Canada

N.L. premier vows change: coat of arms description calls Indigenous people 'savages'

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government has formally decided to change the province's 400-year-old coat of arms, which includes a description referring to Indigenous people as "sav...

Jun 4, 2021

UN human rights experts call on Canada to investigate residential school burial sites

OTTAWA - The United Nations' human-rights special rapporteurs are calling on Canada and the Catholic Church to conduct prompt and thorough investigations into the finding of an unmarked burial site be...

Jun 4, 2021

Supreme Court of Canada sides with mother seeking unpaid child support

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed the appeal of a man who was ordered to pay $170,000 in child support after falling seriously behind in his obligations. In a ruling today, the high c...

Jun 4, 2021

Truth before reconciliation and vaccine dealing: In The News for June 4

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 June 4. What we are watching in Canada ... Ste...

Jun 4, 2021

Does Canada need another pipeline, feds ask days after Biden cancels Keystone XL

OTTAWA - Federal officials were asking themselves how many pipelines does Canada really need in the days after U.S. President Joe Biden cancelled Keystone XL. The query was posed in a briefing note fr...

Jun 4, 2021

Chief calls news conference as memorial grows near Kamloops, B.C., residential school

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An update is expected from the chief of the Tk'emlups te Sewepemc First Nation, a week after the band announced the discovery of what are believed to be the remains of 215 children at...

Jun 4, 2021

Mother still seeking answers a year after Chantel Moore killed by N.B. police

FREDERICTON - A year after Chantel Moore was fatally shot by a police officer in Edmundston, N.B., her mother's suffering remains, as do many unanswered questions. "The pain still hurts as much as it ...

Jun 4, 2021

'Have conversations:' Experts urge learning truth about residential schools

Stephanie Scott shed tears with her daughter and five-year-old grandchild when remains of what are believed to be more than 200 children were found on the former site of the Kamloops Indian Residentia...

Jun 4, 2021

Statistics Canada set to unveil May jobs numbers

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will say today how the job market fared in May as lockdowns to slow the pandemic continued to keep many businesses closed. The economy lost 207,000 jobs in April as a spike ...

Jun 4, 2021

Canada looking to U.S. to help end Moderna delivery delays

OTTAWA - Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Canada is trying to negotiate a deal to start getting doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine from the United States instead of Europe. All 5.7 million doses...

Jun 4, 2021