Canada

Decade-high suicide statistics in N.W.T. 'devastating': health minister

YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories health minister says recent statistics indicating an increase in suicides in the territory are "devastating." N.W.T. chief coroner Garth Eggenberger released th...

Oct 04, 2022

Naval officer relieved of duties for alleged misconduct while deployed to Europe

OTTAWA - A naval officer serving as second in command of a Canadian minesweeper deployed to Europe was relieved of her duties over an allegation of "inappropriate conduct of a sexualized nature." The ...

Oct 04, 2022

Police in B.C. kill bear that attacked two women then guarded them from rescue: RCMP

DAWSON CREEK, B.C. - A black bear is dead and two women are critically hurt after an attack near Dawson Creek, B.C. Mounties say they were called around 6:50 Monday night to a report that a black bear...

Oct 04, 2022

Federal cabinet ministers OK Nunavut iron ore mine temporary production increase

POND INLET, Nunavut - Federal cabinet ministers have approved a temporary production increase for an iron ore mine on the northern tip of Baffin Island, preventing potential job losses in Nunavut. Nor...

Oct 04, 2022

Lewis confident Poilievre will include all caucus voices, as he picks critics

OTTAWA - Ontario Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis says she is confident Pierre Poilievre will ensure all of the party's caucus voices are heard, amid calls for him to name her to a critic role. Lewis ran ...

Oct 04, 2022

B.C. attorney general says increasing arrests to fight violent crime is 'futile'

VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general says the government has no plans to arrest its way out of the province's crime issues because it won't work. Murray Rankin says fighting crime by arresti...

Oct 04, 2022

MPs call for tight federal restriction on use of facial recognition technology

OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee is calling for a moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology by federal police and Canadian businesses unless there is court authorization or input fro...

Oct 04, 2022

B.C. breaking its own law on climate-change reporting, Sierra Club tells court

VANCOUVER - An environmental group has gone to court against the British Columbia government for allegedly failing to report if its climate plans will achieve key greenhouse gas emissions targets, as ...

Oct 04, 2022

Flight 752 families want Ottawa to get tougher on Iran

OTTAWA - The families of people killed when Iran's military shot down Flight 752 almost three years ago say Canada needs to take a harder line against the regime. Hundreds of Iranian-Canadians gathere...

Oct 04, 2022

Five things to watch for with a new CAQ government led by François Legault

MONTREAL - The Coalition Avenir Qubec, led by Franois Legault, won a second consecutive majority mandate in Monday's election. Here are five things to watch out for as the CAQ leader prepares to name ...

Oct 04, 2022