The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The Federal Court has approved a settlement agreement for survivors of so-called Indian day schools. Under the terms of the settlement, survivors will be able to apply for individual compensation for harms, including physical and sexual abuse, linked to attending one of the federally run institutions. Crown-Indigenous […]
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The Canadian Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand–A grieving Canadian woman is focusing on the memories she shared with her Australian fiance before he was murdered Friday in a seemingly random attack, police said yesterday. Waikato police say in a statement that the woman, identified by Canadian sources as Nova Scotia native […]
The Canadian PressKelly Geraldine Malone THOMPSON, Man.–A judge says he believes that a northern Manitoba RCMP officer genuinely feared for his life when he repeatedly shot at a drunk driver coming at him during an attempted arrest. Justice Chris Martin yesterday acquitted Const. Abram Letkeman of manslaughter despite a series […]
The Canadian PressGiuseppe Valiante QUEBEC–For the second month in a row, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a billion-dollar funding announcement for public transit in Quebec, a province whose support he badly needs to maintain power come election time in October. Following a $1.3 billion-promise in July to extend a […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Ontario will go ahead with some of its controversial municipal funding cuts for public health and child care next year, with Premier Doug Ford telling a gathering of municipal leaders yesterday that the government was making the move after listening to their concerns. The Progressive Conservatives […]
OTTAWA–Neither the governing Liberals nor the Opposition Conservatives expressed enthusiasm yesterday for trying to secure the release of the overseas prisoner dubbed “Jihadi Jack” by the British media. Questions once again emerged about the fate of Jack Letts, the British-Canadian man held in a Kurdish jail in Syria, following word […]
The Canadian Press SASKATOON–The City of Saskatoon may be getting back most of the $1 million it mistakenly sent an online fraudster. City manager Jeff Jorgenson told a news conference yesterday that nearly all the money has been traced to between 10 and 15 bank accounts, which have been frozen […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario will move ahead with its controversial municipal funding cuts for public health and child care next year. Premier Doug Ford is expected to make the announcement later today at a gathering of municipal leaders in Ottawa. His office says Ford will announce that the funding changes […]
The Canadian Press LANGLEY, B.C.–The turtle in my hand dangles its churning feet as I set it down. It touches its first dirt and immediately, unerringly, points toward shore and races as fast as a turtle can to the water. This turtle–a western painted turtle–has never been here before. It’s […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Canadian archeologists are on their way to a remote area in the Arctic Circle for another chance to dig up the secrets held by the Franklin expedition wrecks, Parks Canada announced Friday. The task of exploring and excavating the two shipwrecks is the “largest, most complex underwater […]
The Canadian Press A national not-for-profit land trust says it has expanded a conservation area on a Lake Huron island that has large forests and a long stretch of undeveloped shoreline. The Nature Conservancy of Canada says the portion of land it now protects on Cockburn Island, west of Manitoulin […]
The Canadian PressStephanie Taylor REGINA–A Regina mother has filed a lawsuit alleging negligence after the tip of her baby’s penis was severed during a circumcision. In an interview, the woman says she and her husband are worried about their son’s self-esteem as he grows up. The circumcision happened last November […]
