Canada

Policing programs reinforce existing system: critics

When Alain Babineau was a police academy cadet nearly 30 years ago, the education his cohort received on diversity and racism amounted to a few basic lectures with little in terms of practical applica...

Jul 10, 2020

Amber Alert continues for missing Quebec girls, 6 and 11, and their father

LEVIS, Que. - Quebec provincial police say searches continued overnight after an Amber Alert was issued Thursday for two young girls and their 44-year-old father. Police issued the alert at aroun...

Jul 10, 2020

Canada asks British military for help flying troops to and from Latvia

OTTAWA - Canadian troops have been forced to hitch a ride with the British military to get to and from Latvia due to a shortage of working planes. Canada has 540 troops in Latvia, where they form...

Jul 10, 2020

Genetic testing and hitching a ride with the British; In The News for July 10

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 July 10 ... What...

Jul 10, 2020

Supreme Court to rule on constitutionality of genetic discrimination law

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is slated to rule this morning on the constitutionality of a federal law that forbids companies from making people undergo genetic testing before buying insurance ...

Jul 10, 2020

Statistics Canada to release June jobs report as pandemic restrictions ease

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is set this morning to give a snapshot of the job market as it was last month as pandemic-related restrictions eased and reopenings widened. Economists expect the report wil...

Jul 10, 2020

Doctors, nurses urged to provide info on racism in B.C. emergency rooms

VICTORIA - A former judge investigating allegations of racism towards Indigenous people in British Columbia's health-care system is calling on patients, families, doctors and nurses to come forward wi...

Jul 09, 2020

Jamie Bacon pleads guilty to charge in British Columbia's Surrey Six case

VANCOUVER - Reputed gang leader Jamie Bacon has pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from shootings in 2007 that left six people dead at a highrise apartment building...

Jul 09, 2020

Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard asks court to dismiss class-action lawsuit

NEW YORK - A Canadian fashion mogul is asking a U.S. court to dismiss a class-action lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted dozens of women. Peter Nygard's motion filed Wednesday in a New York court a...

Jul 09, 2020

North Atlantic right whales nearing extinction, international nature body says

OTTAWA - North Atlantic right whales are now considered one step away from complete eradication. The International Union for Conservation of Nature is moving the whales from "endangered" to "crit...

Jul 09, 2020