Canada

N.S., B.C. police watchdogs to probe officers' destruction of evidence in Assoun case

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's police watchdog agency is asking its British Columbia equivalent to assist in probing whether officers broke the law when evidence was destroyed in the case of a wrongfully con...

Oct 16, 2020

Provinces need to address racism in the health-care system: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says provinces must do more to address racism in the health-care system, saying reconciliation with Indigenous people is not up to the federal government alone. ...

Tanner King Oct 16, 2020

Psychiatrist takes witness stand in Fredericton mass murder trial

FREDERICTON - Psychiatrist Dr. Ralph Holly has taken the stand in the first degree murder trial of Matthew Raymond in Fredericton. Raymond, is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Donnie ...

Oct 16, 2020

First Nations elder alleges she was questioned about alcohol use in Winnipeg hospital

WINNIPEG - A First Nations elder says her symptoms were initially ignored and she was questioned about alcohol use during a stay at a Winnipeg hospital. Sadie North, who is 72, was brought to Grace Ho...

Oct 16, 2020

Northwest Territories reports three presumptive positive cases of COVID-19

YELLOWKNIFE - The chief public health officer for the Northwest Territories says three people have received presumptive positive test results for COVID-19. A release says one of the presumed cas...

Oct 16, 2020

PM Trudeau says Canada won't stop calling out China for 'coercive diplomacy'

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government will not stop standing up for human rights in China - or calling out Beijing for its coercive approach to diplomacy.Trudeau says that include...

Oct 16, 2020

Champagne meets Belarus's exiled opposition, as Trudeau talks to Armenian leader

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will ask Turkey's president to help bring Azerbaijan and Armenian combatants to the negotiating table. Trudeau says he will deliver that message to Presi...

Oct 16, 2020

Ontario, Manitoba looking to ramp up restrictions as COVID-19 caseload nears 200K

Ontario and Manitoba are looking to ramp up COVID-19 restrictions as Canada's caseload inches closer to the 200,000 mark. Ontario reported 712 new infections and nine new deaths related to the virus t...

Oct 16, 2020

Quebec refers case of provincial police chief for ethics probe, possible removal

Quebec's public security minister says the government has asked for an investigation that could lead to the removal of the embattled chief of the provincial police.Martin Prud'homme has been suspended...

Oct 16, 2020

Man accused of threatening PM in Rideau Hall incident to appear in court next month

OTTAWA - A man accused of roaming while heavily armed near the residences of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Governor General this summer will be back in court next month.Corey Hurren made a bri...

Oct 16, 2020