Category Archives: Canada

Saskatchewan stabbing alerts suggest RCMP learning from past mistakes: Experts
OTTAWA - Law enforcement experts say the RCMP appear to have learned from past mistakes by providing regular updates and information about the hunt for a stabbing suspect in Saskatchewan. The police f...
Sep 07, 2022

Quebec election: Liberals criticize wealth tax proposal as attack on farmers
SAINT-JACQUES-LE-MINEUR, Que. - Quebec Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade is calling the wealth and inheritance taxes proposed by Qubec solidaire an attack on farmers. On Day 11 of the Quebec election c...
Sep 07, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Police release names of 10 victims killed in Saskatchewan stabbings
RCMP have released the names and photos of the 10 people killed in a Labour Day weekend stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan. More coming ... The Canadian Press
Sep 07, 2022

U.K. PM Liz Truss' B.C. school days — pink jumper, big fringe and a sense of humour
VANCOUVER - Brenda Montagano, a teacher at Parkcrest Elementary School in Burnaby, British Columbia, had a special item for show-and-tell on Tuesday - her own class photo from the same school 34 years...
Sep 07, 2022

Quebec election: public transit and agriculture on the menu for Day 11 of campaign
On Day 11 of Quebec's election campaign one party leader is promising to support public transit in Montreal, while another leader is promising to cancel a tramway project in Quebec City. Qubec solidai...
Sep 07, 2022

Federal cabinet ministers will focus on economy during retreat: LeBlanc
VANCOUVER - Federal cabinet ministers are in Vancouver for a three-day retreat where the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs says their discussions will focus on the economy, including housing affor...
Sep 07, 2022

Bank of Canada expected to raise key interest rate today
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is expected to announce it will be raising its key interest rate today, making it the fifth consecutive increase this year. Some Canadian banks are expecting the Bank of Ca...
Sep 07, 2022

Ex-Quebec City health centre employee charged in alleged vaccine passport scam
Quebec's anti-corruption unit says a former vaccination centre employee has been charged with fabricating information used to generate fake QR codes used for the province's vaccination passport. Autho...
Sep 06, 2022

Kenney says won't stay quiet as possible successor pitches separation plan
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says his party was founded on a strong Alberta within Confederation and he won't sit idly by while one of the candidates vying to replace him pitches a "risky, dangerou...
Sep 06, 2022

Saskatchewan stabbing spree highlights rural policing challenges, experts say
An ongoing manhunt for a suspect in a mass stabbing that shattered some small communities in Saskatchewan is raising fresh questions about rural policing in Canada. Police are continuing to search for...
Sep 06, 2022