Category Archives: Canada

Supreme Court to rule on constitutionality of Safe Third Country Agreement
OTTAWA - Canada's top court will deliver the final word Friday on whether the pact between Canada and the United States to control the flow of asylum seekers violates their fundamental rights. The Saf...
Jun 16, 2023

'Hero to me': Kyiv's memory wall a reminder of losses in Ukraine-Russian conflicts
KYIV, Ukraine - Yuri Pisarenko reaches high up on the Memory Wall of the Fallen Defenders of Ukraine, pulls down a faded portrait of his grandson and reverently puts an identical photo in its place. T...
Jun 16, 2023

Manitoba bus crash brings focus on safety of at-grade intersections in Canada
The deadly crash in Manitoba between a bus full of seniors and a semi has brought renewed attention on the safety of numerous so-called at-grade intersections on Canadian highways. BC Trucking Associa...
Jun 15, 2023

A list of mass casualty bus and van crashes on Canadian highways
RCMP say 15 people died and 10 others were taken to hospital on Thursday after a bus collided with a semi-truck near Carberry, Man. Little information was immediately available about the deceased, but...
Jun 15, 2023

Reaction to highway crash that killed 15 in Manitoba
CARBERRY, Man. - RCMP say 15 people are dead and 10 are in hospital after a bus carrying people from Dauphin, Man., many of them seniors, collided with a semi truck. Here is some of the reaction: "I'm...
Jun 15, 2023

Senate passes long-delayed bill aimed at unblocking Canadian aid in Afghanistan
OTTAWA - The Senate has passed a bill intended to unblock Canadian aid in Afghanistan without amendment. The Criminal Code changes allow development workers to apply for exemptions from terrorism laws...
Jun 15, 2023

'Vindication': Appeal court reinstates justice of the peace who critiqued bail system
OTTAWA - Justice of the peace Julie Lauzon will return to the bench following an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling in her favour, which found the punishment she received for writing a 2016 column critici...
Jun 15, 2023

At least 15 dead after crash on Manitoba highway
WINNIPEG - RCMP confirmed Thursday afternoon that 15 people have died, and 10 more have been taken to hospital, following a highway crash west of Winnipeg. The crash, which happened just before noon i...
Jun 15, 2023

Bill that would force Meta, Google to bargain with publishers closer to becoming law
OTTAWA - A bill aimed at getting tech giants such as Meta and Google to pay publishers for news that appears on their platforms is one step closer to becoming law. Bill C-18, also known as the online ...
Jun 15, 2023

Four found dead in Prince Rupert, B.C., home; police say deaths considered homicide
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - There's a large police presence at a home in the northwest British Columbia city of Prince Rupert where four people were found dead. A neighbour, who didn't want to disclose her ...
Jun 15, 2023