Canada

Group calls on Canada to create sponsor program for family fleeing war-torn Sudan

The head of a Sudanese community organization says his group is calling on the federal government to create a program for community members seeking to sponsor family who are either stuck in Sudan or h...

Apr 22, 2023

Union leadership to provide update on strike by thousands of public-service workers

OTTAWA - The union representing thousands of striking public-service workers says it plans to provide an update today on the status of negotiations with the federal government. Members of the Public S...

Apr 22, 2023

Two still in critical condition after plane crashes into house southwest of Montreal

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say two people are in critical condition after a small plane crashed into a home southwest of Montreal on Friday night. The small plane crashed into a private resid...

Apr 22, 2023

Updating RCMP ‘militaristic’ training is long overdue, experts say

REGINA - Scott Blandford considered attending the RCMP Academy when he was looking to become a police officer about 40 years ago, but he soon realized the training centre in Regina wasn't for him. Bla...

Apr 22, 2023

One of the last of his generation, Second World War vet in New Brunswick dies

FREDERICTON - Angus Hamilton, who served as a radar technician in Southeast Asia during the Second World War and returned home to a successful career in the civil service and academia, has died in Fre...

Apr 22, 2023

Russian race-car driver heads to Federal Court over Canadian sanctions

OTTAWA - A Russian race-car driver is taking Canada to court, saying sanctions imposed against him following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine are unfairly hurting his career. Nikita Mazepin, a former Form...

Apr 22, 2023

Situation in Sudan volatile and deteriorating rapidly: Foreign Affairs Minister Joly

OTTAWA - The federal government says it has deployed members of its Global Affairs Standing Rapid Deployment Team to Djibouti due to the volatile and rapidly deteriorating situation in Sudan. Foreign ...

Apr 21, 2023

Family says First Nations man brain-dead after altercation with Saskatchewan police

SASKATOON - The family of a First Nations man in Saskatchewan is calling for accountability and justice after an altercation earlier this month with Prince Albert police left him on life support with ...

Apr 21, 2023

Canada's premiers, police chiefs reup calls on Ottawa to reform bail

OTTAWA - The association representing Canada's chiefs of police is calling for the extension of a federal guns and gangs strategy and urgent reforms to the country's bail system after a meeting with p...

Apr 21, 2023

Coroner says Montreal police used unnecessary force, lacked training in man's death

MONTREAL - A coroner's report into the 2017 death of a man killed by Montreal police says arresting officers used unnecessary force and lacked proper training in de-escalation tactics. Coroner Luc Mal...

Apr 21, 2023