Canada

Seventy years on, Canadian veterans keep memories of 'forgotten' Korean War alive

Seventy years after Canada committed troops to a conflict the public still knows little about, the country's dwindling ranks of Korean War veterans continue to speak out about their experiences in the...

Nov 10, 2020

'Cultural genocide:' Nunavut passes changes to education, language protection acts

IQALUIT - A bill passed in the Nunavut legislature that will shape how Inuit languages are taught in school for years to come is being called a form of cultural genocide. The territory's original Educ...

Nov 10, 2020

Fewer people plan to attend virtual or in-person Remembrance Day ceremonies: poll

Fewer people plan to participate in Remembrance Day ceremonies or wear poppies this year, according to a poll from Historica Canada that also suggests knowledge of Canadian military history is dwindli...

Nov 10, 2020

Murder trial for Alek Minassian, man accused in Toronto van attack, to get underway

TORONTO - The trial for the man who killed 10 people and hurt 16 others after driving a van down a Toronto sidewalk is set to get underway today. Alek Minassian, 28, of Richmond Hill, Ont., faces 10 c...

Nov 10, 2020

Two-thirds of Canadians would support a COVID-19 curfew if pandemic severe: Poll

OTTAWA - More than two-thirds of Canadians say they would support a curfew if the COVID-19 pandemic became serious enough, according to a new poll.The survey by Lger and the Association for Canadian S...

Greg Fry Nov 10, 2020

Group cites 'unconscionable delay' by RCMP in court bid for watchdog report

OTTAWA - A civil liberties group is heading to court to force the release of a long-delayed watchdog report on its complaint about alleged RCMP surveillance of anti-oil protesters. The British Columbi...

Nov 10, 2020

Liberal MP resigns from caucus after employing sister in constituency office

TORONTO - A Toronto MP says she's leaving the Liberal caucus over allegations she employed a relative at her constituency office.Yasmin Ratansi, who represents Don Valley East for the Liberals, says i...

Nov 09, 2020

Eastern Ontario reeve seeks to change road name derogatory to Indigenous women

OTTAWA - The council of Beckwith Township near Ottawa is proposing to change the name of a private road that includes a derogatory term for Indigenous women after months of controversy and over the ob...

Nov 09, 2020

Trudeau says he hopes to see COVID-19 vaccines roll out in Canada in early 2021

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he hopes to see COVID-19 vaccines roll out in Canada early next year, but warns that won't bring an immediate resolution to the pandemic currently seeing a resurgenc...

Nov 09, 2020

Rules tightened for visitors to N.S. from outside Atlantic after COVID-19 cases spike

HALIFAX - In a bid to subdue a small but sudden spike in COVID-19 cases, Nova Scotia has introduced strict new rules for people arriving in the province from outside the Atlantic region. With 15 new c...

Nov 09, 2020