Category Archives: Canada

Advocates urge Canada to suspend refugee pact with U.S. over fears of persecution
OTTAWA - Several civil society groups are calling on Ottawa to suspend a refugee pact with the United States over concerns for the safety of transgender and gender-diverse people. The Canadian Civil L...
Feb 21, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Crown says accused in Quebec daycare deaths not criminally responsible
LAVAL, Que. - The Quebec Crown says its expert has concluded that the man accused of killing two children and injuring six others after a city bus crashed into a daycare should be found not criminally...
Feb 21, 2025

Indigenous kids in care more likely to experience poor health later in life: report
OTTAWA - Indigenous people who were in government care as children experience poorer health and socioeconomic outcomes later in life than those who were never in care, a new Statistics Canada report s...
Feb 21, 2025

Heiltsuk Nation written constitution passes with 67 per cent of votes
VANCOUVER - The Heiltsuk Nation has approved the adoption of a written constitution for the First Nation on British Columbia's central coast. The nation says 67 per cent of the 725 people who voted on...
Feb 21, 2025

Quebec girl, 13, dies after she was found buried in snow in Montreal suburb
CHTEAUGUAY, Que. - Police say a 13-year-old girl who was found buried in snow in a Montreal suburb on Tuesday has died. Const. Erika Grondin with the police in Chteauguay, Que., confirmed the girl's d...
Feb 21, 2025

Premiers Ford and Houston appeal to governors in latest push to stop Trump's tariffs
WASHINGTON - Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston are reaching out to state governors in Washington, D.C. as the deadline to avert U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs inches...
Feb 21, 2025

Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King to resign today, Rob Lantz to replace him
CHARLOTTETOWN - Today is the last day in office for Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King, who announced Thursday he is stepping down in the interest of his family and the people of the Island. The...
Feb 21, 2025

Ex-coroner says B.C.'s drug policy overhaul looks like 'impulsive political decision'
British Columbia's former chief coroner says she's disappointed by the province's overhaul of its program that provides prescription alternatives to toxic street drugs, a shift she says "feels like a ...
Feb 21, 2025

Internal military report blames botched shooter drill on poor organization
OTTAWA - An internal report blames a lack of communication for a debacle on a Canadian Armed Forces base last fall, when masked men taking part in active-shooter drill fired blanks at civil servants w...
Feb 21, 2025

70% of Canadians support retaliatory tariffs on United States: poll
OTTAWA - Seventy per cent of Canadians are in favour of dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on the United States, a new poll suggests. Nearly half of respondents to the Leger poll - 45 per cent - sa...
Feb 21, 2025