Canada’s inflation rate increased to 3.6 per cent in May, the fastest pace in a decade, Statistics Canada says. The data agency said in a news release Wednesday that the cost of just about everything is going up at a much faster pace than usual, from shelter and vehicles, toRead More

Ottawa, June 15 Canada’s Vice-Chief of Defence Staff Lt.-Gen. Mike Rouleau announced his resignation following media reports of him playing golf with former Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Jonathan Vance, who is under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct. “As a result of this incident, I am stepping aside immediately asRead More

Ottawa, June 14 A Canadian man who is accused of deliberately running over a Muslim family with his truck, killing four of them, now faces terrorism charges in addition to those for murder, prosecutors said on Monday. Nathaniel Veltman, 20, was arrested shortly after the June 6 attack in aRead More

There’s a dwindling number of places LGBTQ community members feel safe in Toronto following an alleged hate-motivated attack near a Toronto Island beach last weekend, advocates say. Justin Khan of the 519, an agency dedicated to advocating for LGBTQ Torontonians, told CBC News that Hanlan’s Point has been especially vitalRead More

Most of the federal contracts for COVID-19 vaccines allow for Canada to donate some of its doses to other countries or international aid organizations, and in at least three cases, say doses can be resold. Public Services and Procurement Canada quietly tabled eight contracts with the House of Commons healthRead More

London (Ontario), June 11 Thousands of people marched on Friday in support of a Canadian Muslim family run over and killed by a man driving a pick-up truck last Sunday in an attack the police described as a hate crime. The four victims, spanning three generations, were killed when NathanielRead More

Ottawa, June 11 Canada will share up to 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines with countries in need, though a portion of this has already been announced, a government official said on Friday, adding that the domestic vaccination campaign will not be affected. The announcement will be made at theRead More

A Canadian family and U.S. experts alike say a mentally ill man from Mississauga, Ont., who was convicted for his role in an online terror plot while a teenager shouldn’t be in a supermaximum security prison in Colorado. Instead, they say he should be sent back to Canada where heRead More

A House of Commons committee is proposing a sweeping series of reforms to the way the federal government makes decisions on contracts after releasing a report on the WE Charity scandal. Among the nearly two dozen recommendations in its 116-page report, tabled today, the standing committee on access to information,Read More

Fourteen-year-old Hateem Amin was determined to attend the outdoor vigil in London, Ont., to honour her 15-year old friend Yumna Afzaal and three family members who were run down and killed by a truck Sunday evening in what police say was a hate-motivated attack. “I want to support her. SheRead More