Canada

Mental health experts say Canada should have a three-digit suicide crisis hotline

Pressure is mounting for Canada to establish a three-digit suicide crisis hotline similar to the one implemented by the United States this weekend. The new 988 mental health hotline American authoriti...

Jul 17, 2022

Trudeau, Zelenskyy to talk turbines as Ukrainian supporters ready to protest

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to speak with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy today as relations between the two countries have been strained by Canada's controversial decisio...

Jul 17, 2022

Shootings, abortion, Trump: are fed-up Americans getting serious about getting out?

WASHINGTON - It's not just the relentless parade of deadly mass shootings, the draconian assault on abortion rights or even the prospect of a Donald Trump comeback that has Mackenzie Fresquez explorin...

Jul 17, 2022

Early rise for those attending Pope's mass near Quebec City during Canadian visit

QUEBEC - Those with tickets to attend the Pope's mass northeast of Quebec City at the end of this month will have a very early start to their day, but a spokesman who questioned whether the schedule w...

Jul 17, 2022

Decision to exempt gas turbines from sanctions right thing to do: Freeland

Canada's decision last week to send repaired parts of a Russian natural gas pipeline back to Germany was difficult but necessary, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Saturday. The Liberals ar...

Jul 16, 2022

Ottawa exploring criminal reform as Liberal MP tables bill on long-term care neglect

OTTAWA - Cathy Legere saw firsthand the conditions that elder residents of long-term care were enduring, and the intense pressure that personal care staff were under, in the early days of the COVID-19...

Jul 16, 2022

'I got the call back': Alberta police and emergency services recruit Indigenous youth

STANDOFF, ALBERTA - Const. Tasha Melting Tallow hopes her story will help convince Indigenous youth to consider law enforcement as a lifelong career. Melting Tallow, a member of the Blood Tribe, took ...

Jul 16, 2022

Six homes destroyed, no injuries reported in 'daunting' wildfire west of Lytton, B.C.

LYTTON, B.C. - A wildfire just west of Lytton, B.C., has burned at least half a dozen homes but is spreading in the opposite direction of the village, officials said Friday. John Haugen, deputy chief ...

Jul 15, 2022

Trudeau event at brewery cancelled as apparent convoy protesters set up outside

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's day of whistle stops in the Ottawa area ended early Friday as anti-Liberal protesters gathered outside a brewery before he arrived. Following uneventful stops ...

Jul 15, 2022

Quebec judicial council to examine complaint over judge's sexual assault ruling

MONTREAL - The Quebec judicial council will examine a complaint regarding a judge who granted a conditional discharge to a young engineer who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and voyeurism stemming fr...

Jul 15, 2022