The Canadian Press Calgary police say a woman they’ve been seeking in a quadruple homicide earlier this month has been taken into custody in Toronto. Yu Chieh Liao, who goes by Diana Liao, is considered a person of interest in killings police have described as brutal and ruthless. Police said […]
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The Canadian Press SASKATOON–The Saskatoon Health Region has apologized to indigenous women who felt coerced into surgery that prevented them from bearing more children. The agency commissioned an independent report earlier this year after women complained they were pressured by medical staff and social workers after giving birth in hospital […]
The Canadian PressJennifer Graham REGINA–Assembly of First Nations’ chiefs have rejected a call for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to replace the commissioners on the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. However, the chiefs, who were gathered for a meeting in Regina yesterday, did pass a resolution […]
The Canadian Press VANCOUVER–British Columbia’s information and privacy commissioner has ordered a Surrey-based vigilante group to stop posting personal information about two men the group alleges are linked to child luring. Acting information and privacy commissioner Drew McArthur said in his ruling that Surrey Creep Catcher violated B.C.’s Personal Information […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–International Monetary Fund researchers say the federal government can afford to spend $8 billion annually to reduce the cost of child-care spaces nationwide because the program would pay for itself. The proposal is more than 10 times what the Liberals have promised to spend annually over […]
The Canadian PressStephanie Marin MONTREAL–It has been a decade since his granddaughter’s disappearance and eventual slaying, but the wounds are still fresh for Henri Provencher. Cedrika Provencher, a nine-year-old freckle-faced redhead from Trois-Rivieres, Que., vanished from near her home on July 31, 2007. For more than eight years, the young […]
The Canadian PressRoss Marowits MONTREAL–Concluding a Canada-U.S. softwood lumber agreement in the coming weeks remains uncertain but there is headway on the thorny trade dispute, the head of lumber producer Tembec suggested yesterday. “We understand that some progress is being made and that the differences of the gap between the […]
The Canadian Press EDMONTON–A popular midway ride at this week’s K-Days fair and exhibition in Edmonton has been shut down as a precaution after a deadly accident involving the same attraction at the Ohio State Fair. North American Midway Entertainment, the company that provides attractions to K-Days, said in a […]
The Canadian PressJennifer Graham REGINA–The families of missing and murdered indigenous women say a national inquiry already has failed and are calling for “a hard reset” on the process. Many made emotional pleas yesterday as two of the inquiry commissioners appeared at the Assembly of First Nations’ annual meeting to […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–The waterlogged Toronto Islands finally will reopen to the public on July 31. The popular tourist destination and home to hundreds of city residents virtually was shut down in early May after flooding caused by rising water levels in Lake Ontario, brought on in part by heavy […]
The Canadian PressJennifer Graham REGINA–A residential school cemetery has become the first in Saskatchewan to be designated as a provincial heritage site. Culture minister Ken Cheveldayoff formally recognized the cemetery on the edge of Regina yesterday, and said the children buried there will not be forgotten. “With its new provincial […]
The Canadian PressKristy Kirkup OTTAWA–Authorities involved in dealing with mental health in remote First Nations’ reserves say they have a plan to disrupt the cycle of suicide and crisis. The federal and Ontario ministers of health, as well as an umbrella organization representing 49 First Nations in Northern Ontario, have […]
