Category Archives: Canada

Body of minke whale spotted near Montreal recovered from river, necropsy performed
MONTREAL - A dead whale found in the St. Lawrence River northeast of Montreal is likely the second of two minke whales spotted in the area earlier this month. A Quebec marine mammal research group say...
May 28, 2022

Migrant women workers continue to face abortion access barriers: advocates
OTTAWA - While she has helped several migrant workers access abortion services in Canada, Evelyn Encalada Grez said one woman comes to mind. "The migrant woman was so afraid of being found out that sh...
May 28, 2022

Calling social conservatives dinosaurs was 'wrong terminology', says Patrick Brown
OTTAWA - Federal Conservative leadership candidate Patrick Brown says calling social conservatives "dinosaurs" in a book he wrote about his time in Ontario politics was "the wrong terminology" "I gues...
May 28, 2022

A look at some recent convictions that have led to consecutive murder sentences
The Supreme Court of Canada struck down a Criminal Code provision Friday that meant multiple murderers might have to wait 50 years or more to apply for parole. The unanimous high court decision came F...
May 27, 2022

Ottawa police decide no charges in deadly Nunavut RCMP shooting
RANKIN INLET, Nunavut - An investigation into a deadly police shooting in Nunavut has concluded that no officer involved will face charges. The Ottawa Police Service was tasked with reviewing the shoo...
May 27, 2022

Canada raids emergency stockpile to send medical equipment to Ukraine
OTTAWA - Canada has tapped into its own strategic stockpile of emergency medical supplies - stored for a national emergency - to help Ukraine. It has donated over 375,000 items of medical equipment an...
May 27, 2022

Police waited 45 minutes to breach classroom in Uvalde, believing kids not at risk
WASHINGTON - Officials in Texas say it was the "wrong decision" to wait 45 minutes before moving in on the man responsible for Tuesday's elementary school shooting. Col. Steven McCraw, the head of the...
May 27, 2022

English school board says it will file legal challenge of Quebec language law reform
MONTREAL - The English Montreal School Board says it will launch a legal challenge of Quebec's recently adopted language law reform. The board said in a news release today that it believes the law, co...
May 27, 2022

Canada could help wean Europe from Russian oil and gas by shipping clean hydrogen
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says he spoke this week with delegates from several European countries, including Germany, about the potential for shipping them clean Canadian h...
May 27, 2022

Feds announce funds for women's shelters, advocate says more needed
OTTAWA - The federal government has announced funding to construct and repair hundreds of spaces for women and children fleeing violence. Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen says the government will give ov...
May 27, 2022