Canada

COVID-19 shot 'could save your life,' RCMP boss says after federal vaccination order

OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki is encouraging vaccination against COVID-19 a day after the Liberal government announced Mounties must be immunized. In a tweet today, Lucki urges getting vacci...

Oct 07, 2021

Expert tells Nunavut inquest many police tools not effective in cold weather

GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - A use of force expert says an RCMP officer who shot and killed an armed man in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, in 2016 didn't have effective, less-lethal options he could have used that day...

Oct 07, 2021

Chief of Joyce Echaquan's community says trust in Quebec health-care system returning

JOLIETTE, Que. - The chief of the Atikamekw Council of Manawan says members of his community are slowly regaining their trust in Quebec's health-care system. Paul-mile Ottawa told reporters today that...

Oct 07, 2021

No response from PM to Kamloops invitation an 'insult': B.C. First Nation

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Tk'emlps te Secwepemc First Nation says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "missed an opportunity" to show his commitment to the survivors of residential schools by not replying to its...

Oct 07, 2021

Government consulting with remote Indigenous communities about mandatory vaccines

OTTAWA - The federal government is working on exemptions to its newly released mandatory vaccine policy for people in remote Indigenous communities, many of which are only accessible by airplane. The ...

Oct 07, 2021

Quebec man arrested after 4-day Amber Alert now faces nine additional charges

MONTREAL - A Quebec man arrested after an Amber Alert that spanned four days is now facing nine additional charges. The 36-year-old man, who was arrested on Sept. 5 in Ste-Paule, Que., roughly 400 kil...

Oct 07, 2021

Environment lobby calls out Carney's climate finance credibility

OTTAWA - Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney's credibility as a global climate finance leader is under fire as environment lobby groups say he is allowing some of the biggest banks to use him a...

Oct 07, 2021

CPNewsAlert: Quebec police cancel Amber Alert after 2 kids, aged 3 and 1, found safe

SUTTON, Que. - Quebec provincial police are cancelling the Amber Alert they issued earlier today. They say the two young children who had allegedly been abducted have been found safe. Police said the ...

Oct 07, 2021

Nadia Chaudhri, neuroscientist who shared her journey with cancer, dies at 43

MONTREAL - Nadia Chaudhri, the Montreal neuroscientist who gained a worldwide following while spending her dying months raising funds for scientists from under-represented backgrounds, has died at age...

Oct 07, 2021

NDP prepared to withhold votes in Parliament, including on the Liberal budget: Singh

OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh is today signalling a tougher approach to co-operation with the minority Liberal government in Parliament. The NDP leader says his caucus is prepared to "withhold votes" if Prim...

Oct 07, 2021