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'Five feet nothing': Pickton's safety likely behind Quebec move, says ex-prison judge
VICTORIA - When serial killer Robert Pickton was transferred from British Columbia's Kent Institution to a maximum-security prison in Quebec about six years ago, correctional authorities gave no publi...
May 23, 2024
Canada and U.S. suspend all fishing for Canadian-origin Yukon River chinook salmon
WHITEHORSE - Canada and the United States are suspending all fishing for Canadian-origin Yukon River chinook salmon for seven years in an attempt to protect the dwindling species. The agreement covers...
May 23, 2024
Canada 7th in foreign aid spending, but a fifth goes to refugees inside the country
OTTAWA - While Canada is one of the top contributors to foreign aid among some of the world's richest countries, a fifth of the spending never leaves Canada's borders. Some 19 per cent of Canada's aid...
May 23, 2024
In the news today: How foreign aid flows, New citizenship bill to be tabled in Ottawa
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... A fifth of foreign aid goes to refugees in Canada While Canada is one of the to...
May 23, 2024
Plan to wake serial killer Robert Pickton from coma: Quebec police
QUBEC - A spokesman for Quebec's provincial police says British Columbia serial killer Robert Pickton is in a medically induced coma after a prison attack and doctors planned to try to wake him soon. ...
May 23, 2024
New bill would let Canadians to pass citizenship rights down to children born abroad
OTTAWA - A new government bill tabled in the House of Commons on Thursday would allow Canadians to pass citizenship rights down to their children born outside the country - a move that would add an un...
May 23, 2024
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
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
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