TRENTON, Canada (AA) – The normally cooler temperatures in the northwest of the Canadian province of Ontario have given way to a heart warning, Environment Canada forecast Monday. The warning, the first time it has been issued in 2022, covers most of the week as forecasts say the thermometer could reach 90 Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) [&helli...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – A 92-year-old Roman Catholic priest has been charged in connection with a decade-long sexual abuse investigation into a former Indian Residential School, Manitoba police said at a press conference Friday. Retired father Arthur Masse is accused of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl at the former Fort Alexander resi...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – A new report has revealed that police in Toronto disproportionately target Black, Indigenous and other minority groups. The contents of the report have prompted the forces’ chief to apologize for the conduct on behalf of the department. “As an organization, we have not done enough to ensure that every p...
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...
