Biden’s visit is expected to focus heavily on Haiti, where Washington wants Canada to take the lead “There’s one event that tells it all,” Haitian businessman Marco Larosilière told CBC News from his home in Port-au-Prince. “Last week, the general inspector of the national police was kidnapped with his son in front of his school.” If a high-ranking official of the national police is not safe, said Larosilière, “what about the rest of the population?” “It’s unbearable,” he added. “You feel that every day, the situation is getting worse and worse.Read more

The new program does not cover part-time, hourly and weekly child-care spaces Saskatchewan’s Opposition NDP and several child-care providers say the Saskatchewan Party government rushed a federal-provincial child-care agreement, and daycare workers are now scrambling to get their facilities ready. The federal and provincial governments announced earlier this month that the goal of having regulated child care in the province cost an average of $10 a day for children under the age six will be achieved by April 1 — three years ahead of the original target of 2025-26, first set in August 2021. The newRead more

Public safety concerns grow around vigilantism after man shot in Nanaimo on Sunday B.C. advocates working with the homeless population say they’re concerned about growing vigilantism after a man was shot while trying to reclaim stolen property from an encampment on Vancouver Island. Nanaimo RCMP were called to the incident Sunday afternoon, after the owner of a local mechanic shop — one of six people who went into the encampment to recover stolen tools — was shot in the stomach. Mounties said they don’t condone the group’s actions. “Risking your life or possible injuryRead more

Vancouver woman charged with mischief speaks to CBC News outside courthouse A Vancouver woman charged with mischief after a disruption at the Juno Awards is unapologetic about her public protest that garnered headlines around the world. Casey Hatherly, who goes by the name Ever, was arrested after interrupting Avril Lavigne’s speech during the high-profile event; the 37-year-old was topless, wearing pasties and had slogans for environmental causes such as “Stop logging old growth now” and “Save the green belt” scrawled on her body. CBC News spoke with Hatherly on Wednesday outside ofRead more

Former anchor looks back, and toward new challenges, after sudden ouster Seven months after being let go as the anchor of CTV National News, after decades with the network, Lisa LaFlamme is keeping things in perspective. “I had 35 memorable years,” at CTV, she told CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault on Wednesday. “And I loved it. Loved it all. And there are new things to love now. So I’ll be fine. I am fine.” LaFlamme sat down with The National and spoke more about her split with CTV, her future, and serving as a voice on women’sRead more

Eight people say they were sexually assaulted and beaten by a couple who ran the home in the ‘70s, ‘80s On a dusty plot of land in the western Arctic community of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, sits a slightly out-of-place modern looking building full of government offices. Though Paul has lived his entire 50 or so years in the remote community of 1,500, he’s never been inside. “It’s the only building I haven’t stepped foot in,” he told CBC News. “I won’t.” Decades ago, long before the shiny new government building,Read more

Trudeau has refused to say whether Canada was invited to join AUKUS Experts are warning that, as the U.S., Britain and Australia move ahead on an expanded military pact, Canada’s omission from that group suggests a larger problem with how this country is perceived by its friends. U.S. President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian leader Anthony Albanese were at a naval base in San Diego on Monday to confirm the next steps of the trilateral agreement, known as “AUKUS” after the three countries involved. Those next steps include formalizingRead more

Provincial police say 38-year-old driver was arrested for leaving scene Two people are dead and nine others are injured after a pickup truck hit pedestrians in Amqui, Que., about 640 kilometres northeast of Montreal, Quebec provincial police say. The driver, a 38-year-old man, allegedly fled the scene after the collision but later turned himself in and was arrested at the Amqui police station, according to a spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec (SQ). The incident occurred shortly after 3 p.m. on Monday in front of the Captive microbrewery on Saint-Benoît Boulevard. “The driverRead more

6 constables may also have neglected duty by failing to take notes in 2015 encounter, investigation finds Seven Vancouver police officers may have abused their authority by using unnecessary force on Myles Gray during the encounter that ended his life, and they could face discipline as severe as losing their jobs if those allegations are proven, the police chief in charge of an investigation into their conduct has found. Metro Vancouver Transit Police Chief David Jones also determined that six of those officers may have neglected their duty by failingRead more

‘It’s the worst workforce crisis child care has ever faced,’ says an advocate Agencies that run daycares say they’re so short of early childhood educators that they doubt the national program of $10-a-day child care can be delivered to all the kids who will need a spot. Stories abound of daycare centres running at half capacity, asking parents to take their kids out of care for a day or two a week, or even shutting down operations entirely, all for lack of staff. The Trudeau government is promising to giveRead more