Category Archives: Canada

B.C. in court against pharma companies in bid to certify opioid class-action lawsuit
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government goes up against dozens of health care and pharmaceutical companies in court today in a bid to get certification for a class-action lawsuit over the costs of...
Nov 27, 2023

Search for answers underway after Winnipeg shooting left three dead, two injured
Winnipeg residents are waiting for more information as investigators work to piece together what led up to a downtown shooting Sunday that killed three people and left two others in hospital with crit...
Nov 27, 2023

Montreal to spend nearly $200M on snow removal as winter costs rise across Canada
MONTREAL - There's a saying in municipal politics: win snow removal, win the day. But as inflation takes a toll on tight city budgets, the price of winning that battle is rising. Take Montreal, where ...
Nov 27, 2023

Canadian Jewish, Muslim groups see different paths to peace amid ceasefire
MONTREAL - Jewish and Muslim groups in Canada say they are closely following the ongoing, temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas as it enters its third day. Hamas freed 17 more hostages today as...
Nov 26, 2023

Special interlocutor 'waiting' for MP bill criminalizing residential school denialism
OTTAWA - Canada's justice minister is considering options raised by the independent adviser on unmarked graves, who says Indigenous leaders want Canada to move on criminalizing residential school deni...
Nov 26, 2023

B.C. First Nation votes to take over child and family services for its residents
DUNCAN, B.C. - British Columbia's largest First Nation has voted to take over authority of child and family services for its residents. Results of a vote held by the Cowichan Tribes show 83 per cent o...
Nov 26, 2023

Québec solidaire elects Émilise Lessard-Therrien as co-spokeswoman
GATINEAU, Que. - Quebec's second-largest opposition party has elected milise Lessard-Therrien as its new co-spokeswoman. Qubec solidaire, which has 12 seats in the province's 125-seat legislature, doe...
Nov 26, 2023

Police say three dead, two injured in shooting in downtown Winnipeg
Winnipeg police say three people are dead and two have critical injuries after a shooting this morning in the city's downtown core. Const. Jason Michalyshen told reporters outside police headquarters ...
Nov 26, 2023

Quebec police watchdog investigates death of man allegedly struck by stolen car
LONGUEUIL, Que. - Quebec's police watchdog is investigating after a driver allegedly fleeing police in a stolen car struck and killed a man in his 60s in Longueuil, Que. The agency, known as the Burea...
Nov 26, 2023

One person dead, 63 confirmed cases in salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupe: PHAC
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says one person has died after a salmonella outbreak linked to Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupes. An update from the agency posted on Friday offered no d...
Nov 26, 2023