Canada

'The system is broken:' Many can't afford lawyers, don't qualify for legal aid

CALGARY - Legal experts say the justice system is failing Canada's working poor, many of whom are unable to afford lawyers and end up pleading guilty or representing themselves in court. In ...

Dec 06, 2019

Decision expected in appeal of convicted Calgary triple-murderer Douglas Garland

CALGARY - Alberta's top court is to release its decision today on the appeal filed by a man found guilty of killing a Calgary couple and their grandson. Douglas Garland was convicted in 2017 of f...

Dec 06, 2019

Consensus comes 30 years later that Montreal massacre was an anti-feminist act

MONTREAL - Thirty years after the worst mass shooting in Canadian history, official acknowledgment has come that what happened on Dec. 6, 1989 at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique was an attack on f...

Dec 05, 2019

Snowbirds aerobatics team returns to full operations after crash in U.S.

OTTAWA - The Canadian military's Snowbirds aerobatics team is returning to full operations after a crash grounded the planes in the U.S. for more than a month. Military investigators are still trying ...

Dec 05, 2019

Manitoba NDP seek honorary premier title for Louis Riel

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Opposition wants to give the title of honorary first premier to Metis leader Louis Riel. NDP Leader Wab Kinew has put forward a private member's bill that would bestow ...

Dec 05, 2019

Chinese ambassador warns Canada against adopting motion calling for sanctions

MONTREAL - China's ambassador to Canada is threatening what he called "very firm countermeasures" should Parliament adopt a motion calling for sanctions against Chinese leaders. Ambassador P...

Dec 05, 2019

From seals to belugas, scientists describe worrying signs for Arctic 'sentinels'

HALIFAX - Scientists attending a national gathering of Arctic researchers are outlining a widening range of climate change risks for so-called "sentinel" species, such as ringed seals a...

Dec 05, 2019

Speech from the throne steeped in tradition, but this year brings new changes

OTTAWA - The opening of Parliament is steeped in centuries-old traditions, but this year some new elements - including a renovated train station and an astronaut - are bringing a modern touch to the c...

Dec 05, 2019

Enhanced camera surveillance, stiffer panhandling fines floated in safety report

WINNIPEG - A recent spike in crime in downtown Winnipeg could be reversed with high-tech public surveillance cameras, a crackdown on panhandlers and other measures, the Manitoba Police Commission...

Dec 05, 2019

National focus needed on suicide crisis among Indigenous youth: AFN

OTTAWA - The federal government will support the creation of a national suicide-prevention strategy for young people, with a suicide crisis gripping a First Nation in northern Saskatche...

Dec 05, 2019