Canada

OTTAWA – The federal government is announcing that Indigenous people can now apply to reclaim their traditional names on passports and other government identification. The announcement comes in response to a call to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that demanded governments allow survivors and their families to restore […]

A trial has begun for Linda O’Leary – the wife of celebrity businessman Kevin O’Leary – who is charged in a boat crash that killed two people. Linda O’Leary pleaded not guilty this morning to one charge of careless operation of a vessel under the Canada Shipping Act. The charge […]

TORONTO – The Ontario government will invoke the notwithstanding clause to restore changes to election finance law that a judge declared unconstitutional this week, a move critics quickly labelled as a power grab intended to sway next year’s provincial election. Government House Leader Paul Calandra said legislators would be recalled […]

TORONTO – Ontario’s fiscal watchdog says the province’s economy will rebound over the next two years but the government is unlikely to reach its goal of a balanced budget by the start of the next decade. The Financial Accountability Office released a report on the province’s spring economic and budget […]

OTTAWA – The RCMP broke the law by using cutting-edge facial-recognition software to collect personal information, the federal privacy watchdog has found. In a report Thursday, privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien said there were serious and systemic failings by the RCMP to ensure compliance with the Privacy Act before it gathered […]

VICTORIA – British Columbia has approved the request of three First Nations that want old-growth logging deferred for two years in their territories, including at the site of ongoing protests and arrests. Premier John John Horgan says the province has taken a transformative step in respecting the nations’ land-management rights […]

LONDON, Ont. – A vigil is scheduled for tonight at the mosque of five family members who police say were intentionally struck down by a driver in London, Ont. The London Muslim Mosque said the city and the country are devastated in the aftermath of Sunday’s attack, which left four […]

OTTAWA – A new survey suggests two-thirds of Canadians believe the churches that ran residential schools should bear responsibility for the abuses against children, including deaths, that happened there. The online survey by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies was carried out about a week after Tk’emlups te Secwepec […]

A man who pitched a trailer hitch at an Indigenous woman from a moving car in Thunder Bay, Ont., has been sentenced to eight years in prison. The judge had convicted 22-year-old Brayden Bushby for manslaughter last year. Barbara Kentner, a 34-year-old old mother, died six months after the incident […]

The archbishop of Toronto expressed “great sorrow” Sunday for the abuse that took place at Canada’s residential schools, though he insisted the prime minister was “unfair” in his calls for the Catholic Church to take more responsibility. Cardinal Thomas Collins also said it was “very important” when Pope Francis held […]