Category Archives: Canada
Chair of N.S. shooting inquiry worries budget constraints could tether RCMP watchdog
HALIFAX - The chairman of Nova Scotia's mass shooting inquiry has raised concerns that budget constraints could end up tethering investigations by the watchdog agency that oversees complaints against ...
Sep 14, 2022
What to expect from Ottawa's memorial service and parade to honour the late queen
OTTAWA - The bells at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa will toll on Monday as the nation bids farewell to the late Queen Elizabeth. Memorial events in the capital will recognize the queen's long life...
Sep 14, 2022
'Prepared to wait all night': Long lines as Queen Elizabeth lies in state
LONDON - People joined a lineup that stretched for kilometres along the south bank of the River Thames today to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth as she began lying in state. Equipped with sleepin...
Sep 14, 2022
Ottawa has lost control of $150M program reimbursing veterans' cannabis: audit
OTTAWA - An internal audit by Veterans Affairs Canada suggests Ottawa has all but lost control as it shells out hundreds of millions of dollars each year for veterans' medical marijuana. Quietly publi...
Sep 14, 2022
RCMP apprehension unit wasn't searching for Sask. suspect before stabbing rampage
OTTAWA - RCMP say a special unit dedicated to apprehending fugitives was not actively searching for a Saskatchewan man they say is responsible for a stabbing rampage that left 11 people dead and 18 ot...
Sep 14, 2022
Quebec election: Liberals to correct costed platform after underestimating debt
MONTREAL - The Quebec Liberals today removed their costed platform from their website after a media report noted its debt figures were off by $12 billion. La Presse reported that the Liberals underest...
Sep 14, 2022
Some Indigenous leaders concerned about reconciliation with new monarch
Some Indigenous leaders and community members say they're concerned about making progress on reconciliation with King Charles III. Treaty 8 Grand Chief Arthur Noskey says the Queen's death last week w...
Sep 14, 2022
Temporary boost to GST rebate appropriate amid high inflation: economists
OTTAWA - The federal government's newly announced inflation relief for lower-income Canadians through the GST rebate stacks up as a better policy than some of the cash payments issued by provinces, ec...
Sep 14, 2022
'Out of control': Quebec politicians facing repeated intimidation on campaign trail
MONTREAL - Gilles Blanger, a candidate for the Coalition Avenir Qubec, recently moved his children and partner out of his house, and he makes sure the doors are always locked. The drastic steps come a...
Sep 14, 2022
UN human rights officials press Canada on case of overseas detainee Jack Letts
OTTAWA - The federal government has told United Nations officials that international human rights law does not obligate Canada to actively facilitate the return of its citizens detained in northern Sy...
Sep 14, 2022