Canada

First RCMP supervisor of N.S. mass shooting describes miscue in containing the killer

HALIFAX - The Mountie who led the early response to the Nova Scotia mass shooting testified Monday that his plans to block the killer's escape were thrown off by a subordinate's "misunderstanding" and...

May 30, 2022

Yukon supervised drug consumption site upgraded to allow indoor smoking

WHITEHORSE - Those who use illicit drugs may now smoke their substances at the supervised drug consumption site in Whitehorse, becoming one of the first facilities in Canada to allow inhalation indoor...

May 30, 2022

Ottawa's main Canada Day celebrations to be held at LeBreton Flats Park

OTTAWA - Large-scale Canada Day celebrations will return to the national capital July 1, with most of the action taking place in a park just west of Parliament Hill. Daytime and evening shows are sche...

May 30, 2022

Study struggles to explain why Quebec has high COVID death toll but low excess death

MONTREAL - Researchers are having a hard time explaining why Quebec had Canada's highest official COVID-19 death toll despite a relatively low number of excess deaths between March 2020 and October 20...

May 30, 2022

Mary Ng under ethics probe over contract to firm co-founded by Liberal strategist

OTTAWA - The federal ethics commissioner has opened an investigation into the conduct of International Trade Minister Mary Ng over a contract given to a company co-founded by a Liberal strategist. Con...

May 30, 2022

Racial profiling trial begins into power of Quebec police to make random car stops

MONTREAL - A Black Montreal man and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association are in court today challenging the power of Quebec police to make random traffic stops outside of drunk driving checkpoints...

May 30, 2022

Family of man who killed himself after visits to Regina hospital hopes to get answers

REGINA - The uncle of a man who killed himself hours after being removed from a Regina hospital by security guards says he hopes family members will finally get the answers they've been looking for. T...

May 30, 2022

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Arbour calls for major changes to military over misconduct

OTTAWA - Retired Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour says it is well past time for the military to scrap the traditions and ways of doing business that perpetuate a sexualized culture. The call from o...

May 30, 2022

Ottawa announces $247 million to create 25,000 apprenticeship positions across Canada

HALIFAX - The federal government is announcing nearly $247 million to help create more than 25,000 apprenticeship positions in the skilled trades across Canada. Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough sa...

May 30, 2022

Maple syrup producers see climate change as a threat to industry's future

Paul Renaud is only too aware of what the power of wind can do to trees. After violent windstorms recently swept through southern Ontario and Quebec, uprooting trees and leaving a trail of damage acro...

May 30, 2022