Category Archives: Canada

Former PM Mulroney, former Gov. Gen. Clarkson to eulogize queen at Ottawa memorial
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Brian Mulroney and former governor general Adrienne Clarkson are to eulogize Queen Elizabeth at a memorial service Monday in Ottawa. Canadian artists Rufus Wainwright an...
Sep 15, 2022

Retired swim star Tewksbury honoured to be part of delegation for queen's funeral
Three-time Olympic swimming medallist Mark Tewksbury says he is "very honoured" to be part of the Canadian delegation attending Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral on Monday. Tewskbury, a member of the...
Sep 15, 2022

N.S. mass shooting inquiry hears that killer exchanged denture work for sex
HALIFAX - A report submitted to the inquiry investigating the April 2020 mass shooting in rural Nova Scotia says the gunman who killed 22 people was known to exchange denture work for sex and to explo...
Sep 15, 2022

Former Tory MP Tony Clement named director of Conservative fundraising board: sources
OTTAWA - Sources say Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has appointed former member of Parliament Tony Clement to serve on the board of the federal party's main fundraising arm. Multiple sources con...
Sep 15, 2022

Green leadership contender Elizabeth May says she never threatened to quit party
OTTAWA - Elizabeth May says she never threatened to quit the Green Party and an email suggesting as much was a "mischaracterization" by a well-meaning staffer that has since been corrected. According ...
Sep 15, 2022

B.C. toxic drug deaths double since public health emergency declared in 2016: coroner
VICTORIA - Grim statistics from British Columbia's coroner show the rate of toxic drug deaths has doubled since the province declared a public health emergency in 2016. The BC Coroners Service recorde...
Sep 15, 2022

'Wild West': Audit on veterans' medical cannabis sparks calls for oversight, research
OTTAWA - An internal audit outlining significant problems with Ottawa's administration of hundreds of millions of dollars in medical marijuana for veterans is being met with shock and concern by menta...
Sep 15, 2022

Former PMs, Canadian celebrities to attend queen's funeral in London
OTTAWA - Canada is sending 15 delegates to the queen's state funeral in London, England, on Monday, while celebrities will take part in a procession of recipients of national honours. Prime Minister J...
Sep 15, 2022

French Oblates begin dismissal proceedings for priest accused of abusing Inuit
The leadership of a Catholic order in France has begun dismissal proceedings against a priest accused of sexual abusing Inuit children in Nunavut. A delegation of Inuit led by Nunavut Tunnagivik Inc. ...
Sep 15, 2022

Canadian royal 'diehard' camping in London ahead of Queen Elizabeth's funeral
LONDON - Bernadette Christie has had a front-row view of some of the biggest royal events of the last decade. She has seen Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle walk into the church on their wedding days, ...
Sep 15, 2022