Canada

Chief Justice Richard Wagner stresses need to boost Indigenous reconciliation efforts

OTTAWA - Canada's chief justice says judges must be alert to the history and experience of Indigenous peoples, and should make the same commitment to those of other cultures and communities. In a rece...

Jun 04, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, June 3, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 3, 2021. There are 1,387,445 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,387,445 confirmed cases (27,790 active...

Jun 03, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on June 3, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 3, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 410,178 new vaccinations administered for a total of 24,924,...

Jun 03, 2021

Forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women ongoing, Senate report reveals

OTTAWA - She was screaming that she "didn't want this," but it happened anyway. A Cree woman had just given birth to her sixth child in Saskatoon, when she was presented with a consent form for her st...

Jun 03, 2021

Energy regulator orders Trans Mountain to stop tree clearing work on project

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Canada Energy Regulator has issued an order stopping tree cutting and grass mowing across the entire $12.6-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. A statement from Tran...

Jun 03, 2021

Senate unanimously passes bill creating national day for truth and reconciliation

OTTAWA - A bill creating a statutory holiday to commemorate the tragic legacy of residential schools in Canada has been passed unanimously by the Senate. Bill C-5 is expected to receive royal assent l...

Jun 03, 2021

Jewish groups decry mock 'eviction notice' sent to residents in Canadian cities

OTTAWA - Jewish advocacy groups are condemning a mock "eviction notice" dropped in mailboxes across Canada as part of a campaign to draw attention to the planned removal of Palestinians from a neighbo...

Jun 03, 2021

Kenney says 'reasonable effort' made to follow COVID rules at whiskey dinner

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he and his ministers made every reasonable effort to comply with health rules during a surreptitiously photographed whiskey-drinks dinner on the patio of t...

Jun 03, 2021

Federal government hiking fines for hotel quarantine violators

OTTAWA - The federal government is increasing the fine for air travellers who refuse to quarantine in a designated hotel for three days after arriving in Canada. Travellers who had faced a $3,000 fine...

Jun 03, 2021

A look at the residential-school system in Canada

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced last week that ground-penetrating radar had located what are believed to be the remains of 215 children in an unmarked burial site on...

Jun 03, 2021