Category Archives: Canada

Repentigny Black community denounce police action plan to tackle racial profiling
REPENTIGNY, Que. - Black community leaders in a town just north of Montreal slammed their local police force's plan to tackle racial profiling on Sunday, saying the strategy was developed without thei...
Sep 26, 2021

Catholic bishop hopes residential school apology will improve Indigenous relations
A leader in Canada's national assembly of Catholic bishops says he hopes an apology for the harms endured at residential schools could mark a turning point in the church's relations with Indigenous Pe...
Sep 26, 2021

Two 18-year-old UBC students die after hit by vehicle while walking early Sunday
VANCOUVER - University RCMP says two young students at the University of British Columbia are dead following a single-vehicle accident early Sunday. RCMP says the male and female students, both 18 yea...
Sep 26, 2021

Canada faces immediate, long-term decisions on China ties after Two Michaels' return
OTTAWA - While the return of two detained Canadians has ended a contentious dispute between Canada and China, experts say Ottawa now faces some hard choices when it comes to Beijing. University of Bri...
Sep 26, 2021

Survivor offers advice on how to honour National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
For the past six years, Geraldine Shingoose has been sharing her truths as a residential school survivor - or warrior as she prefers to be called - in Manitoba classrooms. As Canada prepares to recogn...
Sep 26, 2021

Canada's only female defence minister was in 1993. Is it time for another?
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being urged by several experts on sexual misconduct in the military to name a new defence minister as he sets about building a new cabinet following Monday's ...
Sep 26, 2021

Fishers, experts await details on Ottawa's latest plan to save Pacific salmon
VANCOUVER - As a teenager, Murray Ned was accustomed to fishing for salmon three days a week all year round on the Fraser River in southwestern British Columbia. Three decades later, the longtime Suma...
Sep 26, 2021

Denied cross-border shoppers, some U.S. companies opt to export to Canada instead
WASHINGTON - In the before times, Katie McCarron could count on her best Canadian customers to make the trip to her store in Portland, Oregon, to stock up on their favourite high-quality, human-grade ...
Sep 26, 2021

Release of the Michaels ‘the beginning of a new phase of Canada-China relations’: B.C. expert
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops expert on East Asian politics says the end of Meng Wanzhou's detention in Canada and the corresponding release of two Canadians in China represent the beginning of a new phase of...
Sep 25, 2021

Tight B.C. races give Liberals Richmond Centre riding, NDP takes Nanaimo-Ladysmith
VICTORIA - The Liberals and New Democrats have been declared the winners in two hotly contested British Columbia federal ridings too close to call on election night. Elections Canada says Liberal Wils...
Sep 25, 2021