Canada

Trudeau resists calls to fire Bennett over 'hurtful' text, says he knows her 'heart'

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is resisting calls to fire Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett over a text message he acknowledges was "wrong" and "hurtful" and harmed his gover...

Jun 25, 2021

U.S. senator wants Canada on religious freedom watch list over pastor COVID arrests

A U.S. senator wants Canada investigated for violating religious freedom over the arrests of Alberta pastors accused of flouting COVID-19 restrictions. Missouri Republican Josh Hawley has asked his co...

Jun 25, 2021

Canadian Forces pilots not warned about autopilot before deadly Cyclone crash in 2020

HALIFAX - As a pilot guided one of Canada's navy helicopters up into a tight turn, neither his training nor cockpit indicators warned of how a built-in autopilot would take control and plunge the Cycl...

Jun 25, 2021

Man who killed B.C. teen not at 'immediate risk' to violently reoffend: lawyer

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The man who killed a 13-year-old girl and injured her friend at a high school in Abbotsford, B.C., has been asked to read the victim impact statements related to his crime befo...

Jun 25, 2021

Public Health Agency of Canada releases graph on what fully vaccinated can do

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can have dinner together inside someone's house without having to keep their distance or wear a mask. ...

Jun 25, 2021

Record heat now due from B.C., to Alberta, parts of Yukon and Northwest Territories

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has extended heat warnings to cover all but the western edge of British Columbia, and the sizzling conditions are also forecast for the entire northern half of Alberta a...

Jun 25, 2021

Trudeau faces mounting calls for independent probe of residential school deaths

OTTAWA - As calls mount for the federal Liberals to do more to support Indigenous communities calling for independent investigations into deaths of children at residential schools, Prime Minister Just...

Jun 25, 2021

Jury selection change preserved fairness of process, Supreme Court says

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says Parliament was entitled to abolish a long-standing jury selection procedure that some critics had denounced as discriminatory. The newly released reasons shed...

Jun 25, 2021

Canada Day should time a time of reflection after unmarked graves discovered: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says this Canada Day should be a time of reflection. His comments come the day after a First Nation in Saskatchewan announced ground-penetrating radar had detect...

Jun 25, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Religious group says it will release residential school records

The Catholic religious community that operated residential schools in Saskatchewan and British Columbia where hundreds of unmarked graves have been found says it will disclose all historical documents...

Jun 25, 2021