Canada

Online hate spreading like wildfire, cannot be left unchecked: race foundation

OTTAWA - The executive director of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation is warning that unless action is taken to combat hate, including online, it will continue to spread like wildfire. Mohammed Ha...

Aug 2, 2022

After cancelling event, Montreal borough to allow drag queen story time for children

MONTREAL - A Montreal borough is reversing its decision to cancel a story time event for children hosted by a well-known drag queen. St-Laurent borough Mayor Alan DeSousa says officials met with Sebas...

Aug 2, 2022

Canada sanctions Russian military officers over atrocities in Bucha

OTTAWA - The Canadian government is imposing sanctions on dozens of Russian military officers whose troops are accused of committing atrocities against Ukrainian civilians. Foreign Affairs Minister Ml...

Sheldon Spackman Aug 2, 2022

Sexual assault rate in 2021 highest since 1996, violent crimes up: Statistics Canada

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the rate of police-reported sexual assault in Canada has reached its highest level since 1996. There were more than 34,200 reports of sexual assault countrywide in 2021...

Sheldon Spackman Aug 2, 2022

N.W.T. working to encourage more residents to choose electric vehicles

YELLOWKNIFE - Electric vehicles are a rare sight in Canada's North, with challenges such as frigid winter temperatures and limited infrastructure. The Northwest Territories is hoping to change that. T...

Aug 2, 2022

U.S. lawmakers making one last push to reform cannabis laws before November midterms

WASHINGTON - The surprise climate spending bill isn't the only piece of marquee legislation in the U.S. Senate that's getting a lot of Canadian attention. U.S. lawmakers are also looking at a comprehe...

Aug 2, 2022

Expansion of prison needle exchange programs going ahead despite pandemic delays

OTTAWA - Despite pandemic slowdowns, Correctional Service Canada is still planning to expand the needle exchange programs currently offered at nine federal prisons, government officials say. At a pres...

Aug 2, 2022

Head of World Health Organization tells Montreal conference progress on HIV at risk

MONTREAL - The director-general of the World Health Organization told an international AIDS conference in Montreal today that growing inequality could reverse a decade of progress made in the fight ag...

Aug 1, 2022

Prime Minister Trudeau is routinely offered portraits of himself as gifts: Analysis

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been offered the gift of his own likeness some 17 times since becoming prime minister, including once by the president of China. The portraits, along with a myriad of...

Aug 1, 2022

Windshield smashed in P.E.I. pub's van after photos of Trudeau visit drew harassment

CHARLOTTETOWN - A brewpub on Prince Edward Island says a barrage of harassment that followed a visit from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has culminated in violence, after someone smashed the windshield...

Jul 31, 2022