Canada

Canadian among injured in crowd surge that killed more than 150 in South Korea

A Canadian was among those injured in a crowd surge that killed more than 150 people in Seoul, South Korea, Global Affairs confirmed Sunday, while Korean Canadians said they were shocked by the disast...

Oct 30, 2022

Emergencies Act inquiry to hear from 'Freedom Convoy' protest organizers this week

OTTAWA - It was a scene of chaos and confusion in the upper tiers of the police service and local government when a convoy of big rigs and protesters arrived in Ottawa to demand an end to pandemic res...

Oct 30, 2022

Women, kids detained in ISIS camps should be repatriated to Canada quickly: expert

MONTREAL - A psychiatrist involved in efforts to support children of Canadian women detained in Syria after travelling to join the Islamic State is urging Ottawa to speed up repatriation efforts. Dr. ...

Oct 30, 2022

Search resumes for one-month old baby missing in river near Laval, Que. since Friday

MONTREAL - Police say the search for a one-month old child missing in the water off the shore of Laval, Que., just north of Montreal, has entered its second full day. The baby was in a vehicle with hi...

Oct 30, 2022

As election day approaches, voters in North Carolina hope for post-election peace

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - When it comes to the instability, discord and fears of violence that loom over the 2022 midterms, John Szoka has a simple solution: put people ahead of politics. It's hardly a new...

Oct 30, 2022

Chrystia Freeland, Melanie Joly among signatories to letter on Iranian women's rights

OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly are among the key signatories to an open letter decrying Iran's record on women's rights. The letter, publishe...

Oct 30, 2022

RCMP review prompted by employee's arrest urges changes to bolster internal security

OTTAWA - A confidential RCMP review, conducted after the arrest of a senior employee for allegedly leaking classified information, calls for a fundamental shift in the security culture of the national...

Oct 30, 2022

Climate Changed: Canada's health system isn't ready for new reality, say doctors

Montreal family doctor Claudel Ptrin-Desrosiers sees climate change as an all-encompassing "risk amplifier." She says it raises the potential for hazard across the board, from threatening the most bas...

Oct 30, 2022

Quebec Liberals chief organizer will not renew mandate, comes after historic defeat

MONTREAL - The chief organizer of the Quebec Liberal Party, Jean-Franois Helms, says he will not renew his mandate. Helms says today in a post on social media that he informed Leader Dominique Anglade...

Oct 29, 2022

Families of Flight 752 form Canada-wide 'human chain' to support Iran protests

TORONTO - The families of the victims of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 lent their voices to the worldwide calls for revolution in Iran on Saturday through a series of coordinated protests ...

Oct 29, 2022