Category Archives: Canada
B.C. teenager pushed back against online extortionist, Crown attorney tells jury
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A Crown attorney says British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd pushed back against the person harassing and extorting her online, sending them a message saying she hoped they felt...
Jul 27, 2022
'Gaps' in Pope's apology can't be ignored, says Crown-Indigenous Relations minister
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says the "gaps" in Pope Francis's apology to residential school survivors cannot be ignored. Miller says the pontiff's words, delivered this we...
Jul 27, 2022
Canada's top doc encourages safe sex, fewer partners to prevent spread of monkeypox
OTTAWA - Dr. Theresa Tam says Canadians - especially men who have sex with men - should practice safe sex and reduce the number of partners to reduce the spread of monkeypox in Canada. The World Healt...
Jul 27, 2022
Two people arrested in murder of Ripudaman Singh Malik: homicide team
SURREY, B.C. - Two men have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Ripudaman Singh Malik. Malik, the man acquitted in 2005 for bombings aimed at Air India jets that killed 331 people, w...
Jul 27, 2022
Vancouver police say woman deliberately burned Monday in attack
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a woman they describe as "vulnerable" has serious burns after a man poured a flammable liquid on her and set it on fire. A statement from police says it happened at...
Jul 27, 2022
Senior Mountie says early descriptions of mass shooting not 'consistent' with reality
HALIFAX - The Mountie who was among the first to tell the public about the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia testified today that some of the early descriptions police provided were not "consistent" w...
Jul 27, 2022
Quebec police kill man and find woman and teenager seriously injured inside his home
SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. - Quebec's police watchdog is investigating after officers shot and killed a man south of Montreal before finding a woman and a teenager seriously injured inside his hom...
Jul 27, 2022
Liberals to launch consultation on criminal justice response to HIV non-disclosure
OTTAWA - The Liberal government plans to hold consultations on the criminal justice system's response to HIV non-disclosure. Justice Minister David Lametti is making the commitment as he meets interes...
Jul 27, 2022
In U.S., Indigenous groups echo Canadian complaints that Pope's apology falls short
WASHINGTON - Indigenous groups in the United States are echoing Canadian complaints about the Pope's apology to survivors of residential schools north of the border. The National Congress of American ...
Jul 27, 2022
CAMH to study effects of psilocybin on depression after receiving first federal grant
TORONTO - The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health says it has been awarded Canada's first federal grant to study the effects of a psychedelic chemical component in "magic mushrooms" on treatment-re...
Jul 27, 2022