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Université du Québec à Montréal seeking injunction against pro-Palestinian encampment
MONTREAL - Universit du Qubec Montral has filed for an injunction against pro-Palestinian protesters who set up an encampment on its downtown campus a little over a week ago. UQAM is asking the Quebec...
May 23, 2024
After cemetery strike, grieving Montreal families still waiting to bury loved ones
MONTREAL - For more than a year, an urn holding the ashes of Bridget Heffernan's brother has remained in her Montreal-area home instead of being buried in the plot at Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery wh...
May 23, 2024
RCMP adds ribbon skirt to uniform in effort to build bridges with Indigenous people
OTTAWA - The RCMP has added a traditional Indigenous ribbon skirt to its uniform. Commissioner Mike Duheme has announced on social media that officers can now wear the ribbon skirts when donning the r...
May 23, 2024
B.C. mayor hopes wildfire evacuees can return to Fort Nelson early next week
FORT NELSON, B.C. - The mayor of the regional municipality that includes Fort Nelson, B.C., that was evacuated due to a threatening wildfire says local officials are pushing for a Monday or Tuesday de...
May 23, 2024
Ottawa police charge 74-year-old woman after woman's hijab removed at Israel protest
OTTAWA - The Ottawa police hate-crime unit has charged an unnamed older woman with assault, harassment by threatening conduct and mischief after a woman's hijab was pulled off at a recent protest. Pro...
May 23, 2024
N.B. lieutenant-governor does not need to be bilingual, says Court of Appeal
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Court of Appeal says that while it is desirable for the province's lieutenant-governor to be bilingual, the Constitution doesn't impose such a requirement. Residents of C...
May 23, 2024
Removing religion as hate speech defence an idea worth exploring: antisemitism envoy
OTTAWA - Canada's special envoy for combating antisemitism is "very interested" in exploring the idea of removing religion as a possible defence against hate speech charges, she said Thursday, raising...
May 23, 2024
Canadian Hurricane Centre says active storm season predicted for East Coast
HALIFAX - Canada's East Coast is likely to see an active storm season this year because of record high water temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean, say hurricane forecasters. In a briefing Thursday, Bob ...
May 23, 2024
'Looking over our shoulders': A killing looms large in a little B.C. town
LUMBY, B.C. - Something has shifted in the pretty little village of Lumby, B.C. It's subtle, say residents of the community of 2,000 people, nestled in the hills of the North Okanagan in B.C.'s Interi...
May 23, 2024
'It's over': B.C. minister says Surrey policing saga ends as court backs transition
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has quashed a bid by the City of Surrey to halt a transition to a municipal police force, British Columbia's public safety minister said Thursday. Mike Farnworth sai...
May 23, 2024