Category Archives: Canada

Calls for cultural change at Hockey Canada spark period of reckoning for sport
As sponsors distanced themselves from Hockey Canada over the past few weeks, it became clear they wanted to see more than just a change in leadership. The need for a sweeping overhaul - via phrases su...
Oct 15, 2022

Defence chief calls on Canadians to rally behind military during personnel crisis
OTTAWA - The commander of the Canadian Armed Forces is calling on the country to rally behind its military as it faces an unprecedented personnel crisis that he says is threatening its ability to prot...
Oct 15, 2022

Municipal elections across B.C., with major battles in Vancouver, Surrey expected
Voters in British Columbia's cities, towns and villages head to the polls today to cast their verdict on local candidates who made big promises this fall to tackle the huge issues confronting almost e...
Oct 15, 2022

Actor, athlete Johnny Issaluk stripped of Order of Canada
OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon has stripped actor and athlete Johnny Issaluk of the Order of Canada. A regulatory notice being published Saturday says Issaluk's appointment was terminated Aug. 31. An a...
Oct 14, 2022

Quebec election: Judge rejects request by Conservatives for recount in Beauce-Nord
SAINT-JOSEPH-DE-BEAUCE, Que. - A Quebec Superior Court judge has rejected a request by the Conservative Party of Quebec to have a recount in a Quebec City-area riding it lost by a slim margin to the C...
Oct 14, 2022

Quebec appeals court overturns sex assault acquittal because ruling relied on 'myths'
MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial in a sexual assault case after concluding that the lower court judge based his ruling on "myths, prejudices or generalizations." The recen...
Oct 14, 2022

Absence of former CFL running back in person delays sentencing hearing for voyeurism
CALGARY - The sentencing hearing for a former CFL running back who pleaded guilty to voyeurism after he filmed a consensual sexual encounter without the woman's permission has been delayed because he ...
Oct 14, 2022

Quebec youth care agency not serious about fighting racism: Indigenous advocate
MONTREAL - An advocate for Indigenous people says a Montreal-based child and family services agency isn't serious about improving care for Indigenous youth. Nakuset, director of the Native Women's She...
Oct 14, 2022

Canada leading, not lagging, global green energy transition, but more to do: Freeland
WASHINGTON - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is leading, not lagging, the global shift towards green energy in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Earlier this week, Freeland...
Oct 14, 2022

No timeline for hiring Iran sanctions staff, federal minister says
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says that while legislation is coming within weeks to get tough on the Iranian regime, there is no timeline for hiring people to enforce fresh sanctions...
Oct 14, 2022