Canada

Jury to deliberate in Nunavut shooting inquest; Mountie also faces assault charge

GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - A jury in a coroner's inquest is to start deliberations today in a fatal shooting by a Nunavut RCMP officer who also faces an assault charge in another case. Cpl. Ian Crowe was c...

Oct 08, 2021

'I can't back down' on COVID-19 vaccine message, says threatened B.C. politician

VANCOUVER - Politicians accustomed to sparring in British Columbia's legislature have joined forces outside the house to push for higher vaccination rates in the north, but a longtime member of the Op...

Oct 08, 2021

Statistics Canada to say how labour market fared in September after August bump

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will say this morning how the country's labour market made out in September after the economy added jobs in August. The economy added 90,200 jobs in August to drop the unemp...

Oct 08, 2021

Allowing Rocky Mountain coal lease transfers during debate sends wrong signal: group

EDMONTON - An environmental group says an exchange of coal exploration lease applications in Alberta's Rocky Mountains suggests mining companies expect to be able to go ahead with their plans despite ...

Oct 08, 2021

Quebec premier to prorogue legislature, with new session starting Oct. 19

Quebec Premier Franois Legault says he will prorogue the province's legislature and a new session will begin Oct. 19. Legault made the announced Thursday afternoon in a news release, but the decision ...

Oct 07, 2021

COVID-19 shot 'could save your life,' RCMP boss says after federal vaccination order

OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki is encouraging vaccination against COVID-19 a day after the Liberal government announced Mounties must be immunized. In a tweet today, Lucki urges getting vacci...

Oct 07, 2021

Expert tells Nunavut inquest many police tools not effective in cold weather

GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - A use of force expert says an RCMP officer who shot and killed an armed man in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, in 2016 didn't have effective, less-lethal options he could have used that day...

Oct 07, 2021

Chief of Joyce Echaquan's community says trust in Quebec health-care system returning

JOLIETTE, Que. - The chief of the Atikamekw Council of Manawan says members of his community are slowly regaining their trust in Quebec's health-care system. Paul-mile Ottawa told reporters today that...

Oct 07, 2021

No response from PM to Kamloops invitation an 'insult': B.C. First Nation

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Tk'emlps te Secwepemc First Nation says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "missed an opportunity" to show his commitment to the survivors of residential schools by not replying to its...

Oct 07, 2021

Government consulting with remote Indigenous communities about mandatory vaccines

OTTAWA - The federal government is working on exemptions to its newly released mandatory vaccine policy for people in remote Indigenous communities, many of which are only accessible by airplane. The ...

Oct 07, 2021