Category Archives: Canada
Police waited 45 minutes to breach classroom in Uvalde, believing kids not at risk
WASHINGTON - Officials in Texas say it was the "wrong decision" to wait 45 minutes before moving in on the man responsible for Tuesday's elementary school shooting. Col. Steven McCraw, the head of the...
May 27, 2022
English school board says it will file legal challenge of Quebec language law reform
MONTREAL - The English Montreal School Board says it will launch a legal challenge of Quebec's recently adopted language law reform. The board said in a news release today that it believes the law, co...
May 27, 2022
Canada could help wean Europe from Russian oil and gas by shipping clean hydrogen
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says he spoke this week with delegates from several European countries, including Germany, about the potential for shipping them clean Canadian h...
May 27, 2022
Feds announce funds for women's shelters, advocate says more needed
OTTAWA - The federal government has announced funding to construct and repair hundreds of spaces for women and children fleeing violence. Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen says the government will give ov...
May 27, 2022
More than 18 hours to find five N.S. mass shooting victims was 'deficient': lawyer
HALIFAX - A lawyer for families of victims of the Nova Scotia mass shooting says an 18-hour delay in finding five bodies of those killed by the shooter is a sign of "deficient" policing. A study relea...
May 27, 2022
Quebec mosque disappointed with ruling allowing shooter to seek parole after 25 years
QUEBEC - Today's Supreme Court of Canada ruling allowing the Quebec City mosque shooter to be eligible for parole after 25 years in prison is being met with disappointment by members of the mosque whe...
May 27, 2022
Blood donor rules changing and Supreme Court ruling due: In The News for May 27, 2022
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 May 27, 2022 ... What we are watching in Canad...
May 27, 2022
Supreme Court of Canada to rule on sentencing for Quebec City mosque shooter
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is slated to rule this morning on the sentencing of a man who went on a deadly shooting spree at a Quebec City mosque. The high court decision in Alexandre Bissonn...
May 27, 2022
Crown, defence expected to make closing arguments today in Hoggard sex assault trial
TORONTO - Prosecutors and defence lawyers are expected to make their final pitch today to jurors hearing the sex assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard. Hoggard, 37, has pleaded not guilty t...
May 27, 2022
Canadian Blood Service seeks to scrap lifetime ban on sex workers donating blood
OTTAWA - Canadian Blood Services wants to scrap a lifetime ban on sex workers giving blood in a further move to make blood donation more equitable. The blood-donation service this month recommended to...
May 27, 2022