Canada

Quebec doctors are providing virtual training for Ukrainian health-care workers

MONTREAL - A group of Quebec doctors are offering training on life-saving procedures to Ukrainians contending with the Russian invasion. McGill University in Montreal says the Steinberg Centre for Sim...

Mar 6, 2022

'Line between life and death': Cousins used trapping skills, body spray to survive

Thomas Barnett looked to the dark sky and prayed. He prayed for wood and to stay awake despite signs of hypothermia creeping through his body. He prayed to see the morning sun and feel its heat. He pr...

Mar 6, 2022

Nova Scotia Mounties should be compelled to testify at mass shooting inquiry: experts

HALIFAX - Public trust in the inquiry investigating the mass shooting in Nova Scotia almost two years ago would be undermined if the RCMP officers involved are not compelled to testify, legal experts ...

Mar 6, 2022

Debris from cargo ship spill last fall spreading along B.C. coast: beach cleaners

TOFINO, B.C. - A volunteer organization that has been cleaning up debris from a cargo ship that lost 109 containers off the B.C. coast last fall says the incident should be a wake-up call to the need ...

Mar 6, 2022

Trudeau set to depart for Europe today to meet with allies on Ukraine response

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to depart for Europe today to meet with allies about Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Trudeau is scheduled to fly out of Canada this morning, ahead of meetin...

Mar 6, 2022

Canadians advised by federal government to leave Russia while means available

OTTAWA - The Canadian government has updated its advice for anyone considering travelling to Russia. In a new post on the government's website, it says all travel to Russia should be avoided, and any ...

Mar 5, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Alberta justice minister removed from post, becomes labour minister

EDMONTON - Alberta Justice Minister Kaycee Madu is being moved to another cabinet post following a third-party report into his phone call to Edmonton's police chief over a traffic ticket. Madu takes o...

Feb 25, 2022

Canadian liquor stores pull Russian products amid conflict in Ukraine

TORONTO - Crown liquor stores in several Canadian provinces were pulling Russian products from their shelves Friday in light of Russia's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. In Ontario, Finance Minister ...

Feb 25, 2022

RCMP were short on officers in rural N.S. county before 2020 mass shooting: review

HALIFAX - An RCMP review says that a county where the Nova Scotia mass shooting occurred had a shortage of officers needed to meet the force's policing standards in the year leading up to the 2020 ram...

Feb 25, 2022

Some Canadians stay on in Ukraine amid Russian invasion

Chad Martz has spent the last few days in a mountainous region of western Ukraine purchasing food and basic supplies for those who've fled their homes due to the Russian invasion of the country. But t...

Feb 25, 2022