Canada

RCMP officer hesitated after speeding by N.S. mass shooter on second day of killings

HALIFAX - In the seconds after a Mountie sped past a gunman wanted for a murderous rampage in Nova Scotia two years ago, the officer hesitated about whether to give chase, and by the time he did the s...

Mar 31, 2022

Indigenous Services review, First Nations to meet with Pope: In The News for March 31

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 March 31 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Mar 31, 2022

Internal review into Indigenous Services Canada should be public, advocate says

Ottawa will open the department of Indigenous Services up for a review to identify ways it discriminates against First Nations children. The work will happen as part of a $40-billion agreement-in-prin...

Mar 31, 2022

B.C. says focus on more than just low fees for universal child-care programs

VICTORIA - It was almost 40 years ago that Sharon Gregson says she became an advocate for child care out of necessity. The spokeswoman for $10-a-day child care at the Coalition of Child Care Advocates...

Mar 31, 2022

Canadian songwriters made on average $67 in royalties from digital platforms in 2021

OTTAWA - The body representing Canada's songwriters and composers has revealed that on average musicians writing their own material earned only $67 last year in royalties from domestic streaming servi...

Mar 31, 2022

Final report into fatal train derailment to be released by TSB Canada

CALGARY - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is expected to release its final report today into a fatal train derailment near the British Columbia-Alberta boundary. Three Canadian Pacific Railw...

Mar 31, 2022

'The whole world is watching:' First Nations delegates to meet with Pope Francis

ROME - First Nations delegates are set to speak with Pope Francis at the Vatican today. It marks the second time Phil Fontaine has met a pope and requested an apology from the Roman Catholic Church fo...

Mar 31, 2022

B.C. landslide caused 100-metre high tsunami, set off earthquake scale: study

VANCOUVER - A retreating glacier in a remote British Columbia valley caused a massive landslide that crested a 100-metre tall tsunami, wiped out kilometres of salmon habitat and was detected as far aw...

Mar 30, 2022

Long-awaited victims' rights for military coming into effect in June

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says long-awaited rights for victims of military-related crimes will come into effect in June. Yet senior legal officers say in an update today progress in a number ...

Mar 30, 2022

B.C.'s UN Indigenous rights plan commits to changing history through actions

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has released a five-year action plan towards implementing its law on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The government's rep...

Mar 30, 2022