Canada

Lucki rejects idea of special prosecutor to look into assaults against RCMP members

OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki is dismissing the idea of a special prosecutor to look into numerous claims that women in the national police force were assaulted by colleagues. Lucki is telli...

Jun 02, 2021

Ontario, Quebec lay out pandemic plans for schools

TORONTO - Students in the two provinces hardest hit by COVID-19 should be able to experience a "normal" return to school in the fall, officials said Wednesday as other provinces and territories looked...

Jun 02, 2021

Trudeau to attend G7 Leaders' Summit in the United Kingdom next week in person

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced he will attend in person the G7 Leaders' Summit from June 11 to 13 and the NATO Summit on June 14 followed by the Canada-European Union Summit in B...

Jun 02, 2021

Canadians growing 'impatient' on border, Garneau says as businesses push to reopen

WASHINGTON - Tiny cracks of daylight are beginning to appear in the barriers that have kept people from casually crossing the Canada-U.S. border for the last 13 months - but they mostly seem to be on ...

Jun 02, 2021

Soldier cleared of charges related to alleged incidents in Nova Scotia

OTTAWA - A member of the Canadian Armed Forces has been found not guilty of sexual assault and forcible confinement after prosecutors declined to present any evidence against him. Master Cpl. Anthony ...

Jun 02, 2021

Canadian outpouring over residential schools can bring healing, says survivor

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The shock being expressed about the discovery of the remains of 215 children at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia could be a force to bring long-awaited chan...

Jun 02, 2021

Ottawa councillors urge federal government to rename Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway

Three Ottawa city councillors representing wards where the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway runs parallel to the Ottawa River are urging the federal government to change the name of the road. In a letter...

Jun 02, 2021

Freeland says feds will voice concerns to Air Canada over executive bonuses

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government will voice its concerns about Air Canada doling out millions in bonuses to its executives as the company was negotiating a federal bailo...

Jun 02, 2021

Climate change health costs to top $100B by mid-century: report

A report by a federally funded research group says climate change will add more than $100 billion to Canada's health-care costs by mid-century. The Canadian Institute for Climate Choices says effects ...

Jun 02, 2021

N.S. First Nation further delays lobster fishing, saying it risks losing traps

HALIFAX - A Mi'kmaq community is further delaying plans for a lobster harvest that was set to start this week off southwestern Nova Scotia, saying the band will have to set up its own security to prot...

Jun 02, 2021