Canada

'A personal journey': People travelling great distances to see Pope Francis

Susan Enge will be thinking of her mother's time in a residential school during the long journey south from the Northwest Territories to see Pope Francis in Alberta. Her thoughts will linger on that l...

Jul 21, 2022

Temperatures expected to reach or surpass 30 C in parts of the country

Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for a number of provinces, with temperatures expected to reach or surpass 30 C over the coming days. The heat advisories cover large swaths of New Brunswick...

Jul 21, 2022

Review committee recommends Quebec Justice Gérard Dugré be removed from office

OTTAWA - A Canadian Judicial Council inquiry committee says a Quebec judge who displayed "aggressive and disagreeable" attitudes toward lawyers and failed to render decisions on time should be removed...

Jul 20, 2022

Coroner's office orders inquest into 2019 killing of Montreal woman and her two sons

MONTREAL - Quebec's chief coroner, Pascale Descary, is ordering a public inquest into the 2019 killing of a Montreal woman and her two young children. Descary says the inquest will also probe the suic...

Jul 20, 2022

What it means if you're randomly selected at the airport for a COVID-19 test

OTTAWA - You've just returned from a fabulous trip abroad. You make it through Canadian customs, ready to get home and settle back into normal life, or at least the new normal you've established since...

Jul 20, 2022

More doctors across Canada should prescribe safer drugs to reduce overdoses: minister

VANCOUVER - Canada's minister of mental health and addictions says more doctors across the country should be willing to prescribe a safer supply of drugs instead of fearing they will be investigated b...

Jul 20, 2022

Hockey Canada execs, CHL president set to answer more questions from MPs next week

Hockey Canada CEO Scott Smith and predecessor Tom Renney will be back in Ottawa next week as members of Parliament continue to press the under-fire federation for answers about its handling of an alle...

Jul 20, 2022

Jean Charest presses Conservative party to hold third leadership debate

OTTAWA - Federal Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest is pressing the party to decide whether it will hold a third debate for contenders. Charest's request comes as members of the committee ...

Jul 20, 2022

MP Kevin Vuong fined for failing to report sex assault charge to Naval Reserve

MONTREAL - Kevin Vuong, a Toronto member of Parliament and naval reservist, has been fined $500 for failing to tell the Royal Canadian Navy about a 2019 sexual assault charge. Naval Reserve spokesman ...

Jul 20, 2022

Indigenous woman says she feels heard as accused priest has first court appearance

POWERVIEW, Man. - A First Nations woman says she is disappointed a 92-year-old priest accused of assaulting her when she was a student at a former residential school did not attend his first court app...

Jul 20, 2022