Category Archives: Canada
New national security committee to look at Jaspal Atwal controversy
OTTAWA - The new national security committee of parliamentarians is conducting a special review of the Jaspal Atwal affair that has dogged the Liberal government since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
Apr 09, 2018
Canada already helping African-led counter-terror force in Mali: Sajjan
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan sidestepped a question Monday about Canadian peacekeepers supporting an African-led counter-terror force in Mali, saying Canada has already helped what is known...
Apr 09, 2018
Hijabs back in Quebec spotlight as veiled Muslim woman prepares to seek election
MONTREAL - The divisive debate in Quebec about the clothes Muslim women choose to wear is back in the spotlight, less than six months before the fall provincial election. Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante...
Apr 09, 2018
Pipeline protesters including Green leader should face criminal charges: judge
VANCOUVER - A B.C. Supreme Court judge says the Crown should consider laying criminal contempt of court charges against Green party Leader Elizabeth May and dozens of other demonstrators alleged to ha...
Apr 09, 2018
UBC president apologizes for 'failing to confront' over residential schools
VANCOUVER - The president of the University of British Columbia opened the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre on Monday with an apology to survivors for the school’s role in p...
Apr 09, 2018
Humboldt Bronco Shumlanski makes statement after release from hospital
The first member of the Humboldt Broncos organization to be released from the hospital after a bus accident left 15 players and staff members dead Friday has issued a public statement. In a Twitter po...
Apr 09, 2018
More staffing needed to address anticipated influx of asylum seekers: union
OTTAWA - As Canada braces for another influx of asylum seekers coming from the U.S., border workers are raising concerns about resources while officials are trying to stem the tide of illegal migrants...
Apr 09, 2018
Two children injured after substance leaks through roof at Toronto school
TORONTO - Two elementary school students have been taken to hospital with minor injuries after officials say a substance believed to be hot liquid asphalt leaked through a roof and dropped onto them w...
Apr 09, 2018
CP Explains: How bodies are identified by the authorities
TORONTO - Authorities in Saskatchewan apologized Monday for an identity mix-up in which a hockey player was identified as among the 15 killed in last week’s bus crash - only to discover it was, ...
Apr 09, 2018
A look at the victims of the Humboldt team bus crash
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - Fifteen people were killed and 14 others injured in a horrific crash involving the Humboldt Broncos hockey team. Here is what we know so far about those who died: --- Tyler Bieber: B...
Apr 09, 2018