Canada

Alberta's plan to mandate police body cameras could be expensive: criminologist

CALGARY - A Calgary criminologist says Alberta's plan to make all police services in the province use body cameras could come with prohibitive costs and take a long time to put in place. Public Safety...

Mar 15, 2023

Federal and Alberta governments to study oilsands tailings leak communication

EDMONTON - The Alberta and federal governments say they will work together to understand what happened around public notifications of toxic seepage at an oilsands tailings pond. Alberta environment mi...

Mar 15, 2023

Victoria group lends a helping hand to Ukraine, setting up prosthetic clinics

Nick Dechev was startled when an air raid siren blared across a medical site in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv last month. The resident of Victoria, B.C., was in Lviv setting up one of two prosthe...

Mar 15, 2023

Court temporarily stays order to repatriate four Canadians from Syria, pending appeal

OTTAWA - A Federal Court ruling that ordered the government to repatriate four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps has been put on temporary hold until an appeal process plays out. The Federal Cou...

Mar 15, 2023

Three victims remain in critical condition after Monday's crash in small Quebec town

AMQUI - Three people are still fighting for their lives, two days after a pickup truck plowed into almost a dozen pedestrians walking down a street in the Quebec town of Amqui. A Quebec City hospital ...

Mar 15, 2023

Haiti claims delayed Canadian armoured vehicles hinder plan to control gangs

OTTAWA, Ill. - Haiti's troubled government is accusing Canada of stalling in its promised delivery of armoured vehicles, and argues the delay is hindering a plan to clear violent gangs from Port-au-Pr...

Mar 15, 2023

Assisted dying expansion, preventing vehicle attacks : In The News for Mar. 15

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 Mar. 15 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Mar 15, 2023

The issue of expanding assisted dying eligibility 'has already been decided': senator

OTTAWA - The senator who pushed for Canada's assisted dying regime to include people whose only condition is a mental disorder says the debate about that policy is now over. "The issue of expansion ha...

Mar 15, 2023

Canadian dairy plant becomes unlikely symbol of defiance for Ukrainian farmers

KRASNE, Ukraine - The cows on Lyuba Pastushok's farm are like her "cheeky children," she explained in Ukrainian as she walked among her growing herd, gently cooing to them and softly petting their hea...

Mar 15, 2023

17 wild horses shot dead near Kamloops, B.C., in 'disheartening' act: RCMP

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Authorities in British Columbia are investigating after 17 wild horses were shot in what Mounties are calling a "disheartening act." The RCMP say in a news release that Tk'emlups Rura...

Mar 14, 2023