Canada & World

Community members gather and hold a vigil for the six people killed in a plane crash, in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, on Wednesday, January 24, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Tearful vigil held as Northwest Territories reel from fatal plane crash

Candlelight vigil held in Fort Smith, after six people die after diamond mine-bound plane tragedy

Brenda Wong says she and her sisters have learned to navigate “the long journey” of dementia, which requires supports tailored for various racialized groups. Wong, top wearing red blouse, is seen in an undated handout photo with her sisters Wendy, left, and Bonnie, with their mother. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Brenda Wong

Asian Canadian dementia rates climb, need for culturally safe services grows

Report underlines growing concern about appropriate care for those in need of it

The Northwest Territories provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa on June 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

2 flight crew, 4 miners dead in Northwest Territories plane crash

Sole survivor of chartered flight headed to Rio Tinto diamond mine taken to Yellowknife hospital

The federal commission of inquiry into foreign interference is looking to examine alleged meddling by India in the last two general elections. The Indian flag is seen flying at the High Commission of India in Ottawa on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

Canada to probe allegations India meddled in past 2 general elections

Interim report due May 3, with a final report expected by the end of the year

The federal commission of inquiry into foreign interference is looking to examine alleged meddling by India in the last two general elections. The Indian flag is seen flying at the High Commission of India in Ottawa on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
Police in London, Ont., are not confirming a report that five members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team have been told to surrender to authorities to face charges of sexual assault. A London Police cruiser is seen in London, Ont., Friday, May 30, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dave Chidley

Report: 5 from Canada’s 2018 WJC hockey team to face sexual assault charges

The Globe and Mail reports pending charges connected to an alleged group sexual assault after gala

Police in London, Ont., are not confirming a report that five members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team have been told to surrender to authorities to face charges of sexual assault. A London Police cruiser is seen in London, Ont., Friday, May 30, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dave Chidley
The Bank of Canada is set to make its first interest rate announcement of the year this morning. Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem arrives for the annual meeting of federal, provincial, and territorial finance ministers in Toronto, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

5% and holding: Bank of Canada rate unchanged, talks begin on when to drop

Rate decision comes a no surprise but analysis were looking for signs of what the future may hold

The Bank of Canada is set to make its first interest rate announcement of the year this morning. Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem arrives for the annual meeting of federal, provincial, and territorial finance ministers in Toronto, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Police walk as heavy snow falls on the 21st day of a protest against COVID-19 measures that has grown into a broader anti-government protest, in Ottawa, on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Judge calls Emergencies Act use in Freedom Convoy protests unreasonable

Federal court rules invocation of the act led to the infringement of constitutional rights

Police walk as heavy snow falls on the 21st day of a protest against COVID-19 measures that has grown into a broader anti-government protest, in Ottawa, on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Cindy Ghostkeeper-Whitehead, a family wellness worker on the James Smith Cree Nation, and Mike Marion, the First Nation’s health director, say it’s frustrating that the community’s response isn’t being heard at a coroner’s inquest into the 2022 mass stabbings. Ghostkeeper-Whitehead, left, and Marion are seen speaking to media at the inquest venue in Melfort, Sask., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Geraldine Malone

Massacre inquest should hear from community helpers, James Smith members say

Community members say its frustrating the inquest is only hearing the third-party response

Cindy Ghostkeeper-Whitehead, a family wellness worker on the James Smith Cree Nation, and Mike Marion, the First Nation’s health director, say it’s frustrating that the community’s response isn’t being heard at a coroner’s inquest into the 2022 mass stabbings. Ghostkeeper-Whitehead, left, and Marion are seen speaking to media at the inquest venue in Melfort, Sask., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Geraldine Malone
Justice Renee Pomerance, left to right, Nathaniel Veltman, and Crown Prosecutor Kim Johnson are seen as the verdict is read in the Superior Court of Justice in Windsor, Ont., in a courtroom sketch made on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alexandra Newbould

Family rejects apology of man who mowed down Muslim family with a truck

Nathaniel Veltman’s sentencing statement called ‘strategic words’ after he killed 4 people in Ontario

Justice Renee Pomerance, left to right, Nathaniel Veltman, and Crown Prosecutor Kim Johnson are seen as the verdict is read in the Superior Court of Justice in Windsor, Ont., in a courtroom sketch made on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alexandra Newbould
A judge’s declaration that the federal government was unjustified in using Canada’s emergency legislation to quell a weeks-long protest in Ottawa has left the administrator of a downtown church feeling the court disregarded infringements of her rights. A lineup of police officers assemble on Colonel By Drive near the truck blockade in Ottawa, on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Canadians react to unreasonable use of Emergency Act ruling

