Canada

Ethics commissioner calls for suspension of Quebec economy minister over conflict

Quebec's ethics commissioner is recommending that Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon be suspended from the provincial legislature over an ongoing conflict of interest. Ariane Mignolet says in a report...

Jun 02, 2021

Victims of military sexual trauma turned away from peer-support programs: ombudsman

OTTAWA - Canada's veterans ombudsman says a recent investigation by her office has found victims of military sexual misconduct are being referred away from existing peer-support programs for service m...

Jun 02, 2021

Indigenous Services minister wants Pope to apologize for Canada's residential schools

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the Pope needs to issue an apology for the role the Catholic Church played in Canada's residential school system. A papal apology was one of the ...

Jun 02, 2021

Joyce Echaquan coroner's inquiry comes to an end, community to march in her honour

TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - The inquest into the death of Joyce Echaquan has begun its last day of hearings, with lawyers making their final pleas to coroner Ghane Kamel. Echaquan, a 37-year-old Atikamekw m...

Jun 02, 2021

Group says Medicine Hat has ended chronic homelessness, as cities eye same nationwide

OTTAWA - An Alberta city has become the first in the country to have ended chronic homelessness, just as municipal leaders push the federal government to help do the same countrywide. Medicine Hat fir...

Jun 02, 2021

U.N. seeks full probe into death of Indigenous students at residential schools

The United Nations Human Rights Office is calling on all levels of Canadian governments to investigate the deaths of Indigenous children at residential schools and to intensity efforts to find those w...

Jun 02, 2021

Canada doubles dollars to COVAX, but no sign of donating doses yet

OTTAWA - International Development Minister Karina Gould says Canada is doubling its dollar commitment to the global vaccine-sharing alliance known as COVAX, but isn't yet committing to a specific don...

Jun 02, 2021

Business wants more pandemic help; vaccine advice takes shape: In The News for June 2

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 2... What we are watching in Canada ... H...

Jun 02, 2021

Federal prison service improperly listened to inmate calls with lawyers: auditors

OTTAWA - An internal audit found that federal prison staff improperly intercepted communication between an inmate and their lawyer in 10 per cent of cases reviewed, amounting to possible breaches of s...

Jun 02, 2021

Who have provinces pegged to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks?

As COVID-19 vaccine supplies ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have begun planning to give second doses in the coming weeks. More than 24 million people across Canada have now...

Jun 02, 2021