Category Archives: Canada

Survivor holds cautious hope amid claims new Pope mishandled clergy abuse allegations
ST. JOHN'S - An advocate for victims of clergy abuse says they are cautiously optimistic about Pope Leo XIV, but they are keeping a close eye on recently surfaced allegations that he previously shelte...
May 10, 2025

Quebec coroner calls for tougher controls over diphenhydramine sales after 2023 death
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is recommending that diphenhydramine - an antihistamine and sedative sometimes used to sleep better - should be better managed in pharmacies after the overdose death of an ...
May 10, 2025

Canadians could stay visa-free longer in U.S. under proposed bill
Canadian snowbirds could stay longer in the United States without a visa if a bill recently proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law. The bipartisan bill put forward by Reps. Elise St...
May 10, 2025

Ottawa looks to off-load costly, seldom-used mobile hospitals bought for the pandemic
OTTAWA - The federal government expects to spend about $7 million this fiscal year to store and maintain four custom-made, portable hospitals that cost taxpayers more than $200 million to buy - facili...
May 10, 2025

Indigenous groups keen to see Pope Leo continue reconciliation work
OTTAWA - Indigenous groups in Canada say they want to see Pope Leo XIV continue the reconciliation work started by his predecessor, the late Pope Francis. Francis was recognized as an ally of Canada's...
May 10, 2025

'Policing in Nunavik is broken': Inuit group wants change after latest fatal shooting
MONTREAL - The political organization that represents Inuit in Quebec says policing in the Far North is "broken" after an officer shot and killed an Inuk man on Tuesday. The shooting by the Nunavik Po...
May 09, 2025

Liberal candidate says judicial recount ordered in Ontario riding he narrowly lost
OTTAWA - A Liberal candidate who lost to his Conservative rival by just 77 votes in the federal election says his request for a judicial recount has been granted. Irek Kusmierczyk, the Liberal incumbe...
May 09, 2025

White House downplays North American auto industry's concerns about U.K. trade deal
WASHINGTON - The White House is downplaying the North American automobile industry's claim that U.S. President Donald Trump's new trade deal with the United Kingdom could make the sector less competit...
May 09, 2025

Ontario First Nation seeks emergency relief in Federal Court over water crisis
A First Nation in northwestern Ontario is seeking $200 million in emergency relief from the federal government to address the "critical" state of its water and sewage system as part of legal action la...
May 09, 2025

Hearing in September on whether Quebec daycare crash accused is high-risk offender
LAVAL - A court hearing will take place in September into whether a man who killed two children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare should be declared a high-risk offender. Superior Cou...
May 09, 2025