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Indigenous leader tells coroner's inquest community haunted by Joyce Echaquan's death
MONTREAL - Indigenous leaders are renewing their calls for the Quebec government to recognize systemic racism in the province's health-care system. Paul-mile Ottawa, chief of the Conseil des Atikamekw...
Jun 01, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promises cities help to lower high cost of housing
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising municipal leaders federal backing and resources toward efforts to address the high cost of housing that he says is creating a crisis for young and m...
Jun 01, 2021
Edmonton CFL team goes with Elks as new name
The Edmonton Football Team announced on Tuesday that they will be known as the Edmonton Elks going forward.The club made the announcement via a live stream today from Commonwealth Stadium.Edmonton dro...
Jun 01, 2021
Pembina Pipeline signs deal to buy Inter Pipeline for $8.3B in stock
CALGARY - Pembina Pipeline Corp. has signed a deal to buy Inter Pipeline Ltd. for $8.3 billion in stock.Under the deal, Inter Pipeline shareholders will receive half a Pembina share for each share of ...
Jun 01, 2021
Alberta committing funds to search for unmarked Indigenous graves
The Government of Alberta is joining calls to search for Indigenous peoples who perished in the residential school system.Indigenous Relations Minister Rick Wilson says the discovery of 215 lost child...
Jun 01, 2021
Former CFL commissioner Smith on Senate committee that will do report on Bill C-218
Former CFL commissioner Larry Smith will be among those giving Bill C-218 a much closer look when it goes before the Senate's standing committee on banking, trade and commerce this week. Bill C-218 is...
Jun 01, 2021
Retired judge calls for overhaul of military's handling of sexual misconduct cases
A retired Supreme Court justice is calling for significant changes to how the Canadian Armed Forces deals with allegations of sexual misconduct following a months-long review of Canada' military justi...
Jun 01, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, June 1, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 10:50 a.m. Ontario is reporting 699 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths from the virus. The data is based on 20,262 tests. The pr...
Jun 01, 2021
Construction spending posts modest 0.2% gain in April
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. construction spending rose a modest 0.2% in April as strength in housing offset further weakness in nonresidential construction. The April increase followed a much stronger 1% g...
Jun 01, 2021
US manufacturing activity grows for the 12th straight month
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - Growth in U.S. manufacturing picked up in May, even as supply chain problems persist and businesses continue to struggle to find workers. The Institute for Supply Management,...
Jun 01, 2021