Canada

Compensation for Indigenous children removed from homes not justice, says AFN chief

Assembly of First Nations Chief RoseAnne Archibald says any federal compensation paid to Indigenous children removed from their homes would be a recognition of the harms that were caused, but does not...

Aaron Schulze Oct 30, 2021

Nature Conservancy says some spooky species get unfair bad rap at Halloween time

FREDERICTON - Halloween weekend is traditionally rife with images of bats, owls, spiders and other animals that spark fear in many. But one national wildlife organization is urging Halloween celebrant...

Oct 30, 2021

Facts about Manitoba Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Heather Stefanson

WINNIPEG - Heather Stefanson is a veteran member of the Manitoba legislature and has been a cabinet minister for five years. She is one of two candidates for the Progressive Conservative party leaders...

Oct 30, 2021

Decorations get super-sized for second pandemic-era Halloween

An unfamiliar noise hums in the late-October air on evening strolls through some Canadian neighbourhoods. It's not the whooshing of witches on brooms overhead, the howling of werewolves or the lament ...

Aaron Schulze Oct 30, 2021

Manitoba's governing Tories pick new leader during controversy over ballots

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's governing Progressive Conservatives are to choose a new party leader today who will become the province's next premier. Party members are deciding between former health minister ...

Oct 30, 2021

'We can hardly keep up': Education key to combat human trafficking, experts say

VANCOUVER - More education in human trafficking is needed across Canada to combat the growing issue, which has been made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say. Julie Jones, a former police detec...

Oct 30, 2021

Trudeau expected to add more doses to Canada's vaccine donations at the G20 today

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce added donations of vaccines today for developing countries at the G20 meeting in Rome. COVID-19 and climate change will dominate most dis...

Oct 29, 2021

B.C. Premier John Horgan recovering well after biopsy surgery, office says

VICTORIA - The premier's office in British Columbia says John Horgan is recovering well after undergoing biopsy surgery for a growth in his throat. It says in a statement that Friday's surgery was suc...

Oct 29, 2021

Health region cautions staff that motive unclear in hospital attack, homicides

WINNIPEG - The president of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is cautioning workers that a motive remains unclear for a stabbing at a hospital, which police believe is linked to two killings. Pol...

Oct 29, 2021

Liberals raise record $7.6 million in third quarter amid ramped-up election spending

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are touting what they call their best fundraising quarter in the party's history. Liberal national director Azam Ishmael says more than 57,000 contributors coughed up $7....

Oct 29, 2021