Canada

'I got the call back': Alberta police and emergency services recruit Indigenous youth

STANDOFF, ALBERTA - Const. Tasha Melting Tallow hopes her story will help convince Indigenous youth to consider law enforcement as a lifelong career. Melting Tallow, a member of the Blood Tribe, took ...

Jul 16, 2022

Six homes destroyed, no injuries reported in 'daunting' wildfire west of Lytton, B.C.

LYTTON, B.C. - A wildfire just west of Lytton, B.C., has burned at least half a dozen homes but is spreading in the opposite direction of the village, officials said Friday. John Haugen, deputy chief ...

Jul 15, 2022

Trudeau event at brewery cancelled as apparent convoy protesters set up outside

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's day of whistle stops in the Ottawa area ended early Friday as anti-Liberal protesters gathered outside a brewery before he arrived. Following uneventful stops ...

Jul 15, 2022

Quebec judicial council to examine complaint over judge's sexual assault ruling

MONTREAL - The Quebec judicial council will examine a complaint regarding a judge who granted a conditional discharge to a young engineer who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and voyeurism stemming fr...

Jul 15, 2022

Quarterly federal carbon price rebates appear in bank accounts with vague labels

OTTAWA - Canadians who pay the federal carbon price got a midsummer money drop today with the first half of their annual "climate action incentive" payment deposited into their bank accounts. Prime Mi...

Jul 15, 2022

Woman charged with attempted murder after hostage stabbed in Alberta law office

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Police in Lethbridge, Alta., have charged a 40-year-old woman with attempted murder after a person was taken hostage and stabbed at a law office Thursday. Investigators say a woman...

Jul 15, 2022

Ottawa announces influenza vaccine agreement with GlaxoSmithKline

In preparation for future pandemic and seasonal flu seasons, the federal government announced Friday it has signed a new deal with GlaxoSmithKline for influenza vaccines. Health Minister Jean-Yves Duc...

Jul 15, 2022

Vehicle waited for Ripudaman Singh Malik hours before shooting in B.C.: police

SURREY, B.C. - Police say a vehicle with "multiple" people inside was waiting for Ripudaman Singh Malik hours before he was killed in a parking lot in Surrey, B.C. Malik was one of the two men acquitt...

Jul 15, 2022

B.C. Court of Appeal rejects private health care, says Charter breach OK

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has unanimously upheld a lower court's dismissal of a Vancouver surgeon's challenge of the Medicare Protection Act, saying bans on extra billing and pr...

Jul 15, 2022

Supreme Court nixes double royalties for streaming, downloading music online

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says songwriters are entitled to just one royalty - not two - when their music is made available for streaming or downloaded through an online service. The top cou...

Jul 15, 2022