Canada

B.C. First Nation has proposed settlement after 160-year battle with Canada

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia First Nation has reached a proposed $135-million settlement with the federal government, 160 years after settlers began taking over its village lands. Chief Willie Sella...

Apr 25, 2022

Feds invest $6.7 million on research platform looking at impact of COVID-19 on youth

MONTREAL - The federal government is investing $6.7 million on a Canada-wide research platform to better understand the impact of COVID-19 on children. Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos told re...

Apr 25, 2022

Record rise in antisemitism in 2021 with surge of violent incidents

OTTAWA - B'nai Brith Canada says there were record levels of antisemitism in Canada last year, with sharp increases in Quebec and British Columbia. The annual audit shows there were 2,799 anti-Jewish ...

Apr 25, 2022

Mom of slain Quebec boys seeking compensation over alleged youth protection failures

MONTREAL - The mother of two deceased boys whose father is accused of killing them is seeking $2 million from the Quebec government because she says youth protection services failed her family. In a l...

Apr 25, 2022

Key interest rate could soon go up another half percentage point, central bank says

OTTAWA - The governor of the Bank of Canada is signalling Canada's key interest rate could go up another half percentage point in June to help wrestle inflation under control. Tick Macklem is appearin...

Apr 25, 2022

Many knew of N.S. killer's replica RCMP patrol car but didn't report to police

HALIFAX - A public inquiry heard today that many people knew about a replica patrol car owned by the gunman in Nova Scotia's mass shooting, but they didn't inform police of his activities. The killer ...

Apr 25, 2022

Canadian military not doing enough to detect, prevent extremism in the ranks: Report

OTTAWA - A scathing new report on racism in the Canadian Armed Forces says the military is not doing enough to detect and prevent white supremacists and other extremists from infiltrating its ranks. T...

Apr 25, 2022

Upcoming census release to show how country is aging, detail gender for first time

OTTAWA - To Parminder Raina, age is really just a number - scientifically speaking. Raina, the scientific director of the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, points to the difference between com...

Apr 25, 2022

Public inquiry into Nova Scotia mass shooting resumes with focus on replica RCMP car

HALIFAX - A public inquiry investigating the mass shooting in Nova Scotia is scheduled to resume today in Halifax with a focus on the replica RCMP police car the killer drove and the police gear he ac...

Apr 25, 2022

Government must call inquiry into use of Emergencies Act today

OTTAWA - The federal government has until the end of the day to call an inquiry into its use of the Emergencies Act during the blockades at Canadian border crossings and in Ottawa earlier this year. M...

Apr 25, 2022