'He didn't want to die': Family of Calgary man killed in standoff speaks out
Family of a Calgary man killed after a 30-hour standoff with police last week are speaking out, sharing details of the tense and heart-wrenching experience.
Canada has now fully vaccinated at least 22.13 per cent of the country's eligible population. Here's what else you need to know to start your day.
1. Tensions flare: The president of the Public Health Agency of Canada was publicly admonished in the House of Commons on Monday for failing to turn over unredacted documents related to the firing of two scientists at Canada's highest security lab.
2. Travel restrictions: Canada will soon be lifting most international travel restrictions for Canadians, permanent residents, and certain foreign nationals who are fully vaccinated.
3. Charges laid: The mother of a three-year-old girl who died after police reported she ate poisoned cereal at a sleepover says she's praying for justice after charges were laid.
4. Chronic illness: Scientists and doctors across Canada and around the world have seen a dramatic drop in hospital cases of chronic lung diseases during the course of the pandemic and believe public health guidelines have helped.
5. So close, so far: Thousands of medical residents who have been working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic are confronting administrative delays preventing them from becoming fully licensed physicians.
One more thing…
Summer reading: A Toronto-area teacher has created a diverse reading list of children's books centred around Muslim voices as a resource for parents and educators alike.
A Toronto-area teacher Rabia Khokhar has created a diverse reading list of children’s books centered around Muslim voices as a way for parents and educators alike to do their part in fighting Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred in their circles.
Family of a Calgary man killed after a 30-hour standoff with police last week are speaking out, sharing details of the tense and heart-wrenching experience.
A family doctor in Toronto has been suspended for three months after a disciplinary tribunal found that he failed to follow proper protocols while examining a patient's breasts and made inappropriate comments about her body.
An Ohio mother whose 16-month-old daughter died after being left home alone in a playpen for 10 days last summer while she went on vacation was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of parole.
In a Barrie courtroom on Monday, a retired high school teacher from the Niagara Region pleaded guilty to sexual touching and obtaining sexual services from a 15-year-old boy in Collingwood in 2021.
The company, which announced in January it was selling 20,000 of the electric vehicles in its fleet, or about a third of the EVs it owned, is now replacing the CEO who helped build up that fleet, giving it the company’s fifth boss in just four years.
Calgary police have charged five men in a pair of kidnappings last year that targeted innocent victims.
The demand for total solar eclipse glasses used to safely view the rare celestial event has been ramping up as sellers, along with astronomy and eye-care experts in Canada, warn that viewing the eclipse with the naked eye is dangerous.
A Canadian-born commander of the so-called Norman Brigade, a volunteer fighting group in Ukraine, has died.
Moose Jaw police say an 18-year-old woman who was at work has died from injuries she sustained in a collision with a vehicle being driven by her co-worker last Thursday.