Canada

Ontario township seeks new namesake, but will keep its name: mayor

An eastern Ontario township is preparing to turn its back on the slave owner it's named for. It just won't turn its back on the name. Mayor Pierre Leroux says Russell Township had been the subject of ...

Jun 13, 2020

Some anger but Black Lives Matter rally in central Alberta mostly peaceful

INNISFAIL, Alta. - There was some friction and angry words but a Black Lives Matter rally in central Alberta Saturday remained largely peaceful. The protest in Innisfail, Alta., was initiall...

Jun 13, 2020

Lawsuit filed by family of a B.C. man who died in a police confrontation

KAMLOOPS, , B.C. - A civil lawsuit has been filed in B.C. Supreme Court over the death of a man in Whistler, B.C., alleging four RCMP officers used excessive force when they tried to ta...

Jun 13, 2020

A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown

Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...

Jun 13, 2020

2nd man faces murder charges in shooting deaths of two Alberta hunters

GLENDON, Alta. - A second person in Alberta has been charged in the deaths of a Cree-Metis hunter and his uncle, who were found shot to death earlier this year after family said they'd gone on a ...

Jun 13, 2020

Many questions after recent police encounters with Indigenous community

The death of Rodney Levi of the Metepenagiag Mi'kmaq Nation in an RCMP shooting Friday night in New Brunswick continues to put the focus on police relations with Indigenous communities in Ca...

Jun 13, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:47 a.m. on June 13, 2020: There are 98,209 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 53,666 confirmed (incl...

Jun 13, 2020

New Brunswick Indigenous man is victim of RCMP-involved fatal shooting: Chief

MIRAMICHI, N.B. - The regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations for New Brunswick has confirmed that the man who died in an RCMP shooting Friday night was Rodney Levi of the ...

Jun 13, 2020

COVID pandemic prompts initiative to offer free legal aid to anyone in Canada

TORONTO - The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a group of young lawyers to launch a project to offer free legal advice remotely to anyone in the country. Dubbed the National Canadian Lawyers Initia...

Jun 13, 2020

Calls grow for Trudeau to end MSM blood donation ban

OTTAWA - As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to make people sick across Canada, health authorities are imploring Canadians to donate blood - all Canadians except men who have had recent sex with other ...

Jun 13, 2020