Category Archives: Canada
Premier David Eby says Ottawa assures better information sharing after Sikh's death
OTTAWA - Premier David Eby says federal ministers have assured him British Columbia will get the information it needs to ensure the safety of its residents after a Sikh leader was killed in June. His ...
Sep 26, 2023
Alberta NDP asks minister to quash application for Rocky Mountain coal mine
Alberta's New Democrat Opposition is asking the provincial government to step in and quash applications for coal mining exploration in the Rocky Mountains. In a letter to Energy Minister Brian Jean, e...
Sep 26, 2023
CP NewsAlert: 15 'potential' gravesites found near former Yukon residential school
CARCROSS, Yukon - An investigation into unmarked graves and the deaths of children who attended the former Chooutla Residential School in Carcross, Yukon, has found 15 "potential" gravesites at or nea...
Sep 26, 2023
Police identify three fishers who died after their boat sank off northeastern Quebec
BLANC-SABLON, Que. - Quebec provincial police have identified the three fishers who died after their boat sank off of Quebec's Lower North Shore early Monday morning. Provincial police spokesman Sgt. ...
Sep 26, 2023
TMX route change leads to question about Liberals' commitment to reconciliation
OTTAWA - The federal Crown corporation constructing the expansion to the Trans Mountain pipeline says it remains committed to "meaningful engagement" with Indigenous communities after being given the ...
Sep 26, 2023
Quebec nurses union says job postings requiring bilingualism are discriminatory
MONTREAL - A nurses union on Quebec's Gasp Peninsula says job postings by the local health-care network discriminate against francophone people because they require that applicants speak English. Unio...
Sep 26, 2023
Quebec coroner hears from officers who took part in takedown of killing spree suspect
Montreal police tactical officers have described the shootout in a motel room between them and a suspect who had killed three men at random over a 24-hour period in August 2022. Officers Jean-Philippe...
Sep 26, 2023
After briefing on intel, Singh says 'clear evidence' India involved in B.C. killing
OTTAWA - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he received an intelligence briefing about allegations that the Indian government could be behind the killing of a Sikh leader in British Columbia. Singh...
Sep 26, 2023
Feds unlock another $20 billion for low-cost rental construction financing: Freeland
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is unlocking another $20 billion in low-cost financing for the construction of rental housing across Canada. The federal governm...
Sep 26, 2023
Canada watching nervously as Biden, Trump do battle in Michigan over EV strategy
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden is making history today as the first modern U.S. president to visit a picket line - a big-stakes play for blue-collar votes with implications for Canada. Biden, an avowedly pro-...
Sep 26, 2023
