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Vigilante justice or community safety? Protesters target Albertans on bail accused of crimes against children

Triumphant protesters sang last week as Edmonton police officers escorted accused child predator Wade Stene from his mother’s home into a police van and back...

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Financial scrutiny, back-to-work bonus among Conservative demands ahead of fiscal snapshot

Uncovering what’s become of Canada’s deficit, implementing a bonus for workers returning to their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic and boosting funding for...

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NHL expected to announce Toronto, Edmonton as hub cities: reports

The NHL has seemingly decided on its hub cities for when the league returns to play, according to multiple reports on Wednesday: Toronto for the Eastern...

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Teachers to be paid $12K to recruit and manage students under government program with WE Charity

A key piece of a much-scrutinized $900-million program to get youth working in the community will also pay teachers $12,000 each to recruit...

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Media not allowed to cover sex offender Donnie Snook’s parole board hearing

A former Saint John city councillor who sexually abused numerous boys will have a Parole Board of Canada hearing in July, but journalists...

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Potential COVID-19 vaccine has re-energized anti-vaccination groups, health experts warn

As Canadians yearn for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic and a time they can once again hug their elderly loved ones or...

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Trial start date, length difficult to predict in China spying case against 2 Canadians

The Liberal government is facing renewed pressure to release Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and end her extradition process, a move that some believe would trigger the...

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Ontario police watchdog investigating after man, 62, shot and killed by police

The province’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a 62-year-old man who was shot by a Peel Region police officer in Mississauga on...

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Concerns grow that Iran will use downed Flight 752 to reopen ties with Canada

Iran’s efforts to resume diplomatic relations with Canada — while the country is under international pressure to release flight information and conduct a...

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National Indigenous Peoples Day goes virtual amid pandemic restrictions

Organizers of a major Indigenous festival in Ottawa considered postponing or cancelling it entirely after COVID-19 restrictions meant they couldn’t gather in person. ...

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New StatsCan data reveals hundreds of ‘excess’ deaths in Canada amid pandemic

Hundreds more Canadians died in the early weeks of the pandemic than in the same period in previous years — but not all were directly...

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B.C. investigating allegations ER staff played ‘game’ to guess blood-alcohol level of Indigenous patients

British Columbia is investigating allegations health-care staff in emergency rooms were playing a “game” to guess the blood-alcohol level of Indigenous patients, behaviour officials...

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‘It matters to families’: Canada does not keep track of probable cases of COVID-19

This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of eclectic and under-the-radar health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you...

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China charges 2 Canadians with spying in Huawei-linked case

Chinese prosecutors charged two detained Canadians with spying Friday in an apparent bid to step up pressure on Canada to drop a U.S....

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Last of Us 2 has ‘changed the game’ for accessibility

Six years in the making, the highly anticipated PlayStation 4 video game The Last of Us 2 is taking the industry to a new...

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Witness video captures violent takedown of elderly Black couple at GTA hospital

An elderly Black couple are alleging that Durham Regional Police and staff at an Ajax, Ont., hospital, assaulted and abused them during a fall...

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