Canada

Federal prison chaplains ratify first contract agreement, union says

OTTAWA - Unionized federal prison chaplains have ratified a contract that includes wage increases and improved working conditions. The United Steelworkers union says the contract - the chaplains' firs...

Apr 09, 2021

Ottawa Police Service clears RCMP officer who shot and killed Clyde River man

The Ottawa Police Service has cleared Nunavut RCMP in the shooting death of Abraham Natanine in Clyde River. Natanine, who was 31, was shot and killed by RCMP on May 5, 2020, after police responded to...

Apr 09, 2021

Former central banker Carney makes political debut at Liberal convention

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn't saying whether he's trying to recruit former central banker Mark Carney to run for the Liberals. Trudeau dodged questions Friday about Carney's possible po...

Apr 09, 2021

Former Quebec judge convicted of killing wife to be freed ahead of new murder trial

QUEBEC - A former Quebec judge found guilty in 2012 of fatally shooting his wife has been ordered released from prison while he awaits a new murder trial. Superior Court Justice Francois Huot accepted...

Apr 09, 2021

Ottawa appeals court ruling that limits First Nations' ability to postpone elections

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says his department will appeal a Federal Court ruling that limits First Nations' ability to postpone the election of chiefs and councils during the C...

Apr 09, 2021

Number of COVID-19 patients being treated in ICUs up 23 per cent over last week: Tam

Canada's chief public health officer says the number of patients being hospitalized for COVID-19 is on the rise as more contagious variants of the virus spread in many parts of the country. Dr. Theres...

Apr 09, 2021

Promote Indigenous access to disability tax credit, advisory committee recommends

OTTAWA - An advisory committee is calling on the Canada Revenue Agency to promote access to the disability tax credit in Indigenous communities and to develop tax-credit assessments tailored for Indig...

Apr 09, 2021

Flags drop, bells toll as Canadians remember special relationship with Prince Philip

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and an array of federal and provincial figures are paying tribute to Prince Philip and the royal's special relationship to Canada as flags across the country dropped to h...

Apr 09, 2021

Statistics Canada hires locals in First Nations to collect census amid COVID-19

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is hiring local enumerators for the 2021 census in Indigenous, remote and northern communities to avoid outsiders needing to visit during the pandemic. Geoff Bowlby, directo...

Apr 09, 2021

Canadians react to Prince Philip's death, announced Friday

Prince Philip has died at age 99. Buckingham Palace said the Duke of Edinburgh passed away at home. Here's what Canadian public figures are saying about the Queen's husband: "Prince Philip was a man o...

Apr 09, 2021