Judgement reopens emotional debate two years after huge Freedom Convoy protests

A judge’s declaration that the federal government was unjustified in using Canada’s emergency legislation to quell a weeks-long protest in Ottawa has left the administrator of a downtown church feeling the court disregarded infringements of her rights. A lineup of police officers assemble on Colonel By Drive near the truck blockade in Ottawa, on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Police were investigating a shooting Tuesday at Edmonton City Hall, where a Molotov cocktail was also thrown from the building’s second floor. Police surround city hall during an investigation, in Edmonton, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Police were investigating a shooting Tuesday at Edmonton City Hall, where a Molotov cocktail was also thrown from the building’s second floor. Police surround city hall during an investigation, in Edmonton, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks to the media during the federal cabinet retreat in Montreal, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Canada pushes to cement U.S. ties as Trump looms in the background

Feds to launch Canada-U.S. engagement strategy prior to presidential election

Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks to the media during the federal cabinet retreat in Montreal, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
People enter the public coroner’s inquest in Melfort, Sask. on Wednesday, January 17, 2024. The province is expected to provide information about how it responded to a mass stabbing on a Saskatchewan First Nation as a coroner’s inquest enters its second week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

Saskatchewan stabber wasn’t on RCMP team’s radar prior to rampage

52 others were unlawfully at large in Saskatchewan day of Myles Sanderson’s killing spree

People enter the public coroner’s inquest in Melfort, Sask. on Wednesday, January 17, 2024. The province is expected to provide information about how it responded to a mass stabbing on a Saskatchewan First Nation as a coroner’s inquest enters its second week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
<div>MPs who visited the West Bank argue Canada needs to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and do more to prevent tensions between Palestinians and Israelis. Mourners follow the funeral of killed Palestinians from their patly destroyed house in the West Bank refugee camp of Tulkarem, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Nasser Nasser</div>

Canadian MPs talk about need to de-escalate Palestinian ‘humiliation’

Quintet of elected officials visit area as guests of Muslim advocacy group

<div>MPs who visited the West Bank argue Canada needs to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and do more to prevent tensions between Palestinians and Israelis. Mourners follow the funeral of killed Palestinians from their patly destroyed house in the West Bank refugee camp of Tulkarem, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Nasser Nasser</div>
Immigration Minister Marc delivers remarks at a press conference in Ottawa, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Immigration Minister Marc delivers remarks at a press conference in Ottawa, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

New admissions cap will cut international student visas by 35 per cent

Canada’s Immigration Minister says government trying to curb systemic issues

Immigration Minister Marc delivers remarks at a press conference in Ottawa, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Immigration Minister Marc delivers remarks at a press conference in Ottawa, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
People skate on the Rideau Canal Skateway on its opening day in Ottawa, on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. Skaters flocked to the ice, one year after warm and wet weather prevented the 7.8 kilometre skateway from opening for its 2023 season. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Skaters enjoying Rideau Canal again after 2-year hiatus

Unseasonal warmth kept it closed for the entire winter for first time in its history last year

People skate on the Rideau Canal Skateway on its opening day in Ottawa, on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. Skaters flocked to the ice, one year after warm and wet weather prevented the 7.8 kilometre skateway from opening for its 2023 season. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Deborah Burns, daughter of Earl Burns Sr., who was killed during the James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon, Sask., mass stabbings in 2022, speaks to the media at the public coroner’s inquest in Melfort, Sask. on Thursday, January 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Geraldine Malone

Answers starting to come as Saskatchewan stabbing inquest enters week 2

Myles Sanderson killed 11 and injured 17 on James Smith Cree Nation and the village of Weldon

Deborah Burns, daughter of Earl Burns Sr., who was killed during the James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon, Sask., mass stabbings in 2022, speaks to the media at the public coroner’s inquest in Melfort, Sask. on Thursday, January 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Geraldine Malone
The Prairie View trail near Barrier Lake in Kananaskis Country, Alta., is shown on Sunday, Nov.2, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lauren Krugel
The Prairie View trail near Barrier Lake in Kananaskis Country, Alta., is shown on Sunday, Nov.2, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lauren Krugel
As the Bank of Canada gears up to announce its next interest rate decision Wednesday, economists will on the lookout for any clues on when it plans to start cutting interest rates. The Bank of Canada is shown in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
As the Bank of Canada gears up to announce its next interest rate decision Wednesday, economists will on the lookout for any clues on when it plans to start cutting interest rates. The Bank of Canada is shown in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Quebec Premier François Legault is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to slow down the influx of asylum seekers entering his province, which he said is nearing a "breaking point." Trudeau and Legault pose for photos in Montreal, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

‘Breaking point’: Quebec premier asks Trudeau to slow influx of asylum seekers

Nearly 60,000 new asylum seekers were registered in Quebec in the first 11 months of 2023

Quebec Premier François Legault is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to slow down the influx of asylum seekers entering his province, which he said is nearing a "breaking point." Trudeau and Legault pose for photos in Montreal, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz