Canada

Strike thwarted prisoners advocate from entering Edmonton facility

OTTAWA - An organization that helps women in the justice system says it is concerned about an ongoing strike by Canada's largest public-service union after one of its advocates was unable to access an...

Apr 20, 2023

B.C. First Nation says 40 unmarked graves found around former residential school

SECHELT, B.C. - The shishalh Nation on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast says ground-penetrating radar has identified what are believed to be 40 unmarked graves of children on or near the site of the ...

Apr 20, 2023

B.C. stores broke privacy laws on facial ID technology, privacy commissioner says

VICTORIA - British Columbia's privacy commissioner says Canadian Tire stores that used facial recognition technology didn't adequately notify their customers and didn't get consent to collect the pers...

Apr 20, 2023

Canada's EV battery contract with Volkswagen could be worth more than $13 billion

OTTAWA - German auto giant Volkswagen has secured an exclusive contract with Canada that could be worth more than $13 billion over the next 10 years to build an electric-vehicle battery plant in south...

Apr 20, 2023

Quebec ministers sorry for broken promise on 'third link' tunnel in capital

QUEBEC - A parade of government ministers took turns today issuing sorrowful regrets for breaking a major election promise to build a multi-purpose vehicle tunnel linking Quebec City to its south shor...

Apr 20, 2023

Committee weighs bill to make feds accountable to Parliament on future pandemic plans

OTTAWA - A parliamentary health committee is weighing the need for new legislation that would force the Pubic Health Agency of Canada to table its plans to prevent and prepare for future pandemics in ...

Apr 20, 2023

Greenpeace calls for charges over releases from Imperial's Kearl oilsands mine

OTTAWA - An environmental group is calling for Imperial Oil to be charged over releases of toxic wastewater from its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta. The call from Greenpeace comes as executiv...

Apr 20, 2023

Montreal police ask for public help as they investigate assaults on two Hasidic Jews

MONTREAL - The Montreal police hate crimes unit is asking for the public's help as it attempts to identify a young man who assaulted two Hasidic Jews on the night of Jan. 20. In a security video of th...

Apr 20, 2023

Indigenous groups going to court over Quebec's French-language reforms

QUEBEC - Two Indigenous groups are going to court over the reforms passed last year to Quebec's French-language law. The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador and the First Nations Education Counc...

Apr 20, 2023

Quebec education minister issues directive banning prayer rooms in schools

MONTREAL - Quebec's education minister is moving forward with a promise to ban prayer rooms in schools. Bernard Drainville issued a directive late Wednesday saying schools must ensure that none of the...

Apr 20, 2023