Canada

Parks Canada returns Chief Poundmaker's staff to family at Saskatchewan ceremony

BATTLEFORD, Sask. - An artifact believed to have belonged to a Plains Cree leader who played an important role in treaty talks has been returned to his descendants. Parks Canada has transferred a staf...

May 04, 2022

Mass shooting inquiry: Lawyer calls for witnesses to sort out discrepancies over guns

HALIFAX - The inquiry investigating the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia was asked today to sort out conflicting evidence about how the RCMP responded to a woman who says she alerted police years ago...

May 04, 2022

Final victim in Ontario plane crash that killed international fugitive identified

SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ont. - Police have identified the final victim in a plane crash in northern Ontario that killed four, including a Canadian wanted in Thailand for murder. The Ontario Provincial Police s...

May 04, 2022

Military dealing with gap in search-and-rescue services due to new procurement delay

OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Air Force is relocating two aircraft from Winnipeg to Vancouver Island to address a gap in Canada's search-and-rescue services. The gap is the result of a new delay in the ...

May 04, 2022

YouTube says bill could cover user-generated content, despite minister's assurances

OTTAWA - YouTube says user-generated content, such as cooking videos made in people's kitchens, could be regulated by an online streaming law, despite assurances from the heritage minister that this w...

May 04, 2022

Ethics committee says government must tell Canadians it's tracking their movements

OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee says the federal government needs to tell Canadians if it's collecting data about their movements, and allow them to opt out of that collection. Those are some of...

May 04, 2022

Launch national pharmacare with free birth control, NPD pitches

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the government should launch pharmacare with free access to birth control, including the morning-after pill. Reproductive health has been in the spotlight since ...

May 04, 2022

Quebec Halloween 2020 murder suspect is a narcissist, seeks recognition: Crown expert

QUEBEC - An expert for the Crown says the suspect in Quebec City's Halloween 2020 murders is narcissistic, seeks recognition, and could not have been delirious the night of the stabbings. Neuropsychol...

May 04, 2022

Canada's ambassador will return to Ukraine as soon as it's safe, Joly says

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada's ambassador to Ukraine will return to the country as soon as it is safe. Canada was among multiple nations that closed their diplomatic missi...

May 04, 2022

MLA wants more public comment on feedlot plan near popular Alberta recreational lake

An Alberta politician says the province should give the public more opportunity to express concerns about a proposed cattle feedlot that many fear threatens a popular lake. New Democrat environment cr...

May 04, 2022