Category Archives: Canada

Iqaluit mayor wants land tax exemption on churches removed over residential schools
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Iqaluit's mayor says he plans to make a motion to remove a land tax exemption for churches in Nunavut's capital city. Kenny Bell says he decided to do so after the Cowessess First N...
Jun 25, 2021

News hound, animal lover, former CP bureau chief Jill St. Louis dies at 66
VANCOUVER - Jill St. Louis, a former Vancouver bureau chief at The Canadian Press who thrived in a fast-breaking news environment and was a friend to anything with four legs, has died after a battle w...
Jun 25, 2021

'Staying alive is an obsession:' Family of survivors reflect on residential schools
The weeds of residential schools are tangled throughout the family tree of Clayton Episkenew and many other Indigenous people in Canada. "I have come a long way but at times feel guilty that I am here...
Jun 25, 2021

Four tornadoes touched down in Quebec on Monday: Environment Canada
MONTREAL - Environment Canada says Quebec was hit by four tornadoes on Monday afternoon, including a fatal twister that left a man dead north of Montreal. The agency said today in its weather summary ...
Jun 25, 2021

Graffiti on Saskatoon cathedral after unmarked graves found
SASKATOON - The front of a Saskatoon cathedral was tagged with graffiti following the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at a former residential school site in Saskatchewan. Red hand prints and ...
Jun 25, 2021

Trudeau resists calls to fire Bennett over 'hurtful' text, says he knows her 'heart'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is resisting calls to fire Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett over a text message he acknowledges was "wrong" and "hurtful" and harmed his gover...
Jun 25, 2021

U.S. senator wants Canada on religious freedom watch list over pastor COVID arrests
A U.S. senator wants Canada investigated for violating religious freedom over the arrests of Alberta pastors accused of flouting COVID-19 restrictions. Missouri Republican Josh Hawley has asked his co...
Jun 25, 2021

Canadian Forces pilots not warned about autopilot before deadly Cyclone crash in 2020
HALIFAX - As a pilot guided one of Canada's navy helicopters up into a tight turn, neither his training nor cockpit indicators warned of how a built-in autopilot would take control and plunge the Cycl...
Jun 25, 2021

Man who killed B.C. teen not at 'immediate risk' to violently reoffend: lawyer
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The man who killed a 13-year-old girl and injured her friend at a high school in Abbotsford, B.C., has been asked to read the victim impact statements related to his crime befo...
Jun 25, 2021

Public Health Agency of Canada releases graph on what fully vaccinated can do
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can have dinner together inside someone's house without having to keep their distance or wear a mask. ...
Jun 25, 2021