Canada

Polytechnique anniversary comes as Quebec mourns spate of domestic violence killings

MONTREAL - Thirty-two years after a gunman motivated by a hatred of feminists opened fire on campus, killing 14 women and injuring others, the list of women killed by male violence in Quebec continues...

Dec 05, 2021

'I knew the challenges': Lethbridge police chief aware of problems before taking job

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - It's been a particularly tough year for the police chief of Alberta's third-largest city But Lethbridge Police Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh says he was fully aware of the problems befor...

Dec 04, 2021

Federal minister to provide money to fight aquatic invasive species in mountain parks

BANFF, Alta. - Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is expected to announce funding today to fight aquatic invasive species in five mountain national parks in Alberta and British Columbia. G...

Dec 04, 2021

Quebec provincial police will train officers to deal with people in mental crisis

MONTREAL - Quebec's provincial police will introduce mandatory training next year aimed at changing officers' responses to people in mental distress and reducing the number of interventions that end f...

Dec 04, 2021

'Exciting opportunity' for ministers of housing, mental health to join forces: Expert

OTTAWA - There is an "exciting opportunity" for the new housing minister and mental health and addictions minister to work together at the intersection of homelessness and mental health, says an exper...

Aaron Schulze Dec 04, 2021

B.C. looks to determine flood impact, repairs as long rebuild lies ahead

VICTORIA - British Columbia's agriculture minister says her federal counterpart will visit areas devastated by floods next week as they work to get a sense of damage caused to the farming industry. La...

Dec 03, 2021

Senator who challenged O'Toole's leadership excluded from Senate committees

OTTAWA - Conservative Sen. Denise Batters has been excluded from all Senate committees after challenging Erin O'Toole's leadership. O'Toole booted the Saskatchewan senator out of the Conservative nati...

Dec 03, 2021

Quebec police arrest man for online threats linked to self-declared 'queen of Canada'

MONTREAL - Police north of Montreal say they've arrested a 42-year-old man for allegedly making online threats in connection with his support for a woman who claims to be the queen of Canada. Laval, Q...

Dec 03, 2021

Ship that lost containers moves to Nanaimo, B.C.: coast guard

NANAIMO, B.C. - A cargo ship that lost more than 100 containers into the Pacific Ocean after a fire on board has been cleared to travel to the Port of Nanaimo in British Columbia. Officials say the MV...

Dec 03, 2021

Canada buying up to 1.5 million courses of oral antiviral drugs to fight COVID-19

OTTAWA - Procurement Minister Filomena Tassi says Canada has signed agreements to buy up 1.5 million courses of oral antiviral treatment for COVID-19. The government has signed up for an initial one m...

Dec 03, 2021