Category Archives: Canada

'Take responsibility': University of Manitoba sorry for housing Indigenous remains
WINNIPEG - The University of Manitoba has publicly apologized for harm it has caused to First Nations, Inuit and Mtis communities more than a century after it began accepting and storing Indigenous re...
Jun 03, 2024

Speed restrictions, B.C. fishery closures, aim to protect southern killer whales
VANCOUVER - The federal government has announced salmon fishery closures and mandatory speed limits in areas where southern resident killer whales forage and travel in the ongoing effort to protect th...
Jun 03, 2024

Children, people with disabilities to qualify for national dental care on June 27
OTTAWA - The Liberal government says it will expand eligibility for the federal dental program to children and people with disabilities on June 27. Citizens' Services Minister Terry Beech says childre...
Jun 03, 2024

Weather hampers search for mountaineers missing since Friday near Squamish, B.C.
SQUAMISH, B.C. - A spokeswoman for Squamish Search and Rescue in British Columbia says the area where three climbers have been missing since Friday is "socked in" with clouds and moisture, hampering e...
Jun 03, 2024

Elected leaders should read Supreme Court decisions before speaking, says top justice
OTTAWA - The chief justice of the Supreme Court is sending a warning about the risks elected officials run by reacting to decisions from the court without first having read the rulings themselves. Ric...
Jun 03, 2024

Quebec to spend $31 to boost security at courthouses after violent incidents
LONGUEUIL, Que. - The Quebec government is pledging $31 million to add security checkpoints and more special constables to the province's courthouses after recent violent incidents that raised safety ...
Jun 03, 2024

AFN national chief blasts governments' inaction on fifth anniversary of MMIWG report
OTTAWA - On the fifth anniversary of a national inquiry's report into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is blasting all levels of gov...
Jun 03, 2024

Elenore Sturko leaves BC United party for Conservatives to 'defeat the NDP'
VICTORIA - Another BC United member has left the party to join the Conservative Party of BC just months before the provincial election. Surrey South MLA Elenore Sturko says in a statement that she's j...
Jun 03, 2024

Feds create $530M fund for cities to adapt to climate change
OTTAWA - Canadian cities and towns facing an uphill battle to stave off the effects of climate change will share more than half a billion dollars from a new federal adaptation fund. The Local Leadersh...
Jun 03, 2024

Trudeau pitches strong ties to Mexico's new leader Claudia Sheinbaum amid U.S. tumult
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is welcoming the election of Mexico's next president, Claudia Sheinbaum, and pitching closer ties between the two counties as they ponder the future of North Ame...
Jun 03, 2024