Canada

Families of Canadians trapped in Syria turn to Federal Court to force government help

OTTAWA - The families of Canadians trapped in northern Syria are asking the Federal Court to force Ottawa to help them. The 11 families say in a court filing that the government's refusal to step in a...

Sep 30, 2021

One bath a week: ombudswoman says Quebec home care has been insufficient for years

Quebec's ombudswoman says there are some home care providers in the province that only offer one bath per week for seniors who do not have skin conditions. Marie Rinfret released her annual report tod...

Sep 30, 2021

Ex PQ-leader Boisclair renounces preliminary hearing, will face sex assault trials

MONTREAL - Former Parti Qubcois leader Andr Boisclair is renouncing his right to a preliminary inquiry on sexual assault charges and will go directly to trial. Boisclair is charged in two separate cas...

Sep 30, 2021

N.B. coroner's inquest told about lack of adequate mental health and addictions help

MIRAMICHI, N.B. - Rodney Levi didn't get the mental health help he needed before he was shot dead by police last year in northern New Brunswick, an addictions counsellor and lifelong friend to the Ind...

Sep 30, 2021

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, COVID exemptions: In The News for Sept. 30

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 30 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Sep 30, 2021

Canada marks first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Communities across Canada are set to mark the country's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation today, honouring Indigenous survivors and children who disappeared from the res...

Sep 30, 2021

Jury finds Winnipeg man guilty of first-degree murder in stabbing of three-year-old

WINNIPEG - Family members of a three-year-old boy who was stabbed while he slept in his bed hugged and cried outside a Winnipeg courtroom Wednesday night after his accused killer was found guilty. A j...

Sep 29, 2021

'Put down your sword': Federal Court dismisses feds' Indigenous child-welfare appeals

OTTAWA - The Federal Court has dismissed Ottawa's attempts to appeal a pair of rulings about providing services and compensation to First Nations children. In September 2019, the Canadian Human Rights...

Sep 29, 2021

Greens should investigate Annamie Paul's racism claims, says leadership contender

OTTAWA - The Green activist who came second to Annamie Paul in the last leadership race says he is being urged by many to stand again. Dimitri Lascaris, a Montreal-based lawyer and activist, is "vacil...

Sep 29, 2021

Truth and Reconciliation Day personal for new governor general, Mary May Simon

OTTAWA - Governor General Mary May Simon has some very personal reflections on the eve of Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. As the daughter of a white father and Inuk mother, M...

Sep 29, 2021