Category Archives: Canada
Key elements of the Liberal government's firearms-control announcement
OTTAWA - Key elements of the Liberal government's firearms-control announcement Monday: - A national freeze on importing, buying, selling or otherwise transferring handguns, with very limited exceptio...
May 30, 2022
National handgun freeze key feature of federal Liberals’ new firearm-control bill
OTTAWA - A national freeze on importing, buying or selling handguns is a central feature of firearm-control legislation tabled today by the federal Liberals.The government says the bill would also all...
May 30, 2022
First RCMP supervisor of N.S. mass shooting describes miscue in containing the killer
HALIFAX - The Mountie who led the early response to the Nova Scotia mass shooting testified Monday that his plans to block the killer's escape were thrown off by a subordinate's "misunderstanding" and...
May 30, 2022
Yukon supervised drug consumption site upgraded to allow indoor smoking
WHITEHORSE - Those who use illicit drugs may now smoke their substances at the supervised drug consumption site in Whitehorse, becoming one of the first facilities in Canada to allow inhalation indoor...
May 30, 2022
Ottawa's main Canada Day celebrations to be held at LeBreton Flats Park
OTTAWA - Large-scale Canada Day celebrations will return to the national capital July 1, with most of the action taking place in a park just west of Parliament Hill. Daytime and evening shows are sche...
May 30, 2022
Study struggles to explain why Quebec has high COVID death toll but low excess death
MONTREAL - Researchers are having a hard time explaining why Quebec had Canada's highest official COVID-19 death toll despite a relatively low number of excess deaths between March 2020 and October 20...
May 30, 2022
Mary Ng under ethics probe over contract to firm co-founded by Liberal strategist
OTTAWA - The federal ethics commissioner has opened an investigation into the conduct of International Trade Minister Mary Ng over a contract given to a company co-founded by a Liberal strategist. Con...
May 30, 2022
Racial profiling trial begins into power of Quebec police to make random car stops
MONTREAL - A Black Montreal man and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association are in court today challenging the power of Quebec police to make random traffic stops outside of drunk driving checkpoints...
May 30, 2022
Family of man who killed himself after visits to Regina hospital hopes to get answers
REGINA - The uncle of a man who killed himself hours after being removed from a Regina hospital by security guards says he hopes family members will finally get the answers they've been looking for. T...
May 30, 2022
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Arbour calls for major changes to military over misconduct
OTTAWA - Retired Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour says it is well past time for the military to scrap the traditions and ways of doing business that perpetuate a sexualized culture. The call from o...
May 30, 2022