Category Archives: Canada
Canadians feel grocery inflation getting worse, two in five boycotting Loblaw: poll
Almost two-thirds of Canadians feel that inflation at the grocery store is getting worse, a new poll suggests, even as food inflation has been steadily cooling. A new Leger survey found that almost 30...
May 22, 2024
Winnipeg trial to hear about letters admitted serial killer sent to inmate
WINNIPEG - Crown prosecutors are set to wrap up their evidence today in the trial of a Winnipeg man who has admitted to killing four Indigenous women. Court is expected to hear about letters Jeremy Sk...
May 22, 2024
First Nations leader says little change for women's safety since Pickton murders
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - An Indigenous leader in British Columbia says little has changed since the crimes of serial killer Robert Pickton, as community members reflect on news that he is in life-threateni...
May 22, 2024
Senators pass new rules entrenching independent groups, angering Tories
OTTAWA - Canada's upper house has adopted a new set of rules that the Liberal government says will further entrench its independence, as the dominos from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Senate reforms...
May 22, 2024
Indigenous CBC employee's discrimination claims to be heard by human-rights tribunal
OTTAWA - An Indigenous employee with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. is taking up the fight against what he describes as systemic racism by his employer. Richard Agecoutay, 61, has been granted a huma...
May 22, 2024
London Drugs says it's unwilling to pay ransom demanded by hackers
RICHMOND, B.C. - Retailer London Drugs says it is "unwilling and unable" to pay a multimillion-dollar ransom to cybercriminals who claim to have stolen data in a hacking attack that recently shut down...
May 21, 2024
Judge says Quebec's language law regarding court translations is 'inoperable'
MONTREAL - A Quebec court judge has declared inoperable a portion of the province's language law that requires English-language court decisions to be immediately translated into French. Dennis Galiats...
May 21, 2024
Orphan orca's extended family spotted off northeast side of Vancouver Island
ALERT BAY, B.C. - Members of a killer whale pod related to an orphan orca calf that escaped a remote British Columbia tidal lagoon last month have been spotted off the northeast coast of Vancouver Isl...
May 21, 2024
Freeland says government will introduce capital gains legislation before summer break
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Liberal government will introduce legislation to increase the inclusion rate on capital gains before the parliamentary summer break. The federal bu...
May 21, 2024
Opposition push to oust Speaker for third time over Liberal post attacking Poilievre
OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives, backed by the Bloc Qubcois, are calling for the House Speaker to resign over what they say is yet another display of partisan behaviour. The accusation stems fro...
May 21, 2024