Emergency crews respond to derailed train in central Alberta
Emergency crews were working to contain a spill at the scene of a train derailment just south of Lacombe in central Alberta Friday night. RCMP said a…
The Real Reason Bill Cosby Is Getting Out Of Prison
Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby will soon walk out of prison as a free man. Per Pennsylvania's, Cosby's jail sentence has been overturned by the Pennsylvania State Supreme…
Military intelligence thought B.C. reservist was a regional leader of far-right movement: documents
Military officials said they believed a Canadian reservist was more prominent in, and more deeply involved with, a now-banned right-wing organization than initial reports suggested — an…
Indigenous leaders secure papal audience to set stage for residential school apology
National Indigenous leaders will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican in December to set the stage for a formal papal apology in Canada for the Roman…
Why retrieving former residential school records has proved so difficult
The discovery of potentially hundreds of unmarked graves near former residential schools in B.C. and Saskatchewan has prompted calls for the Catholic Church, which ran dozens of…
Man whose burned body was found in septic tank on Alberta farm identified by DNA 44 years later
A man whose death in Alberta has fascinated armchair detectives for years has finally been identified by the RCMP using genetic genealogy, The Fifth Estate has learned.…
Why reports of COVID-19 infections after 2 vaccine doses aren’t cause for alarm
At first glance, reports of people getting infected with COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated can sound alarming, as if this crop of long-awaited vaccines aren't doing their…
Pilot in deadly Canadian military helicopter crash unaware of flight-control software conflict, says report
The pilot of an ill-fated Canadian military helicopter that crashed in the Ionian Sea off Greece last year manually overrode the aircraft's automatic flight controller system, which…
Why criminal charges for deaths at residential schools would be unprecedented — and enormously complex
Cowessess Chief Cadmus Delorme said he is treating the site of 751 unmarked graves at the former Marieval Indian Residential School "like a crime scene."Federation of Sovereign…
Lack of LGBTQ health education for doctors is ‘medically harmful,’ researchers warn
All medical students in Canada need to learn about LGBTQ health through a mandated, standardized curriculum, say advocates and researchers. Right now, LGBTQ health education in Canadian…
RCMP looking at legal options to remove serial sexual harassers from the ranks
The RCMP says it's looking into whether it can automatically fire Mounties accused in multiple sexual harassment cases and stop other alleged perpetrators from retiring early.The force…