Category Archives: Canada

Alberta registrar reverses rejection, man gets to have FREE AB licence plate
CALGARY - Tomas Manasek says he's thrilled that his beliefs about Alberta independence didn't end up costing him his personalized FREE AB licence plate. Manasek, who is 68, has lived in Calgary for th...
Jun 04, 2020

B.C. family wants justice for Indigenous man who died in police custody
As Lily Speed-Namox watched news about the Minneapolis man whose death in police custody ignited a massive anti-racism movement across the United States, she says it reminded her of her father. RCMP h...
Jun 04, 2020

First Nations, environmentalists ask for restart of oilpatch monitoring
EDMONTON - Seven environmental and Indigenous groups are asking the Alberta government to restart monitoring in the province's oilpatch as soon as possible. Most requirements for energy companies...
Jun 04, 2020

Limit gun capacity to five bullets, victims group urges Trudeau government
OTTAWA - As the government prepares new gun-control legislation, a victims group says magazine capacity should be limited to five bullets for all firearms to reduce the damage a mass shooter can do. T...
Jun 04, 2020

Moment of crisis, unrest no time for U.S. to desert global partners: congressman
WASHINGTON - The public health crisis gripping the world and civil unrest roiling cities across the United States are precisely why President Donald Trump should be embracing America's global fri...
Jun 04, 2020

Quebev moves to eliminate time limits for filing civil sexual assault suits
Quebec is tabling a bill that would allow sexual assault victims to pursue justice against their abusers regardless of how long ago crimes took place. The proposed legislation tabled to...
Jun 04, 2020

'Defunding' police, funding mental health resources will save lives: experts
TORONTO - The death of a Toronto woman who fell from her 24th-floor balcony while police were in her home has renewed calls for an overhaul of how society deals with people in mental health crises. So...
Jun 04, 2020

Trudeau says new modelling shows COVID-19 in decline but fight must continue
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says new federal data shows that COVID-19 is in decline across Canada but the country is not out of the woods. Trudeau says a new modelling report will be r...
Jun 04, 2020

Special payments to seniors to arrive in early July, Liberals say
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a special one-time payment for seniors will go out the week of July 6. The COVID-19-related aid will come in the form of $300 payments to the more than...
Jun 04, 2020

New study is first full list of species that only exist in Canada
OTTAWA - For the first time, Canadian biologists have come up with a list of plants, insects and animals that don't exist in any other country and many of them are in danger of extinction if they have...
Jun 04, 2020