Canada

U.S. prosecutors recommend former Manitoba reservist get 25-year sentence

Prosecutors in the United States are recommending a former Canadian Armed Forces reservist from Manitoba be sentenced to 25 years behind bars. Patrik Mathews, who is 28, pleaded guilty earlier to this...

Oct 04, 2021

Federal government could push provinces on vaccine mandate for workers, document says

OTTAWA - Senior federal officials were told in the spring that the government could make it mandatory for all workers nationwide to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The Trudeau Liberals have promised to ...

Oct 04, 2021

More than a dozen schools close in New Brunswick as COVID-19 cases continue to rise

FREDERICTON - Another sharp jump in the number of COVID-19 cases in New Brunswick is forcing more than a dozen schools to close. The growing number of closures follows reports on the weekend indicatin...

Oct 04, 2021

New Brunswick coroner's inquest into fatal shooting of Rodney Levi hears 911 calls

MIRAMICHI, N.B. - A coroner's inquest into the RCMP fatal shooting of an Indigenous man in New Brunswick is hearing the 911 calls and police radio transmissions from June 12, 2020. Rodney Levi was sho...

Oct 04, 2021

Defence minister says Operation LASER nurses will help Alberta battle COVID

EDMONTON - A military contingent is expected to be in position today to decide where to deploy eight critical care nurses who will help Alberta fight COVID-19. Public Safety Canada says the Canadian R...

Oct 04, 2021

'Doing what I want': Injured Humboldt Bronco achieving independence in his recovery

CALGARY - Three years after the Humboldt Broncos bus crash claimed the lives of 11 of his teammates, Ryan Straschnitzki is well on his way to reaching a major goal - the ability to live an independent...

Oct 04, 2021

Afghan women ministers warned Canada of Taliban atrocities in June: senator

OTTAWA - Afghan women ministers made pleas to Canadian politicians for help - and shared warnings about atrocities and the erosion of women's rights - two months before the Taliban took control of Kab...

Oct 04, 2021

Coroner's inquest begins into RCMP shooting death of man in Nunavut

GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - A coroner's inquest into the death of a 21-year-old man begins today in a remote hamlet in Nunavut, five years after he was shot and killed by RCMP. Charles Qirngnirq was shot in...

Oct 04, 2021

Plane at centre of deadly crash in Montreal was carrying marriage proposal banner

MONTREAL - Canada's Transportation Safety Board says the plane at the centre of a deadly crash in old Montreal was carrying a banner spelling out a wedding proposal when it went down on Saturday eveni...

Oct 03, 2021

Trudeau apologized to chief of Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc after Tofino trip: PMO

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says he has apologized to the chief of a British Columbia First Nation which invited him to visit on Canada's first National Truth and Reconciliation Da...

Oct 03, 2021