, 2023

As LBGTQ community girds for battle, advocates say time and the law are on their side

WASHINGTON - Harleigh Walker is just an ordinary American high school kid, but with one important difference: how she's spending her summer vacation. The self-described "very happy" straight-A student...

Jun 23, 2023

N.W.T. RCMP warn against vigilante justice after assaults in Fort McPherson

FORT MCPHERSON, N.W.T. - Police in the Northwest Territories are warning residents not to take justice into their own hands after a group assaulted two men suspected of drug trafficking and stealing a...

Jun 22, 2023

Federal budget bill passes Senate, becoming law despite Conservative opposition

OTTAWA - The federal budget has become law after passing third reading in the Senate without amendments this evening. The Liberal government revealed its fiscal plan in late March, promising to create...

Jun 22, 2023

NDP confident inquiry into interference will come, but details still being negotiated

OTTAWA - New Democratic House leader Peter Julian says Canadians can be confident that a public inquiry on foreign interference is going to happen. Opposition parties wanted the government to announce...

Jun 22, 2023

Federal justice minister orders new trial for two men convicted of murder in 1974

OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti is ordering a new trial for two Indigenous men who were convicted of murder by an all-white jury nearly 50 years ago. Brian Anderson and Allan Woodhouse were se...

Jun 22, 2023

Montreal police chief rejects street check moratorium despite racial profiling data

Montreal's police chief is refusing to impose a moratorium on street checks despite a second independent report concluding that racialized people are disproportionately targeted by the practice. Fady ...

Jun 22, 2023

Ottawa, First Nation sign procurement framework agreement for Giant Mine

YELLOWKNIFE - The federal government and Yellowknives Dene First Nation have signed a procurement framework agreement for the cleanup of Giant Mine, one of Canada's most contaminated sites. Ottawa say...

Jun 22, 2023

'Hugo is fine': RCMP say Richmond, B.C., resident harassed over false cruelty claim

RICHMOND, B.C. - Police in Metro Vancouver are telling the public to leave a pet owner and their dog Hugo alone after the resident was "mercilessly harassed" over unfounded claims of animal abuse. A s...

Jun 22, 2023