Skip to content

National News

Canada's premiers, police chiefs reup calls on Ottawa to reform bail

Canada's premiers, police chiefs reup calls on Ottawa to reform bail

OTTAWA — The association representing Canada's chiefs of police is calling for the extension of a federal guns and gangs strategy and urgent reforms to the country's bail system after a meeting with provincial and territorial premiers Friday.
Read more >
Family says First Nations man brain-dead after altercation with Saskatchewan police

Family says First Nations man brain-dead after altercation with Saskatchewan police

SASKATOON — The family of a First Nations man in Saskatchewan is calling for accountability and justice after an altercation earlier this month with Prince Albert police left him on life support with no brain activity.
Read more >
Measuring Canada's defence commitment in terms of dollars a 'bad mistake': ambassador

Measuring Canada's defence commitment in terms of dollars a 'bad mistake': ambassador

CLEVELAND — It's an all-too-common "bad mistake" to judge Canada's commitment to global military security solely on the basis of how much money it spends on defence, President Joe Biden's envoy to Ottawa said Friday.
Read more >
Labour board flags 'irregularities,' low turnout in public service strike vote

Labour board flags 'irregularities,' low turnout in public service strike vote

OTTAWA — The federal labour board has found low turnout and irregularities of "significant concern" with the strike vote that led more than 100,000 public servants to walk off the job this week.
Read more >
Hassan Diab's supporters urge Canada to rebuff extradition after guilty verdict

Hassan Diab's supporters urge Canada to rebuff extradition after guilty verdict

OTTAWA — Supporters of Hassan Diab are calling on Canada to refuse any new extradition request from France after a court found the Ottawa sociology professor guilty of a 1980 bombing.
Read more >
Gatineau police officers who allegedly beat Senegalese diplomat will not face charges

Gatineau police officers who allegedly beat Senegalese diplomat will not face charges

MONTREAL — Quebec's prosecution service says it will not lay charges against the Gatineau, Que., police officers who allegedly beat a Senegalese diplomat in August.
Read more >
Mohawk Mothers, McGill reach deal to search for graves at site of former hospital

Mohawk Mothers, McGill reach deal to search for graves at site of former hospital

MONTREAL — McGill University and a group of Indigenous elders have reached a deal to search for the possibility of unmarked graves at the former site of a Montreal hospital, following a court ruling described as precedent setting.
Read more >
Discredited Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond voluntarily returns another honorary degree

Discredited Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond voluntarily returns another honorary degree

FREDERICTON — Former judge and law professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, whose claims of Indigenous ancestry have been discredited, has returned another honorary degree. A statement from Kim Fenwick, the acting president and vice-chancellor of St.
Read more >
Trudeau to travel to New York for next week's star-studded Global Citizen summit

Trudeau to travel to New York for next week's star-studded Global Citizen summit

WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to head to New York next week for an international summit championing sustainable development and human rights.
Read more >
In The News for April 21 : Canada's premiers, police chiefs to talk bail reform

In The News for April 21 : Canada's premiers, police chiefs to talk bail reform

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 April 21 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
Read more >