Canada

Manslaughter charge laid in relation to April 2022 Yukon overdose death

WHITEHORSE - A Yukon man has been charged with manslaughter in an opioid overdose death last year. Police say the charge is the first of its kind in the territory, which had Canada's highest per-capit...

Mar 30, 2023

Vatican rejects Doctrine of Discovery, a move Indigenous people have long urged

The Vatican has rejected the Doctrine of Discovery a year after Pope Francis met with Indigenous groups from Canada and delivered his first apology for the Catholic Church's role in residential school...

Mar 30, 2023

Professors end strike at Quebec's Université Laval, approve conciliator deal

QUEBEC - Professors at Universit Laval in Quebec City have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a deal brokered by a conciliator, putting an end to their indefinite general strike. About 93 per cent of t...

Mar 30, 2023

Responding to Indigenous, Vatican rejects Discovery Doctrine

VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican on Thursday responded to Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the "Doctrine of Discovery," the theories backed by 15th-century "papal bulls" that legitimized the ...

Mar 30, 2023

In The News for March 30 : Automatic tax filing on the way for Canadians

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 30 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Mar 30, 2023

As Canadians miss out on benefits, Ottawa promises automatic tax filing is on the way

OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency will pilot a new automatic system next year to help vulnerable Canadians who don't file their taxes get their benefits. This week's federal budget says the Canada Re...

Mar 30, 2023

Regulator defends finding that Alberta's largest earthquake was caused by oilpatch

EDMONTON - Alberta's energy regulator has defended its finding that the province's largest recorded earthquake was caused by oilpatch activity, saying the pattern of temblors since last fall clearly p...

Mar 30, 2023

Final report to be released today into 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting

TRURO, N.S. - The public inquiry that investigated the April 2020 mass murder of 22 people in Nova Scotia is releasing its final report today. The federal-provincial inquiry examined the events surrou...

Mar 30, 2023

'It's going to take the community': Yukon faces Canada's worst toxic drug death rate

When the doors close at night at the administration office at Yukon's Carcross Tagish First Nation, a van hits the road and drives through the communities to offer naloxone to reverse overdoses, drug ...

Mar 30, 2023

Winnipeg judge to give decision for retired priest charged with indecent assault

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg judge is expected to give her decision on whether a now-retired priest is guilty of indecent assault after a residential school survivor accused him of forcing himself on her mor...

Mar 30, 2023