Canada

Bernardo transfer should be 'turning point' on better informing victims: ombudsman

OTTAWA - Three childhood friends say they were forced to relive the anguish and fear of losing Kristen French when Correctional Service Canada decided to transfer her killer to a medium-security priso...

Nov 29, 2023

After concerns, Ottawa pauses work on $2-million contract for help on unmarked graves

OTTAWA - The federal government has paused and plans to reworka $2-million contract with an international group hired to provide advice on identifying and locating the unmarked graves of children who ...

Nov 29, 2023

Indigenous signage aims to make B.C. legislature more inclusive, accepting

VICTORIA - The Speaker of British Columbia's legislature says the unveiling of Indigenous-themed signs outside the building is a necessary step toward opening doors that have been historically closed....

Nov 29, 2023

Online harms bill: Don't link boy's suicide with government actions, Trudeau says

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it's inappropriate to draw a link between government actions and the death of a British Columbia boy who killed himself last month after falling prey to onl...

Nov 29, 2023

Quebec legislature unanimously condemns human rights commission's Christmas criticism

Quebec's legislature has unanimously adopted a motion in defence of Christmas. Christopher Skeete, the province's anti-racism minister, introduced the motion today condemning the Canadian Human Rights...

Nov 29, 2023

Lawyer for pharma company argues against single trial in B.C. opioid damages case

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for a pharmaceutical firm says holding a single trial in British Columbia to determine damages for each province and territory related to opioid health-care costs would be a "mons...

Nov 29, 2023

U.S. says alleged murder plotter was directed by India and mentioned B.C. killing

OTTAWA - American prosecutors say a man allegedly involved in a murder plot against a Sikh activist on U.S. soil also discussed the killing of Canadian Hardeep Singh Nijjar, just hours after Nijjar wa...

Nov 29, 2023

Investigation opened after Saguenay, Que., police kill man allegedly armed with knife

SAGUENAY, Que. - Quebec's police watchdog says it is investigating after police in Saguenay, Que., shot and killed a man who was allegedly armed with a knife. The agency, known as the Bureau des enqut...

Nov 29, 2023

Senators need to 'get out of the way' and pass carbon price bill: Tory MP

OTTAWA - Ontario Conservative MP Adam Chambers says senators should, in his words, "learn their place in a democracy" and go back to being what he calls "invisible" instead of holding up a carbon pric...

Nov 29, 2023

Feds select Boeing military plane in sole-source deal, bypassing Bombardier

The federal government is expected to announce as early as Thursday that it has selected Boeing to replace the military's aging patrol planes in a multibillion-dollar deal, according to three sources ...

Nov 29, 2023