Category Archives: Canada

RCMP diverted attention from errors made during mass shooting investigation: lawsuit
HALIFAX - The spouse of the Nova Scotia mass shooter says she was charged with supplying ammunition to the killer because the RCMP wanted to deflect attention from mistakes made during their investiga...
Nov 03, 2022

'Eliminate the fraudsters': Report delves into Indigenous identity at universities
SASKATOON - A report commissioned after controversy circled a health professor's claims of being Mtis says the University of Saskatchewan was unprepared for Indigenous identity fraud and uneducated on...
Nov 03, 2022

Quebec hospital may remove child's breathing tube despite parents' objection: court
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has ruled that a Montreal children's hospital can permanently remove a breathing tube from a five-year-old who has been in a coma since June. The Sainte-Justin...
Nov 03, 2022

N.W.T. begins airlifting goods from cancelled barge into Sachs Harbour
SACHS HARBOUR, N.W.T. - The Northwest Territories government says it has begun airlifting cargo and fuel from a cancelled barge into Sachs Harbour. The territory announced late last month the barge wo...
Nov 03, 2022

'Race discrimination': Indigenous Quebec man who lived on reserve denied insurance
MONTREAL - Quebec's human rights commission has ruled that an Indigenous Quebec man who was denied car insurance because he lived on a reserve was the victim of race discrimination. Alexis Wawanoloath...
Nov 03, 2022

New Inuit Research Network aims to support Inuit self-determination in research
OTTAWA - The federal government and an organization representing Inuit in Canada have announced $6.4 million in funding to establish an Inuit Research Network. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami says the funding...
Nov 03, 2022

Iqaluit RCMP investigating reports of pins found in Halloween candy
IQALUIT, Nunavut - RCMP are investigating after receiving two complaints that pins were found in children's Halloween candy in Iqaluit. Police say after receiving the first complaint Wednesday, they a...
Nov 03, 2022

Most funds raised for 'Freedom Convoy' protest were returned or confiscated
OTTAWA - The public inquiry into the federal government's invocation of the Emergencies Act says most of the millions of dollars raised by the "Freedom Convoy" ended up in an escrow account or returne...
Nov 03, 2022

Québec solidaire to swear oath to King, vows to table bill to make pledge optional
MONTREAL - The 11 recently elected members of Qubec solidaire are no longer refusing to swear an oath of office to King Charles III. Spokesman Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois says party members will take the oa...
Nov 03, 2022

Fiscal update, trucker testimony at Emergencies Act inquiry : In The News for Nov. 3
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 Nov. 3 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Nov 03, 2022