Canada

Progress made at Montreal AIDS conference despite visa issues, organizer says

MONTREAL - The local organizer of an international AIDS conference in Montreal says the event has helped highlight the enormous progress that has been made in HIV research and treatment technology. Dr...

Aug 02, 2022

All MPs should recognize residential schools as a genocide after Pope did: NDP MP

OTTAWA - A New Democrat member of Parliament says she hopes all of her colleagues will now recognize what happened inside residential schools as a genocide, after Pope Francis used the term to describ...

Aug 02, 2022

Conservatives raised more than Liberals and NDP combined in second quarter of 2022

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives raised more money than the Liberals and NDP combined during the second quarter of this year, as the party inches closer to choosing a new leader. The Conservatives r...

Aug 02, 2022

Montrealer faces life sentence after officials say his drugs killed 4 people in U.S.

A Montreal man is facing a life sentence in the United States after pleading guilty to importing fentanyl into that country from his Canadian prison cell. The U.S. Department of Justice says the drugs...

Aug 02, 2022

Online hate spreading like wildfire, cannot be left unchecked: race foundation

OTTAWA - The executive director of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation is warning that unless action is taken to combat hate, including online, it will continue to spread like wildfire. Mohammed Ha...

Aug 02, 2022

After cancelling event, Montreal borough to allow drag queen story time for children

MONTREAL - A Montreal borough is reversing its decision to cancel a story time event for children hosted by a well-known drag queen. St-Laurent borough Mayor Alan DeSousa says officials met with Sebas...

Aug 02, 2022

Canada sanctions Russian military officers over atrocities in Bucha

OTTAWA - The Canadian government is imposing sanctions on dozens of Russian military officers whose troops are accused of committing atrocities against Ukrainian civilians. Foreign Affairs Minister Ml...

Aug 02, 2022

Sexual assault rate in 2021 highest since 1996, violent crimes up: Statistics Canada

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the rate of police-reported sexual assault in Canada has reached its highest level since 1996. There were more than 34,200 reports of sexual assault countrywide in 2021...

Aug 02, 2022

N.W.T. working to encourage more residents to choose electric vehicles

YELLOWKNIFE - Electric vehicles are a rare sight in Canada's North, with challenges such as frigid winter temperatures and limited infrastructure. The Northwest Territories is hoping to change that. T...

Aug 02, 2022

U.S. lawmakers making one last push to reform cannabis laws before November midterms

WASHINGTON - The surprise climate spending bill isn't the only piece of marquee legislation in the U.S. Senate that's getting a lot of Canadian attention. U.S. lawmakers are also looking at a comprehe...

Aug 02, 2022