Category Archives: Canada
Calgary and Edmonton city councils make friendly wager on NHL playoffs
CALGARY - The Battle of Alberta is back with a friendly hockey wager between the city councils in Calgary and Edmonton. The Calgary Flames will play the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL's Western Conference...
May 16, 2022
Alberta man pleads guilty to killing woman and her 16-month-old son
HINTON, Alta. - An Alberta man has pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of a woman and her 16-month-old son. Robert Major entered the pleas in court today, and prosecutors...
May 16, 2022
Residential school site searches so far just 'tip of the iceberg': Miller
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says the searches on the grounds of former residential schools to date are just the beginning. Nearly one year ago, the Tk'emlps te Secwpemc Na...
May 16, 2022
Saskatchewan First Nation asks for Army Rangers to help in search for missing boy
PRINCE ALBERT - A Saskatchewan First Nation says it has asked the federal government to send in the Canadian Rangers to help search for a missing five-year-old boy. Chief Fabian Head of Red Earth Cree...
May 16, 2022
Tory leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre denounces 'white replacement theory'
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre is denouncing the "white replacement theory" believed to be a motive for a mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., as "ugly and disgusting hate-mongering." In a statement today, the ...
May 16, 2022
Canada prepared to send ships to Romanian ports to help export Ukraine's wheat — Joly
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada is prepared to send ships to help Ukraine export its wheat to the developing world. Joly says she has held talks with other G7 and European na...
May 16, 2022
Advisory board for next top court judge to include Indigenous Bar Association member
OTTAWA - For the first time, the Indigenous Bar Association has nominated a member of the independent advisory board that will help choose the next Supreme Court justice. The chosen board member, Davi...
May 16, 2022
Military failing to remove barriers to diversifying ranks: ombudsman
OTTAWA - Canada's military ombudsman is joining the chorus of those accusing the Canadian Armed Forces and Defence Department of having failed to address long-standing barriers to recruit and retain m...
May 16, 2022
Coroner says Quebec Health Department chose to ignore COVID-19 risk in long-term care
MONTREAL - A long-awaited report from the Quebec coroner says residents of long-term care homes were kept in a blind spot while the provincial government reacted to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic....
May 16, 2022
Conviction review process should reflect harsh realities of Indigenous women: report
OTTAWA - A new report from a group of senators calls on the federal government to make changes to the conviction review process that would better reflect the challenges faced by Indigenous women. The ...
May 16, 2022