Canada

Final report to be released today into 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting

TRURO, N.S. - The public inquiry that investigated the April 2020 mass murder of 22 people in Nova Scotia is releasing its final report today. The federal-provincial inquiry examined the events surrou...

Mar 30, 2023

'It's going to take the community': Yukon faces Canada's worst toxic drug death rate

When the doors close at night at the administration office at Yukon's Carcross Tagish First Nation, a van hits the road and drives through the communities to offer naloxone to reverse overdoses, drug ...

Mar 30, 2023

Winnipeg judge to give decision for retired priest charged with indecent assault

WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg judge is expected to give her decision on whether a now-retired priest is guilty of indecent assault after a residential school survivor accused him of forcing himself on her mor...

Mar 30, 2023

RCMP arrest five people near natural gas pipeline construction site in northern B.C.

The RCMP say five people have been arrested at two camps in the area where a disputed natural gas pipeline is under construction in northwestern British Columbia. Police say Mounties responded to a co...

Mar 29, 2023

Five things to know about Canada's electricity overhaul as budget spurs clean tech

OTTAWA - Clean electricity was one of the stars of Tuesday's federal budget, with almost $1 in every $8 of new spending the budget anticipates in the next five years targeting Canada's electricity dre...

Mar 29, 2023

'Leave this with me': Alberta premier heard on call with COVID-19 protester

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, in a leaked cellphone call, commiserated with a COVID-19 protester about his trial while divulging to him there was an internal dispute over how Crown prosec...

Mar 29, 2023

Fatal stabbing casts a pall over downtown Vancouver neighbourhood as court date set

VANCOUVER - The fatal stabbing of a 37-year-old father outside a downtown Vancouver Starbucks is casting a pall over the normally bustling block. Passersby have been pausing to pay their respects to P...

Mar 29, 2023

N.W.T. releases strategy to reduce alcohol-related harms

YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories government has released its first strategy aimed at reducing alcohol-related harms. It details 15 actions the territory plans to take by the end of March 2028 t...

Mar 29, 2023

Canadian supporters of missing Chinese human-rights defender want more information

OTTAWA - Canadian supporters of Dong Guangping, a missing Chinese human-rights defender, are disappointed with what they call a disingenuous response from Vietnamese officials to the United Nations. T...

Mar 29, 2023

Clock ticks on Liberal-NDP deal as budget omits pharmacare bill promised in 2023

OTTAWA - One of the Liberals' outstanding promises for 2023 in their deal with the NDP was conspicuously absent from the federal budget. The confidence-and-supply agreement requires the government to ...

Mar 29, 2023