Canada

NDP asks Liberals to drop appeal of tribunal ruling in EI mat leave case

OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats are asking the country's employment minister to drop the government's appeal of a decision that found employment insurance rules discriminatory against new mothers. ...

Feb 23, 2022

Report on possible mystery brain disorder in New Brunswick to be released Thursday

FREDERICTON - A report from an oversight committee studying possible cases of a mysterious neurological disease in New Brunswick will be released Thursday. Families of the 48 patients identified by pr...

Feb 23, 2022

Mamadi Camara settles lawsuit against City of Montreal over wrongful arrest in 2021

MONTREAL - A Black man who was wrongfully arrested and detained for six days last year has settled a $1.2-million lawsuit against the City of Montreal. The law firm representing Mamadi Camara says in ...

Feb 23, 2022

Mohawk community in Quebec to vote on removing remains of allegedly abusive priest

MONTREAL - The First Nation of Kahnawake outside Montreal is preparing for a referendum on whether to exhume and remove from their community the remains of a priest alleged to have committed sexual ab...

Feb 23, 2022

Close road along Parliament permanently, Ottawa councillor pitches in wake of protest

OTTAWA - The three-week long protest that gripped the capital and prompted the invocation of the Emergencies Act has now sparked a call for potential permanent changes to the parliamentary precinct, i...

Feb 23, 2022

Man charged in firearm incident that shut mall by Parliament Hill

Ottawa police say one man has been charged after he pulled a gun inside the capital's largest mall near Parliament Hill, hours after it was able to reopen following a three-week long occupation of the...

Feb 23, 2022

Mass shooting inquiry: COVID-19 has undermined the grieving process in Nova Scotia

HALIFAX - The inquiry investigating the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia heard today from a panel of community leaders who talked about what life is like in the rural communities affected by the trag...

Feb 23, 2022

Gunman's spouse in N.S. shooting staying out of public inquiry due to charges: lawyer

HALIFAX - The spouse of the gunman in the Nova Scotia mass shooting won't be co-operating with a public inquiry as long as she's facing criminal charges for allegedly transferring ammunition to the sh...

Feb 23, 2022

Canadian troop boost for Latvia and Alberta spawning unrest: In The News for Feb. 23

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 Feb. 23, 2022. What we are watching in Canada ...

Feb 23, 2022

Look West: Criminal anthropologist says Alberta at heart of unrest, protests

CALGARY - A criminal anthropologist suggests looking to the West to find the heart of protests and blockades that gripped the nation for more than a month. Alberta appears to have been the epicentre o...

Feb 23, 2022