Canada

Systemic failures and racism: Hearings for Desmond inquiry conclude in Nova Scotia

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - More than five years after Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond killed three family members and himself in their rural Nova Scotia home, a provincial fatality inquiry conclud...

Apr 20, 2022

B.C. high court certifies former flight attendant's class-action suit against WestJet

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Court of Appeal has ruled a former flight attendant's class-action lawsuit alleging breach of contract against WestJet can proceed. The decision from a three-member pa...

Apr 20, 2022

Canada struggling to process Afghan refugees, Taliban 'not exactly being helpful': PM

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the circumstances in Afghanistan are "heartbreaking" but Canada is facing challenges in processing refugees trying to flee the war-torn country. Trudeau, wh...

Apr 20, 2022

Trudeau says heavy artillery coming for Ukraine, but stays mum on details

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn't going to provide more details about his government's pledge to send a new round of military aid to Ukraine - at least not yet. The prime minister said Wedn...

Apr 20, 2022

RCMP's inability to track officers during N.S. killings questioned at inquiry

HALIFAX - Lawyers at the public inquiry into Canada's worst mass shooting are asking why - in an era when teens use apps to locate each other - the RCMP lacked technology to track their officers on fo...

Apr 20, 2022

Quebec judge bans father from taking son to protests against COVID-19 health orders

QUEBEC - A Quebec judge has ruled a mother can have her young son vaccinated against the novel coronavirus without the father's consent and ordered the father not to take the child to COVID-19 protest...

Apr 20, 2022

Southern Alberta town council votes against ending century-old alcohol ban

RAYMOND, ALBERTA - The council of a southern Alberta town that has been dry for more than a century has voted against a motion to allow restaurants to serve alcohol. Six out of seven councillors in th...

Apr 20, 2022

B.C. poultry farmers uniquely equipped to respond to possible avian flu

VANCOUVER - Poultry farmers in British Columbia are under pressure to protect their flocks as a highly contagious strain of avian flu sweeps over North America. Ray Nickel, spokesman for the B.C. Poul...

Apr 20, 2022

Slain Mexican activist's supporters take case to Supreme Court of Canada

OTTAWA - Family and supporters of a Mexican activist who was killed after opposing a Canadian company's mining project are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to review a federal ombudsman's decision n...

Apr 19, 2022

National Defence says fewer unvaccinated troops kicked out of military than reported

OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence is reporting limited progress on enforcing an order that all troops bare their arms, with fewer unvaccinated members having been forced to hang up their uni...

Apr 19, 2022