Canada

Trudeau faces mounting calls for independent probe of residential school deaths

OTTAWA - As calls mount for the federal Liberals to do more to support Indigenous communities calling for independent investigations into deaths of children at residential schools, Prime Minister Just...

Jun 25, 2021

Jury selection change preserved fairness of process, Supreme Court says

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says Parliament was entitled to abolish a long-standing jury selection procedure that some critics had denounced as discriminatory. The newly released reasons shed...

Jun 25, 2021

Canada Day should time a time of reflection after unmarked graves discovered: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says this Canada Day should be a time of reflection. His comments come the day after a First Nation in Saskatchewan announced ground-penetrating radar had detect...

Jun 25, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Religious group says it will release residential school records

The Catholic religious community that operated residential schools in Saskatchewan and British Columbia where hundreds of unmarked graves have been found says it will disclose all historical documents...

Jun 25, 2021

Montreal police make 15 arrests, eight police cars vandalized after Canadiens win

MONTREAL - Police say they made 15 arrests during a rowdy celebration after the Montreal Canadiens' series-clinching victory against the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday, which sent the team to the St...

Jun 25, 2021

Two more extreme right-wing groups join Proud Boys on Canada's terror list

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is adding two more extreme right-wing groups and an American neo-Nazi to its list of terrorist entities as it tries to counter the rise white nationalist violence. Publ...

Jun 25, 2021

B.C. doctor wants action to prevent children falling from windows

VANCOUVER - A pediatric neurosurgeon in British Columbia is urging caregivers to take steps to prevent children from falling from windows and balconies after two kids have died from their injuries so ...

Jun 25, 2021

A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...

Jun 25, 2021

Flight 752 forensic report doesn't answer all questions, victims' families say

The man whose family was killed in a missile attack on Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 as it left Tehran's airport last year is "angry and disappointed" with a forensic report that says it w...

Jun 25, 2021

A plea for more help and the Habs party gets rowdy: In The News for June 25

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 June 25 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jun 25, 2021