Canada

Governor General expected to get warm welcome during return to home region of Nunavik

KUUJJUAQ, Que. - The usual excitement over the end of the school year in Nunavik is reaching a new level, as hundreds of students get ready to present special projects to the country's first Indigenou...

May 08, 2022

Canada's PM Trudeau makes surprise visit to Ukraine to meet President Zelenskyy

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made an unannounced visit to Ukraine today amid the Russian invasion. The Prime Minister's Office says Trudeau will meet Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky...

May 08, 2022

'Last resort': Police forces struggling to provide support for people in crisis

CALGARY - Pat and Irene Heffernan have relived their son's death many times. Anthony Heffernan, a 27-year-old recovering from a drug addiction, was shot by police four times - including three shots to...

May 08, 2022

'Trust us' isn't enough to win confidence in Emergencies Act inquiry: law's author

OTTAWA - In the late 1980s, as then-defence minister Perrin Beatty was drafting new legislation to replace the controversial War Measures Act, one man's words were on his mind. The man was Robert Stan...

May 08, 2022

$45M sexual, reproductive health fund not yet released a year later: advocates

OTTAWA - A year after the federal government announced a $45-million fund for organizations making sexual and reproductive information and services more available, advocates say none of the money has ...

May 08, 2022

Blue marshlands store as much carbon as green forests, says study

VANCOUVER - Estuaries edged by tall grasses and wildflowers that are home to birds, crabs, tiny fish and other wildlife are more effective than young coastal forests at capturing and storing carbon di...

May 08, 2022

Paddlers locate statue of giant hand that was carried away by swollen river

WINNIPEG - A statue of a hand that disappeared after it washed off the bank of a swollen river in Winnipeg earlier this week has been rescued, thanks to a group of canoeists and kayakers who set out S...

May 07, 2022

Retired general Jonathan Vance loses military honour at his own request

OTTAWA - Retired gen. Jonathan Vance, Canada's former chief of the defence staff, has terminated his appointment to a major Canadian military honour. A notice posted in the Canada Gazette, the federal...

May 07, 2022

Forced to relocate to a flood plain: Manitoba First Nation says protection is overdue

WINNIPEG - The marshy delta of Manitoba's Fisher River was not the original home of Peguis First Nation. But having been relocated there more than a century ago after an illegal land transfer, and fac...

May 07, 2022

Joel Etienne, failed Conservative leadership candidate, resolves issue with party

OTTAWA - A failed candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada's leadership says he will put his efforts to appeal the decision to rest. In a joint statement with the party, Joel Etienne says he spo...

May 06, 2022