Category Archives: Canada
At first-ever health day at UN climate summit, Canadian doctors push for action
TORONTO - As global leaders prepare to meet for the first dedicated health day at a UN climate summit, Canadian doctors plan to use the platform to push for a new federal office dedicated to addressin...
Dec 02, 2023
Amid housing crisis, decrepit N.L. jail seen as preferable to living on the street
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Michael Keough has to pause in the middle of his phone call from Newfoundland and Labrador's largest jail to cough and wipe his eyes - there's black mould on the wall where the phon...
Dec 02, 2023
Thousands of trees will be felled in Vancouver's Stanley Park due to moth infestation
VANCOUVER - The quiet of Stanley Park's forests has been splintered as chainsaws roar in a multi-year project to remove about one quarter of the trees that make up what's considered a Vancouver jewel....
Dec 02, 2023
Some facts about CSIS, Canada's spy agency, amid claims of sexual assault, harassment
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's conducting a workplace assessment of its British Columbia office where a group of officers said they were subjected to sexual assault and harassmen...
Dec 01, 2023
Man with ties to Vancouver, Edmonton and Halifax killed in Calgary drive-by shooting
CALGARY - Police say a man with ties to Vancouver, Edmonton and Halifax has been killed in a drive-by shooting in Calgary. Officers responded to reports of gunshots in the Beltline neighbourhood, sout...
Dec 01, 2023
Montreal Chinese groups threaten to sue RCMP over 'secret police station' allegations
MONTREAL - Two Chinese community groups in the Montreal area say they will sue the RCMP if they don't apologize for alleging that the groups hosted secret Chinese government "police stations." In a la...
Dec 01, 2023
Flu season has officially started in Canada, public health agency says
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says flu season is officially underway in this country. The rate of tests that were positive for flu stayed above the agency's threshold of five per cent f...
Dec 01, 2023
Lawyer in Ali murder trial says 13-year-old B.C. victim was not an 'innocent'
VANCOUVER - Ibrahim Ali's lawyer says the 13-year-old girl he's accused of murdering in a British Columbia park wasn't the "innocent" depicted in a "rose-coloured" portrayal by the Crown at trial. Kev...
Dec 01, 2023
Liberals say Tories delaying help for Ukraine as advocacy group pleads with Poilievre
OTTAWA - Liberals are accusing Conservatives of delaying help for Ukrainians, after a Tory motion prevented the House of Commons from voting today on a bill meant to modernize the Canada-Ukraine free ...
Dec 01, 2023
Minister tight-lipped on whether it's looking at new regulator to fight online harms
OTTAWA - Justice Minister Arif Virani is keeping tight-lipped about whether the federal government is considering a new regulator that would hold online platforms accountable for protecting users from...
Dec 01, 2023
