Category Archives: National
Canada Day should be time of reflection after unmarked graves discovered: Trudeau
OTTAWA — Instead of fireworks and frothy drinks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says this Canada Day should be a time of reflection, couching his view in the discovery this week of another unmarked grave site containing Indigenous children's remains. "M...
Two more extreme right-wing groups join Proud Boys on Canada’s terror list
OTTAWA — The Trudeau government has added two more right-wing extremist groups and an American neo-Nazi to its list of terrorist entities as it tries to counter the rise of white nationalist violence. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced Friday ...
B.C. doctor wants action to prevent children falling from windows
VANCOUVER — A pediatric neurosurgeon in British Columbia is urging caregivers to take steps to prevent children from falling from windows and balconies after two kids have died from their injuries so far this year. Dr. Ash Singhal of B.C.
Meng loses publication ban request on HSBC materials obtained via Hong Kong court
VANCOUVER — The Supreme Court of British Columbia has dismissed an application for a publication ban from Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou on new evidence that her legal team wants to introduce in her fight against extradition to the
‘They made us believe we didn’t have souls:’ Marieval residential school survivor
A Cowessess First Nation elder is recalling the abusive and dehumanizing experiences she had while attending a residential school in Saskatchewan as news of the hundreds of unmarked graves found at the site rippled around the world. Florence Sparvier, ...
Groups challenge decision allowing judge involved in U of T controversy to keep job
OTTAWA — Complainants are challenging a review body decision that allowed a federal judge to keep his job after he was accused of bias against Palestinians over his views on a proposed university appointment. Several groups and individuals who complain...
‘We always knew:’ Reactions to 751 unmarked graves detected at residential school
Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan says ground-penetrating radar has found 751 unmarked graves at the former Marieval Indian Residential School site, about 150 kilometres east of Regina. It came a month after Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation sai...
Facial recognition use by Liberals raises issues, says B.C.’s privacy commissioner
VICTORIA — The use of facial recognition technology by the Liberal Party of Canada as part of its process to pick candidates in the next federal election could result in a privacy investigation in British Columbia, says the province's information
Yukon judge reserves decision in election petition until at least next month
WHITEHORSE — A judge in the Supreme Court of Yukon has reserved her decision over the validity of a ballot cast in the territory's last election by a jailed voter in the riding where the former health minister lost her
First Nation says 751 unmarked graves found at Saskatchewan residential school site
Eagleclaw Thom cried on the phone with family members as they shared stories of attending a former Saskatchewan residential school where a search has revealed what are believed to be 751 unmarked graves. Thom said the discovery on the grounds of
