TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Domestic and internationally bound air travelers will no longer need to be vaccinated for the coronavirus beginning June 20, the Canadian government has announced. Those arriving internationally and Canadians returning from abroad will still face quarantine upon re-entry. “Today’s announcement is possible bec...
TRENTON, Canada – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took aim at gun control, including a national freeze on handguns, because it is “the responsible thing to do.” Speaking at a press conference, Trudeau cited the 2017 Quebec mosque shooting where six worshippers were killed and 19 wounded by a lone gunman as an example o...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Cases of sexual offenses in the Canadian Armed Forces should be heard by civilian courts, not military courts, said the author of a report released Monday For the report, former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour was asked to look into increasing incidents of sexual offenses in the senior ranks of Canada’s [...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – The man who gunned down six Muslims at a Quebec City mosque will be eligible for parole after 25 years rather than 40, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday. Andre Bissonnette was 27 when he went on a killing spree, shooting six worshippers at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Quebec […]
TERNTON, Canada – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Governor General Mary Simon and Indigenous leaders gathered together to commemorate the first anniversary of the finding of unmarked graves at a former Indian Residential School site. While Trudeau made his way through the crowd in the late evening, there were also chants of ̶...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slammed Russia on Wednesday for shutting down the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)/Radio’s Moscow bureau and for rescinding the press statuses and visas of journalists. “Obviously the truth, responsible journalism, sharing what’s actually going on with citizens...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Canada’s prime minister made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Sunday, where he accused Russia’s president of being behind “heinous war crimes.” “It is clear that Vladimir Putin is responsible for heinous war crimes. There must be accountability,” Justin Trudeau told a press conference alongside Ukrainian President Vol...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – The Canadian military is riddled with right-wing extremists including white supremacists and Neo-Nazis and the problem is growing, said a report released Monday. The report, written by the four-member Minister’s Advisory Panel, was released by Defense Minister Anita Anand and it found blatant racism, includin...
Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Mohamedou Ould Slahi has filed a $35 million lawsuit against the Canadian government for his 14-year detention, the CBC reports. The court filing says authorities took actions that “caused, contributed to and prolonged (Slahi’s SILA HAI’S) detention, torture, assault and sexual assault at Guantanamo Bay.” The 51-...
At least 14 unmarked graves are suspected at the site of the former Gordon’s Indian Residential School in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. On Wednesday, George Gordon First Nations chief Byron Bitternose said the area will be a search priority in upcoming months. He added, the hope is to “be able to tell our children […]
