Canada

B.C. subsidizes energy drilling on caribou habitat it promised to protect, study says

British Columbia is subsidizing oil and gas well drilling on the same land it has promised to protect for caribou, new research has found. "The B.C. government has made a lot of commitments to caribou...

Sep 30, 2021

Two arrested as academics share concerns over Indigenous artifacts at B.C. site

RCMP say they are negotiating with demonstrators who have taken control of a Coastal GasLink construction site in northern B.C. as tensions surrounding the natural gas project rise again. Protests las...

Sep 30, 2021

Trudeau flies to B.C. to be with family on first Truth and Reconciliation Day

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent part of Canada's first national day for Truth and Reconciliation flying to Tofino, B.C., where he joined his family. His office says Trudeau also spent hou...

Sep 30, 2021

Residential school survivor proposes Indigenous museum as part of reconciliation

OTTAWA - Residential school survivor Doug George-Kanentiio appealed to the federal government Thursday to help create a permanent museum in Canada to preserve the collective memories of Indigenous Peo...

Sep 30, 2021

Kenney to speak as COVID-19 caseloads continue to overwhelm Alberta's hospital system

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is to speak later today on the ongoing COVID-19 crisis that continues to overwhelm the provincial health system. Kenney is to meet with reporters alongside Tim ...

Sep 30, 2021

Reconciliation Day not holiday because Quebec needs more productivity: Legault

Quebec Premier Franois Legault says the province cannot afford to make the national day honouring victims and survivors of residential schools a statutory holiday. Legault told reporters today the pro...

Sep 30, 2021

Planned recruiting ads aimed at women as military struggles with sexual misconduct

OTTAWA - An expert on sexual misconduct says it would be dishonest for the Department of National Defence to promote the military as a positive place for women to work in a coming campaign after wides...

Sep 30, 2021

'Reconciliation demands honesty and transparency,' says chief of B.C. First Nation

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The chief of British Columbia's Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation says Indigenous people have had enough apologies and now want action from the Catholic Church and federal governmen...

Sep 30, 2021

Metis National Council elects first new president in 18 years

SASKATOON - The Metis National Council has elected its first new leader in nearly two decades. Cassidy Caron, who previously served as youth minister with Metis Nation of B.C., became the first woman ...

Sep 30, 2021

Canada's top court to rule on Ontario's move to slash Toronto city council

TORONTO - Canada's top court is expected to rule Friday on whether Ontario Premier Doug Ford's decision to slash the size of Toronto's city council during the last municipal election was constitutiona...

Sep 30, 2021