Canada

'We must demand change:' Canada's first black police chief supports demonstrations

WINNIPEG - Canada's first black police chief says he will be joining people to shine a light of hope "into the darkness of this moment" as anti-racism demonstrations take place around the world. "We m...

Jun 05, 2020

Quebec man who killed two people should have a chance to rehabilitate: lawyer

SAINT-JEROME, Que. - The defence lawyer for Ugo Fredette, a Quebec man convicted of two murders in 2017, told a courtroom Friday that his client will die in jail if sentenced to 50 years behind b...

Jun 05, 2020

N.W.T. First Nations community gets UN award for work on new national park

A remote community in Canada's North has been awarded a major United Nations prize for decades of work to help a new national park. The Equator Prize is given to recognize innovati...

Jun 05, 2020

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Trudeau joins anti-racism protest

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived at an anti-racism protest in Ottawa. It's one of multiple events in Canada today, following days of demonstrations against racism and police brutalit...

Jun 05, 2020

Liberal MP Marwan Tabbara faces assault, break and enter, harassment charges

OTTAWA - The Prime Minister's Office says it learned this morning about multiple criminal charges laid against Liberal MP Marwan Tabbara and is "looking into the matter." Global News first report...

Jun 05, 2020

N.B. police shooting of Indigenous woman leads to questions on 'wellness checks'

FREDERICTON - A 26-year-old Indigenous woman from British Columbia who was fatally shot by police in northwestern New Brunswick was remembered Friday as a caring person as questions were raised about ...

Jun 05, 2020

Black Canadians say racism here is just as harmful as in the United States

MONTREAL - The death of George Floyd in Minnesota following a police intervention has spurred massive protests in both Canada and the United States and societal soul-searching on the need to fight rac...

Jun 05, 2020

Canada's jobless rate soars even as economy adds new jobs

OTTAWA - The jobless rate soared to a record high 13.7 per cent last month. But Statistics Canada reports the economy added 289-thousand, 600 jobs as provinces started lifting COVID-19 restrictions an...

Jun 05, 2020

Trudeau to offer premiers billions to help reopen the economy safely

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to offer premiers billions in federal funding to help them safely reopen provincial and territorial economies without triggering an explosive second...

Jun 05, 2020

Minister says reckoning on police violence against Indigenous people needed

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says he is outraged at police violence against Indigenous people in Canada. Miller says Canada needs a reckoning because there is a pattern ...

Jun 05, 2020