Category Archives: Canada
'Embarrassed': Alberta UCP candidate sorry for comparing transgender kids to feces
EDMONTON - A United Conservative Party candidate who compared transgender children in schools to having feces in food says she is sorry, plans to learn from it and is staying on to run in the May 29 A...
May 17, 2023
Pathologist took swabs of B.C. teen's neck to preserve DNA of alleged attacker
VANCOUVER - The forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy on the body of a 13-year-old found dead in a Burnaby, B.C., park nearly six years ago says he took swabs of the girl's neck to preserve a...
May 17, 2023
Court rules Quebec man sentenced for ordering killings can apply for parole earlier
MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal has cut a decade from the time a man convicted of ordering a series of killings must serve before being eligible for parole. Benjamin Hudon-Barbeau was handed a l...
May 17, 2023
Alberta UCP candidate says sorry for comparing transgender students to feces in food
EDMONTON - A United Conservative Party candidate who compared transgender children in schools to having feces in food is apologizing while staying on to run in the Alberta election. Jennifer Johnson s...
May 17, 2023
Saskatchewan running coal power later than 2030 would be illegal: Guilbeault
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says it would be against the law for Saskatchewan to run its coal-fired power plants after 2030, unless the emissions from those plants are captured. Ca...
May 17, 2023
Battling burnout and isolation, Labrador groups unite to tackle sexual violence
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. - As burnout and high turnover plague groups that work to combat violence against women across Canada, community organizations in Labrador are trying to buck the trend. Th...
May 17, 2023
Liberals' new bail reforms could run up against Charter, have limited impact: experts
OTTAWA - Experts say a Liberal bail reform bill introduced this week could be subject to a Charter challenge and see limited results. The bill aims to make it harder for some repeat violent offenders ...
May 17, 2023
Wildfire advance paused as wind shift aids firefighters near Fort St. John, B.C.
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - A change in wind direction aided firefighters working overnight as they managed to prevent two out-of-control wildfires from advancing closer to Fort St. John in northeast Britis...
May 17, 2023
Fort McPherson, N.W.T., declares local state of emergency over flood
FORT MCPHERSON, N.W.T. - A hamlet in the Northwest Territories' Beaufort Delta region has declared a local state of emergency due to flooding from the Peel River. The Hamlet of Fort McPherson said Tue...
May 17, 2023
MPs debate how to challenge Israel's judicial reform and push for regional peace
OTTAWA - Canadian MPs are mulling how vigorously and publicly they should challenge moves by Israel's far-right government to curtail the power of judges and expand illegal settlements on Palestinian ...
May 17, 2023