Canada

'Out of control': Quebec politicians facing repeated intimidation on campaign trail

MONTREAL - Gilles Blanger, a candidate for the Coalition Avenir Qubec, recently moved his children and partner out of his house, and he makes sure the doors are always locked. The drastic steps come a...

Sep 14, 2022

UN human rights officials press Canada on case of overseas detainee Jack Letts

OTTAWA - The federal government has told United Nations officials that international human rights law does not obligate Canada to actively facilitate the return of its citizens detained in northern Sy...

Sep 14, 2022

Poilievre's leadership win could signal change for social conservative wing of party

OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre's crushing win to become leader of the Conservative Party of Canada raises questions about the status and power of the party's social conservatives. That well-mobilized part ...

Sep 14, 2022

First national gathering to discuss unmarked graves to wrap in Edmonton

EDMONTON - The office of Canada's interlocutor for unmarked graves at residential schools is scheduled to wrap up its first national gathering today in Edmonton. Kimberly Murray was appointed earlier ...

Sep 14, 2022

Indigenous Services minister attends funeral at site of mass killing in Saskatchewan

JAMES BAY CREE NATION, SASK. - The federal minister of Indigenous Services is speaking out after visiting the site of a mass killing in Saskatchewan. Patty Hajdu attended the funeral Tuesday of one of...

Sep 13, 2022

B.C. to close schools, give public workers day off to mourn Queen on Sept. 19

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it will follow the federal government's lead and honour the national day of mourning to mark the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II on Monday, Sept. 19. It ...

Sep 13, 2022

Hockey Canada told Ottawa of its National Equity Fund in 2019

Hockey Canada asked the federal government in 2019 if it could self-govern its safe-sport cases, despite facing a "significant potential claim." In a three-page email to the Sport Minister's office, H...

Sep 13, 2022

Indigenous residents question RCMP failure to issue warnings about N.S. mass shooter

HALIFAX - An inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting heard today from Indigenous residents who complained about the RCMP's failure to issue timely warnings as the killer passed near two First Natio...

Sep 13, 2022

Study co-authored by B.C.'s top doctor says 80% of kids, youth have had COVID-19

VANCOUVER - A study co-authored by British Columbia's top doctor says at least 70 to 80 per cent of children and youth in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley have been infected with COVID-19. The ...

Sep 13, 2022

Yukon Premier Sandy Silver says he's stepping down to reconnect with community

YELLOWKNIFE - Yukon Premier Sandy Silver says he's ready to be known as just Sandy again. Silver announced plans to step down as leader of the Yukon Liberal Party on Friday at a hastily convened news ...

Sep 13, 2022