Canada

Quebec Press Council upholds complaint over question to Blanchet at leaders debate

MONTREAL - The Quebec Press Council has upheld a complaint regarding a question the moderator asked Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet during the English-language federal leaders debate last ye...

Dec 6, 2022

Winnipeg police defend decision to not search landfill for women's remains

Winnipeg police have released more details of their decision to not search a landfill for the remains of two Indigenous women believed to have been the victims of a serial killer. Police believe the r...

Dec 6, 2022

Eby's new B.C. cabinet builds speculation about early election call, says expert

VICTORIA - Political pundits are expecting Premier David Eby to appoint new cabinet ministers who have fire in their bellies for the challenging jobs ahead, and the possibility of an early election ca...

Dec 6, 2022

Kamloops, B.C., company slays industry giants to win acoustic guitar of the year

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A small guitar company from Kamloops, B.C., has triumphed over industry giants to have one of its models named acoustic guitar of the year. Riversong Guitars and its River Pacific des...

Dec 6, 2022

Military faces calls to return general to duty after sexual assault acquittal

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is facing calls to return Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin to duty after the senior officer, who previously oversaw the Canada's COVID-19 vaccine rollout, was acquitted of sexu...

Dec 6, 2022

No legal obligation to bring Canadians home from Syria, federal lawyer tells court

OTTAWA - A government lawyer is telling a Federal Court hearing that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not obligate Ottawa to repatriate Canadians held in Syrian camps. Family members of 23 deta...

Dec 6, 2022

Daughters of murder victim call on feds to act in light of Winnipeg killings

OTTAWA - The daughters of an Indigenous woman police believe to have been the victim of a serial killer were on Parliament Hill this morning, calling on the federal government to take action. Police b...

Dec 6, 2022

Alberta premier rejects suggestion she erred with bill giving her sweeping powers

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is rejecting suggestions she made a mistake when she introduced a bill that gave her and her cabinet sweeping power to rewrite laws outside the legislature pr...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 6, 2022

Murray Sinclair to help AFN with conflict resolution after 'turmoil': national chief

OTTAWA - Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald says former senator Murray Sinclair will help the organization with conflict resolution next year. Archibald announced the move tod...

Dec 6, 2022

Afghanistan aid blockade can only be fixed by changing Criminal Code: officials

OTTAWA - Federal government officials say Parliament would need to amend the Criminal Code for Canadian humanitarians to be allowed to help in Afghanistan. Senior public servants told the Senate human...

Dec 6, 2022