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Canada has admitted broken Indigenous relationship, unlike China on Uyghurs: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there is a fundamental difference between Canada's troubled relationship with Indigenous Peoples, and China's systemic abuse and human rights violation agai...

Jun 22, 2021

11 of Canada's worst tornado events over the years

A tornado carved a destructive path through the town of Mascouche, Que., on Monday, punching holes into roofs, uprooting trees and killing one man who had taken shelter in a shed. According to Environ...

Jun 22, 2021

Commission on election leaders' debates sets criteria, says parties need 4% support

OTTAWA - The commission of the official leaders' debates for Canada's elections says one of the criteria for participating in the next set is parties must have at least four per cent of national suppo...

Jun 22, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, June 22, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 11 a.m. Quebec is reporting 84 new COVID-19 cases today and four more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, one of which o...

Jun 22, 2021

Two-thirds of Canadians say governments shouldn't lift all COVID-19 restrictions

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests about two-thirds of Canadians believe that governments should not lift all restrictions related to COVID-19. Sixty-nine per cent of respondents to an online survey by Lege...

Jun 22, 2021

Desmond inquiry: Lionel Desmond's case manager at Veterans Affairs begins testimony

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - An inquiry examining why a former soldier in Nova Scotia killed his family and himself in 2017 is hearing today from his case manager at Veterans Affairs Canada. Marie-Paule Do...

Jun 22, 2021

Military ombudsman demands independence now, accuses top brass of fighting oversight

OTTAWA - Canada's military ombudsman is demanding the federal Liberal government immediately grant his office true independence and oversight powers over the Canadian Armed Forces. Ombudsman Greg Lick...

Jun 22, 2021

Cleanup underway in Quebec town after tornado that left one man dead

MASCOUCHE, Que. - A Quebec town just north of Montreal is cleaning up today in the aftermath of a tornado that tore through Monday afternoon. A man died after trying to take shelter in his shed in Mas...

Jun 22, 2021

Killer rapist Paul Bernardo faces parole hearing today; victim families opposed

TORONTO - Teen killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo is set for a parole hearing today. Bernardo's horrific crimes in the 1980s and early 1990s include kidnapping, torturing and killing Kristen Frenc...

Jun 22, 2021

Maintaining COVID restrictions, tax cheats by the super rich: In The News for June 22

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 22 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jun 22, 2021