MONTREAL—A Quebec police constable who died in the line of duty has been remembered by friends as a go-to guy who always was ready to lend an ear.
“In my heart, I lost a brother,” Simon Villeneuve said of his friend, Thierry Leroux, who was shot Saturday night as he and another officer responded to a domestic call.
OTTAWA—To hear Ban Ki-Moon tell it, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s rapprochement with the United Nations was nothing short of the return of the prodigal son.
OTTAWA—The number of missing and murdered indigenous women across the country is “way bigger” than 1,200, Indigenous Affairs minister Carolyn Bennett said yesterday.
Her comments came as the government marked the end of a consultation process with the families of victims as it prepares to establish a public inquiry into these losses.
WINNIPEG—Manitoba is changing how it counts the number of children in its care to exclude hundreds of cases such as Tina Fontaine’s amid concerns it is being unfairly compared to other provinces.
The 15-year-old, who was killed in 2014, was placed into the care of Child and Family Services voluntarily by her guardians.
CHARLOTTETOWN—A Charlottetown walk-in clinic is taking part in an innovative pilot project that dramatically could shorten the time Canadians spend in doctors’ waiting rooms.
The clinic is testing a new online booking tool that uses just-in-time messaging, with initial results showing 90 percent of waits below 30 minutes.
VANCOUVER—Canada’s natural resources minister is promising a new relationship with First Nations on energy development and indigenous leaders are expressing cautious optimism about the new Liberal government’s tone.
VICTORIA—An investigation by B.C.’s corner into the latest incident of a running shoe with a human foot washing ashore now is focused on a specific period of time.
The coroner says in a news release that the runner first was sold in North America three years ago, indicating the person died between March, 2013 and December, 2015.
NEW DELHI—Scientists are analyzing a small blue object that plummeted from the sky and killed a man in southern India after authorities said it was a meteorite.
The object slammed into the ground at an engineering college over the weekend, shattering a water cooler and sending splinters and shards flying.
WINNIPEG—Indigenous Affairs minister Carolyn Bennett met with the families of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Winnipeg yesterday and said she noticed a different tone from similar meetings in other cities.
“Today we heard many things a little bit different than other places,” Bennett said halfway through the day-long meeting.
OTTAWA—Facing higher-than-average unemployment and a growing threat of bankruptcy, post-secondary students are lobbying the federal government this month for billions in new spending to help cover the cost of university and college education.
