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‘Tyranny of the minority’: Court hears injunction bid on Alberta separation petition
By Canadian Press on April 7th, 2026
EDMONTON — A court hearing began Tuesday for an Alberta First Nation’s request to at least temporarily put on ice a petition to force a vote on whether the province should quit Canada. Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, as well as a handful of other First Nations, is challenging the constitutionality of Alberta’s citizen-initiated referendum process, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court hearing on possible injunction to stop Alberta separation movement begins
By Canadian Press on April 7th, 2026
EDMONTON — An Alberta First Nation is in court looking to get a petition urging the province to quit Canada put on ice. The Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is in Edmonton asking a Court of King’s Bench judge to suspend the petition campaign on the grounds that First Nations’ consent is required. It’s alleging a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Death of unhoused migrant in Montreal was avoidable, community workers say
By Canadian Press on April 7th, 2026
MONTRÉAL — A Montreal community worker says she tried to help a 42-year-old undocumented migrant weeks before he died on the street in the Park Extension neighbourhood. Amina Saman works with a handful of community organizations that provide support and services for unhoused people living in the area. She says she knew Manjeet Singh and ... Read More »
1 responseFederal government wants court to toss out human rights decision against RCMP
By Canadian Press on April 7th, 2026
OTTAWA — The federal government says the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal wrongfully awarded compensation to both complainants and witnesses who claimed discrimination by the RCMP in an investigation of historical sexual abuse allegations against a school teacher in Burns Lake, B.C. The tribunal issued a decision last month directing the RCMP to review its policies, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal government puts out $412.9 million to renew the Pacific Salmon Initiative
By Canadian Press on April 7th, 2026
NORTH VANCOUVER — The federal government is spending $412.9 million over five years to renew the Pacific Salmon Strategy in a plan to protect and rebuild the wild populations. Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson made the announcement in North Vancouver today, saying in a statement that the first five years of the initiative has shown what ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pivotal Terrebonne byelection sees preliminary 20% voter turnout in advance polls
By Canadian Press on April 7th, 2026
OTTAWA — Almost 38,000 people voted in the advance polls in three byelections that could give Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals a majority government, with the highest advance turnout in Terrebonne. Preliminary data from Elections Canada says 18,200 people in the Quebec riding cast ballots in advance elections, which amounts to almost 20 per cent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Advocates have little hope social housing needs in Quebec will be addressed soon
By Canadian Press on April 7th, 2026
MONTREAL — Brique par brique, a non-profit that builds housing in Montreal, has been trying to develop more city-owned land for years, but the group says securing money for new projects is getting harder. Over the last decade, the City of Montreal has acquired several plots of land through its right of first refusal — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal neighbourhood to hold vigil after unhoused migrant found dead
By Canadian Press on April 7th, 2026
MONTRÉAL — Community organizations in Montreal’s Parc-Extension district are holding a vigil to remember a 42-year-old unhoused migrant who died earlier this year. Those who knew Manjeet Singh say he came to Canada from India in 2018 to escape poverty. They say he was evicted from his home in early January and was found unresponsive ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘War crimes’: Iranian Canadians horrified by Trump’s latest threat to destroy Iran
By Canadian Press on April 7th, 2026
TORONTO — Iranian Canadians whose family members live in Iran say they are horrified by U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest social media post threatening the existence of their homeland. Trump said in a Truth Social post this morning that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran does not agree to a deal that includes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Feds looking at how to ‘cushion the blow’ as gas prices rise amid Iran war: Carney
By Canadian Press on April 7th, 2026
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government is looking at how to support Canadians as oil prices rise amid the ongoing war in the Middle East. Oil prices have surged since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, averaging more than $1.80 per litre across Canada today, compared with about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney defends high-speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City
By Canadian Press on April 7th, 2026
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is defending the government’s high-speed rail project to connect Toronto and Quebec City, which is drawing increasing opposition. Much of that comes from communities where land will be expropriated for the construction, but Carney says the project will require about 10 metres of land for the route, and people ... Read More »
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