Canada

Residential-school survivors call on Ottawa and provinces for monuments

OTTAWA - The director of that National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says Ottawa and provincial and territorial governments must build monuments in capital cities across Canada to honour residen...

Nov 16, 2020

Nova Scotia mass killing: Gunman said COVID-19 pandemic would make people desperate

HALIFAX - Newly released court documents say the gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia this year had sent an email in March saying he was glad he was well-armed because the COVID-19 pandemic woul...

Nov 16, 2020

Former finance minister Bill Morneau takes fellowship at Yale

OTTAWA - Former finance minister Bill Morneau is heading back to the classroom next year.He has been appointed a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, where he will ...

Nov 16, 2020

2nd promising COVID-19 vaccine candidate announced as Canada approaches 300k cases

News of another promising COVID-19 candidate emerged today as Canada inched closer to the 300,000-case count, with the two hardest-hit provinces continuing to report more than 1,000 daily new infectio...

Nov 16, 2020

Quebec to ban sale of gas-powered cars by 2035 as part of $6.7-billion climate plan

The Quebec government is announcing a plan to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars and SUVs by the year 2035. Premier Francois Legault and Environment Minister Benoit Charette announced the measu...

Nov 16, 2020

Cotler, global lawyers call for charter on media protection during COVID-19 backslide

OTTAWA - A coalition of international lawyers, led by a former Canadian attorney general, is calling for a new global charter to protect the rights of imprisoned journalists in an increasingly hostile...

Greg Fry Nov 16, 2020

Atikamekw groups call for equitable health-care access following Echaquan death

MONTREAL - Atikamekw leaders in Quebec are calling on the provincial and federal governments to adopt a series of measures to ensure Indigenous people have equitable access to health and social servic...

Nov 16, 2020

Liberals say they will back off delay tactics on WE Charity affair

OTTAWA - The Liberals are preparing to cede some ground on the WE Charity affair, which has been mired in filibusters and duelling committee motions for nearly two months. Government House leader Pabl...

Nov 16, 2020

Top court will not review rejection of class action against Just for Laughs founder

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not examine the rejection of a class-action suit against the founder of Just for Laughs. A group of women known as "Les Courageuses" has pursued legal action ...

Nov 16, 2020

Closing arguments begin in murder trial for 2018 Fredericton mass shooting

FREDERICTON - Closing arguments are underway in the trial of Matthew Raymond, the Fredericton man accused of murder in the shooting deaths of four people in the city two years ago.Crown prosecutors an...

Nov 16, 2020