Canada

A look at recent deaths of police officers in Canada

A regimental funeral for RCMP Const. Rick O'Brien is being held in Langley, B.C. on Wednesday. O'Brien, a father of six children who was a member of the Ridge Meadows RCMP detachment in Metro Vancouve...

Sheldon Spackman Oct 4, 2023

'Bear attack bad': Alberta couple identified as pair killed in grizzly attack

A family member of the couple killed by a grizzly bear in the wilderness of Banff National Park says he knew something was wrong as soon as he received a call with a message from their satellite devic...

Sheldon Spackman Oct 4, 2023

Indigenous women, girls killed at rate six times higher than non-Indigenous: StatCan

OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada report says homicides of Indigenous women and girls are less likely to result in the most serious murder charges than cases in which victims were non-Indigenous. More ...

Oct 4, 2023

Novavax touts non-mRNA COVID vaccine, future of domestic production remains uncertain

OTTAWA - The last remaining manufacturer to offer an alternative to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in Canada is boasting about the importance of having several available vaccine options - though the company i...

Oct 4, 2023

Investigator was 'totally shocked' to see sensitive records sent to criminal suspect

OTTAWA - A retired RCMP investigator says he was "totally shocked" to discover someone had sent sensitive intelligence documents to a criminal suspect. Former RCMP staff sergeant Guy Belley is testify...

Oct 4, 2023

Quebec slow to improve public services for Indigenous people, says Ombudsman

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has failed to implement most of the recommendations from a landmark 2019 report that said Indigenous people suffered systemic discrimination in public services. Qubec ...

Oct 4, 2023

Montreal transit special constables poised to receive pepper-gel weapon

Montreal's public transit authority is poised to equip its security officers with cayenne pepper aerosol gel, pending approval from its board at a meeting this evening. The officers, known as special ...

Oct 4, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Ottawa to fund further study of possible Winnipeg landfill search

OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree says the federal government will put $740,000 towards further assessing the feasibility of searching a Winnipeg-area landfill for the r...

Oct 4, 2023

Airline caterer named in Quebec class action denies exploiting foreign workers

MONTREAL - A French airline caterer is denying that it knowingly employed undocumented workers at its Montreal facilities or that it used their precarious status to exploit them. Newrest, which prepar...

Oct 4, 2023

Rideau Hall apologizes for honouring Nazi veteran with Order of Canada in 1987

OTTAWA - Rideau Hall says it deeply regrets that a man who fought for a Nazi unit in the Second World War was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1987. Peter Savaryn was chancellor of the University o...

Oct 4, 2023