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$14.7-million settlement in sex abuse class action against Montreal archdiocese

$14.7-million settlement in sex abuse class action against Montreal archdiocese

MONTREAL — A $14.7-million settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought against the Montreal Roman Catholic archdiocese, and a judge will be asked to sign off on the deal in the coming weeks, the plaintiffs' lawyer said Thursday.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau falls short of committing to keep RCMP depot in Regina

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau falls short of committing to keep RCMP depot in Regina

REGINA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the RCMP Depot in Regina a "Canadian institution" Thursday, but fell short of committing to keeping the Mountie training facility open.
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CSE issued prompt warning when threat to critical infrastructure first detected

CSE issued prompt warning when threat to critical infrastructure first detected

WASHINGTON — Canada's electronic spy agency says it warned system operators "in a timely-as-possible way" about a Russian-backed hacker who lurked in their computer networks three months ago with the capacity to do physical damage.
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After N.S. mass shooting, an Oxford professor's policing principles are recommended

After N.S. mass shooting, an Oxford professor's policing principles are recommended

HALIFAX — At the heart of the multi-volume report into Canada's worst mass shooting lies a recommendation calling for governments to replace 19th-century principles about law enforcement with a revised notion of what police are for.
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List of recent violent attacks on public transit in Canada

List of recent violent attacks on public transit in Canada

Some cities have increased police presence on public transit after a series of attacks. Here is a list of some of the high-profile acts of violence on buses, trains or around transit stops across the country in recent weeks.
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Supreme Court upholds acquittal of Quebec man who refused to give breath sample

Supreme Court upholds acquittal of Quebec man who refused to give breath sample

OTTAWA — Canada's highest court on Thursday upheld the acquittal of a Quebec man who refused to provide a breath sample to officers who didn't have immediate access to an alcohol screening test.
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MIA: No sign of Canadian quick-reaction force first pledged to UN in 2017

MIA: No sign of Canadian quick-reaction force first pledged to UN in 2017

OTTAWA — The United Nations may soon start questioning Canada's definition of "quick" now that the government has given itself three more years to deliver a 200-soldier peacekeeping force.
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Here's what happens to government services if federal public servants go on strike

Here's what happens to government services if federal public servants go on strike

OTTAWA — The union representing the largest number of federal public servants announced a countrywide strike mandate on Wednesday.
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'It has become a cycle': Muslim Canadians more vigilant during Ramadan

'It has become a cycle': Muslim Canadians more vigilant during Ramadan

TORONTO — Mosques across Canada have increasingly had to ask congregants to stay vigilant against potential attacks and harassment during the holy month of Ramadan, Muslim advocacy groups say, noting that the normalization of such security conversati
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Earthquake off B.C. coast measuring 6 little felt, no tsunami expected

Earthquake off B.C. coast measuring 6 little felt, no tsunami expected

VANCOUVER — An earthquake measuring 6 has shaken the seabed a few hundred kilometres off Vancouver Island. The National Tsunami Warning Center in Alaska says a dangerous wave is not expected from the quake. The U.S.
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