Canada

Vancouver council approves UN declaration on Indigenous rights strategy

Vancouver council has passed an Indigenous rights strategy that it says will make the city a national and world leader in implementing a plan towards reconciliation. The strategy is based on the Unite...

Oct 25, 2022

Mountie who recorded Lucki meeting first told investigators tape lost on stolen phone

HALIFAX - An affidavit by an RCMP security investigator details how the force obtained recordings of a tense meeting at the centre of allegations of political interference into the Mounties' investiga...

Oct 25, 2022

Mendicino says email from Lucki doesn't mean Emergencies Act was unnecessary

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is brushing off concerns about an email sent to his office from the RCMP commissioner just hours before the government invoked the Emergencies Act last ...

Oct 25, 2022

A month after Fiona, some in western Newfoundland fear things will never be the same

CHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L. - For Peggy Savery, the hardest part of the day comes as she leaves work in her Newfoundland community of Port aux Basques and drives to the home she's been staying in w...

Oct 25, 2022

Tribunal says $40B child-welfare agreement doesn't satisfy all orders

OTTAWA - The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal says a $40 billion child welfare settlement agreement the federal government reached with First Nations doesn't meet all the requirements of the tribunal's ...

Oct 25, 2022

Rescue team and whale's acrobatics help save it from dangerous entanglement in B.C.

A 10-metre-long humpback whale entangled in fishing gear in British Columbia's Strait of Georgia has been rescued with the help of a team of experts, a drone, a satellite tag, concerned citizens and a...

Oct 25, 2022

Soldier facing more charges after speaking out against military's vaccine requirement

OTTAWA - A Canadian soldier who spoke out against the forced removal of unvaccinated military members is facing more charges. Warrant Officer James Topp is facing six counts of conduct to the prejudic...

Oct 25, 2022

Police officer no-shows at B.C. Indigenous ceremony lead to tense moments, comments

BELLA BELLA, B.C. - An Indigenous ceremony dedicated to healing from traumatic events instead set off accusations against Vancouver's police department of systemic racism that threatens to stall the r...

Oct 25, 2022

Parliament Hill language interpreter sent to hospital, union blames lax headset rules

OTTAWA - A parliamentary interpreter was sent to the hospital during a Senate committee meeting last week. Public Services and Procurement Minister Helena Jaczek says she was "astonished" to learn tha...

Oct 25, 2022

Audit after N.S. mass shooting reveals flaws in RCMP decommissioning of vehicles

OTTAWA - An internal audit of how the RCMP decommissions its vehicles has uncovered a series of shortcomings. The report was written in response to two cases in Nova Scotia of people using former RCMP...

Oct 25, 2022