Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he can understand if Canadians are upset about the prime minister's appearance at an anti-racism rally.Justin Trudeau and several cabinet ministers attended a massive rally in the nation's capital on Friday, held despite public health warnings against mass gatherings due to COVID-19.Scheer says Canadians have been told for months they can't gather in groups, can't visit their elderly relatives or attend funerals to slow the spread of the virus.He says he understands if Canadians are now confused about what advice they ought to be following if Trudeau hims

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has attended an anti-racism rally and took a public knee in solidarity with demonstrators. Trudeau arrived on Parliament Hill in Ottawa with security guards Friday, wearing a black cloth mask. After a few protesters asked him to kneel, he did. The Ottawa protest is one of multiple events in Canada on Friday following days of demonstrations against racism and police brutality in numerous American cities.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is offering $14 billion to the provincial and territorial governments for measures to keep COVID-19 at bay.He says it's part of the federal government's support for restoring economic activity across the country amid the pandemic. He says having the right plan and the resources to back it up will be critical to progress through the summer, fall and winter.How the money is distributed will depend on reaching what Trudeau calls a ``safe-restart agreement'' between the federal government and each province or territory. The money would hel

The golden casket containing George Floyd's body is surrounded by floral arrangements and pictures. The black man died after a white police officer pressed a knee into his neck last month in Minneapolis. The first of three memorial services is being held in the Frank J. Lindquist sanctuary at North Central University. Organizers of this memorial and two others want the services to acknowledge the meaning Floyd had in life to his large family and the broader meaning he has assumed in death.

Charges have been laid against a 19-year-old man involved in a fatal collision that occurred last spring, in Newton. Surrey RCMP say 19-year-old Dilpreet Sandhu faces eight charges in the deadly crash that happened last spring. Police say on May 18, 2019 shortly after midnight, Surrey RCMP responded to a collision involving a single vehicle, a Jeep, at the intersection of 122 Street and 78 Avenue. Four people inside the Jeep were hurt when it was totalled, RCMP say. One of those injured, 19-year-old Brandon Bassi, later succumbed to his injuries and another person sustained life threaten

The three other Minneapolis police officers involved in the arrest that led to the death of George Floyd are now being charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder. Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao had been fired along with Derek Chauvin, who was seen on video pressing his knee into the black man's neck for several minutes. Chauvin was originally charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, but those counts are now upgraded to a charge of second-degree murder.

The Canadian Armed Forces has ended its mission to recover the wreckage of the Cyclone helicopter that crashed off the coast of Greece in April. Maritime Component commander Rear-Admiral Craig Baines says the remains of some of the service members who were on board when the helicopter went down were recovered. They will be returned to Canada this weekend for identification. Baines says wreckage from the helicopter was also recovered, with the focus on debris that flight-safety investigators believed could help determine the cause of the crash. Baines says the military decided not to raise som

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against Minneapolis Police and the Minnesota State Patrol, alleging police have violated the rights of journalists covering the protests in response to the death of George Floyd. The lawsuit, filed by the ACLU of Minnesota on Wednesday, alleges a ``pattern and practice of conduct by law enforcement,'' which the organization says, ``tramples on the Constitution.'' The lawsuit's lead plaintiff is Jared Goyette, a freelance journalist who says he was shot in the face by a rubber bullet fired by police.The suit outlines the number of journalis

The top RCMP officer at the detachment in Kelowna, BC, says a video circulating on social media that appears to show one of his officers punching a combative driver doesn't tell the full story.The video was filmed by a passerby and shows two officers wrestling with a man in a local parking lot on Saturday, and when a third officer arrives, he hits the man in the face.Superintendent Brent Mundle says he recognizes that the tactics in the video are shocking to many people and it's always the intention to make a peaceful arrests.But he says when circumstances require it, officers may have to use