Canada

Vancouver magic mushroom stores raided by police are reopening

VANCOUVER - One of three magic mushroom stores that were raided by Vancouver police this week has already reopened, and the owner says his other two are restocking and will be back in business on Frid...

Nov 2, 2023

'He was a good man': Family of First Nations man question Winnipeg in-custody death

WINNIPEG - Loved ones of a First Nations man who died in police custody say officers failed to help him when he needed it most. Family and friends of Elias Whitehead, along with First Nations leaders ...

Nov 2, 2023

Here are the six candidates running to be Assembly of First Nations national chief

OTTAWA - The chief electoral officer with the Assembly of First Nations says it has received nomination papers from six candidates vying to be the next national chief of the organization that represen...

Nov 2, 2023

NDP to back Tory motion calling for carbon price off all heat sources

OTTAWA - The New Democrats say they will back the Conservatives on a motion to pull the carbon price off all home heating until after the next election. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre tabled the...

Nov 2, 2023

Alberta doctors 'trepidatious' about changes to already fragile health-care system

The new president of the Alberta Medical Association says doctors are "trepidatious" about expected changes to the province's health-care delivery system. Dr. Paul Parks has been touring the province ...

Sheldon Spackman Nov 2, 2023

Minister intervenes in deportation of man facing death sentence in Egypt

OTTAWA - A man who was set to be deported from Canada to Egypt, where he faces a death sentence, says the federal immigration minister intervened in his case and prevented his removal. Dr. Ezzat Gouda...

Nov 2, 2023

'Abnormal': Quebec says there are still too many asylum seekers entering the province

Quebec's immigration minister says the number of asylum seekers entering the province is "abnormal." Christine Frchette told reporters today that the federal government needs to do more to distribute ...

Nov 2, 2023

Tax avoidance: Canadian companies transferred $120B to Luxembourg, study says

MONTREAL - A Quebec research institute says some of Canada's biggest companies have transferred billions of dollars in profits to Luxembourg to avoid paying domestic taxes. The research published toda...

Nov 2, 2023

Canadian man in Gaza says Ottawa has asked him to be prepared to leave with family

A Canadian man trying to get out of Gaza with his family says Global Affairs Canada has asked him to gather his documents and be prepared to leave at any moment through the enclave's border crossing w...

Nov 2, 2023

Canadian prisons 'disturbingly and unconscionably Indigenized': corrections watchdog

OTTAWA - The federal prison watchdog says there are still too many Indigenous people behind bars in Canada. In fact, correctional investigator Ivan Zinger says the problem has gotten significantly wor...

Nov 2, 2023