Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett has offered a quick apology to Independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould after sending a snarky text to the BC member of Parliament earlier today. Bennett messaged the single word ``pension'' with a question mark in response to Wilson-Raybould's demand that the prime minister quit planning for an unwanted federal election and instead offer concrete action as more unmarked graves are found at a Saskatchewan residential school. Wilson-Raybould will just miss the six-year threshold to receive a Parliamentary pension if a federal election is called th

Saskatchewan's Cowessess First Nation says ground-penetrating radar has located 751 unmarked graves at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School. The chief of a Saskatchewan First Nation says it will take years to identify the bodies that could lay in 751 unmarked graves found at the site of a former residential school in the province. But Cowessess First Nation Chief Cadmus Delorme says his community is commited to the task so it can heal.Chief Cadmus Delorme says the community always knew the graves were there. He showed a photo of a grassy field with coloured markers sticki

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he's committed to a renewed nation-to-nation relationship with Indigenous Peoples, but stands firm against so-called activist efforts to ``cancel'' Canada, particularly on July 1.O'Toole offered his insights on the moment the country finds itself in to members of his caucus and staff gathered in Ottawa before the House of Commons breaks for summer.He called the discovery in British Columbia of what are believed to be the remains of 215 Indigenous children from a former residential school ``a necessary awakening for our country.'' O'Toole pledged that a gov

Police say traffic is at a standstill today along the Trans-Canada Highway at Nova Scotia's boundary with New Brunswick as a protest continues over COVID-19 travel restrictions.Nova Scotia RCMP Cpl. Chris Marshall says traffic was shut down in both directions overnight after a protest that began Tuesday at Exit 7 near the Cobequid Pass moved to the border area outside Amherst, N.S. Marshall says police are hoping to begin talks with the protesters to get the highway reopened.The protest began after the Nova Scotia government announced that starting today, travellers from New Brunswick will ne

A Quebec town just north of Montreal is cleaning up today after a tornado tore through the community Monday afternoon. A man died after taking shelter in his shed in Mascouche, Que., while two other people were injured when the tornado touched down. Environment Canada says a thunderstorm cell around 3:45 p.m. generated a tornado in a residential neighbourhood, causing injuries and destruction. Meteorologists who surveyed the damage Monday evening say their preliminary findings suggest the tornado's maximum wind speeds clocked in between 180 kilometres per hour and 200 km/h, consistent with an

Hearing officers of the Parole Board of Canada took about an hour before denying parole to teen killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo. The parents of two of his victims recounted the enduring pain of his twisted crimes and warned he should never be released. Bernardo has been serving a life sentence for kidnapping, torturing and killing Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy in the early 1990s near St. Catharines, Ontario. Their decision came after Bernardo said he was a changed person who now has his sexual deviancy under control. One of the officers told Bernardo that his understanding and ins

Canada is another step closer to producing home-grown vaccines. Construction is complete at the Biologics Manufacturing Centre in Montreal, which will be able to produce about 24-million COVID-19 vaccine doses a year. The National Research Council of Canada is working with Novavax to produce a vaccine there. Equipment is still being installed and the site is not yet fully licensed and operational. Federal Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne made the announcement today regarding the Biologics Manufacturing Centre, which is located on the National Research Council of Canada's Royal

The Toronto Police Service have announced the takedown of a major international drug-smuggling ring, which saw more than 1,000 kilograms of cocaine, crystal meth, and marijuana being transported between Mexico, California, and Canada using modified tractor trailers. Dubbed Project Brisa, the six-month investigation led officers to work in partnership with Canadian and American law enforcement agencies as well as agencies throughout southwestern Ontario and across Canada. It is alleged that between November 2020 and May 2021, investigators identified those responsible for transporting the illic

Canada’s military ombudsman is demanding the federal Liberal government immediately grant his office true independence and oversight powers over the Canadian Armed Forces.Ombudsman Greg Lick says numerous scandals and crises over the past 30-plus years have resulted in calls for external oversight of Canada’s military to protect troops and others.That includes the current sexual misconduct scandal that is ripping through the senior ranks.While governments and leaders within the Armed Forces and Defence Department have publicly agreed to such recommendations each time, Lick alleges such ag