Canada

Ministers decline request to testify on Afghan aid blockade as desperation grows

OTTAWA - Three Liberal ministers have declined invitations to testify at the Senate as the upper chamber probes why Canada still won't allow humanitarian workers to help in Afghanistan. The Senate's h...

Dec 03, 2022

'Forever hold onto that memory:' Family members remember victims in Winnipeg

Winnipeg police say they have charged Jeremy Skibicki, 35, with four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of four women. One of the women has not been identified but police say they believe she...

Dec 02, 2022

Alberta premier says she's open to sovereignty bill amendments to add clarity

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her sovereignty bill that grants her cabinet unfettered power to rewrite laws behind closed doors without legislature approval was never intended to do t...

Dec 02, 2022

'End this ongoing genocide:' Indigenous advocates call for change after women killed

WINNIPEG - The arrest of a man accused of killing four women, all believed to be Indigenous, shows vulnerable women and girls are subject to dangerous outcomes if governments don't work together to en...

Dec 02, 2022

B.C.'s COVID response praised for 'nimbleness,' calls to bolster public trust

VICTORIA - A review of British Columbia's COVID-19 response says despite being unprepared for the pandemic, the province showed "resilience, balance and nimbleness" during the emergency. That's despit...

Dec 02, 2022

Feds eyeing repatriation of 19 Canadian women and children held in Syria: document

OTTAWA - The federal government says it is looking at helping to secure the release of 19 Canadian women and children being held in northeastern Syria. The move comes just before supporters of the six...

Dec 02, 2022

Safe consumption forefront of countering the overdose crisis, prime minister says

RICHMOND, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he and new British Columbia Premier David Eby conferred about ways to counter the "horrific" drug poisoning epidemic. Trudeau told a crowd in Richmo...

Dec 02, 2022

Federal NDP leader says Alberta sovereignty act 'a distraction' from real problems

CALGARY - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Alberta's proposed sovereignty act is undemocratic and an unwelcome distraction from the struggles residents of the province are facing. After a meeting...

Dec 02, 2022

Inuit leader says he can't support bill creating national reconciliation council

OTTAWA - The president of a national Inuit organization says he cannot support federal legislation to create a national reconciliation council. The legislation which will create a board of directors t...

Dec 02, 2022

Ontario woman upset after encountering barriers when reporting sex assault in Quebec

MONTREAL - An Ottawa woman says her experience of trying to report a sexual assault that happened in another province led to a "convoluted" back-and-forth between police forces that has made her recon...

Dec 02, 2022