Canada

Federal government should direct RCMP to end use controversial neck hold: NDP leader

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino should push back against the RCMP continuing to use a controversial neck hold. Mendicino directed the RCMP to stop using t...

Jan 19, 2023

How ground-penetrating radar is used to find unmarked graves at residential schools

OTTAWA - Ground-penetrating radar is the technology behind the discoveries of what are believed to be unmarked burial sites on the grounds of former residential schools, by providing communities with ...

Jan 19, 2023

Canada to repatriate six women, 13 children from Syrian detention, lawyer says

OTTAWA - The lawyer for six Canadian women and 13 children being held in Syrian camps says the federal government has agreed to help bring them home. Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon says a "mutually accepta...

Jan 19, 2023

Retired senator 'stunned' by reports about Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond's heritage

Retired senator Lillian Dyck says she was "stunned" to hear questions about the Indigenous heritage of former judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, whose career she had recognized as barrier-breaking. Dyck,...

Jan 19, 2023

No pharmacare bill this year would be a deal-breaker, says NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh

OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says if the Liberal government does not introduce a pharmacare bill in the House of Commons this year, he will consider it a deal-breaker. Both parties signe...

Sheldon Spackman Jan 19, 2023

Quebec man charged with kidnapping U.S. couple in 2020 to testify at his own trial

MONTREAL - A Quebec man charged in the case of a couple from Upstate New York who were kidnapped and smuggled into Quebec in September 2020 will testify in his own defence. Defence lawyer John T. Pepp...

Jan 19, 2023

Military shrinking footprint in Middle East to free up troops for other missions

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is shrinking its footprint in the Middle East to free up troops for missions in Europe and elsewhere. Vice-Admiral Bob Auchterlonie revealed the plan in an interview...

Jan 19, 2023

Quebec police identify three victims of propane explosion last week

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police have formally identified three people who died after an explosion last week at a propane facility north of Montreal. Police say the victims are Cline Pilon, 65; Fra...

Jan 19, 2023

In The News for Jan. 19: Are discount airlines straining Canada's pilot supply?

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 19 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jan 19, 2023

One year after death of Indian migrants at border, U.S. still sees illegal crossings

A year after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to walk to the United States from Manitoba, the agency tasked with patrolling the border says others have not been deterred from at...

Jan 19, 2023