Canada

Advocates say in-person support crucial for residential school survivors

Indigenous advocates in Canada are calling for more cultural and mental-health supports for residential school survivors as communities discover unmarked graves at former sites. Front-line organizatio...

Jun 25, 2021

Police look to contain rowdy Canadiens fans after win over Vegas to advance

MONTREAL - Rowdy fans outside the Bell Centre were already celebrating - cheering and launching fire works - before the Montreal Canadiens beat the Vegas Golden Knights to advance to the Stanley Cup f...

Jun 24, 2021

Meng loses publication ban request on HSBC materials obtained via Hong Kong court

VANCOUVER - The Supreme Court of British Columbia has dismissed an application for a publication ban from Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou on new evidence that her legal team wants to intro...

Jun 24, 2021

Environment Canada issues heat warnings, says record-high temperatures loom for B.C.

VANCOUVER - Some B.C. communities are setting up cooling centres and distributing water bottles ahead of a sweltering heat wave that is expected to blanket most of the province. Environment Canada has...

Jun 24, 2021

'They made us believe we didn't have souls:' Marieval residential school survivor

A Cowessess First Nation elder is recalling the abusive and dehumanizing experiences she had while attending a residential school in Saskatchewan as news of the hundreds of unmarked graves found at th...

Jun 24, 2021

Groups challenge decision allowing judge involved in U of T controversy to keep job

OTTAWA - Complainants are challenging a review body decision that allowed a federal judge to keep his job after he was accused of bias against Palestinians over his views on a proposed university appo...

Jun 24, 2021

Facial recognition use by Liberals raises issues, says B.C.'s privacy commissioner

VICTORIA - British Columbia's information and privacy commissioner says he's considering launching an investigation into the use of facial recognition technology by the Liberal Party of Canada. Michae...

Jun 24, 2021

Yukon election followed the rules, lawyer for chief electoral officer tells court

WHITEHORSE - A lawyer for Yukon's top election official says the process to authorize a special ballot for a jailed voter in a riding where the Liberal incumbent lost her seat in a tie vote did not br...

Jun 24, 2021

Supreme Court to hear dispute over fate of undeveloped Nova Scotia land

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will look at whether a municipal move to prevent development of a parcel of land northwest of Halifax - and encourage its use as a park - might have amounted to ex...

Jun 24, 2021

Lionel Desmond inquiry: Veterans Affairs review cites delays, calls for changes

HALIFAX - An internal review of how Veterans Affairs handled the tragic case of a former soldier who killed his family and himself in 2017 says changes must be made to prevent other veterans from expe...

Jun 24, 2021