Pallister Pressed to Make Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman a Priority
Opposition politicians in Manitoba say Premier Brian Pallister hasn't indicated that he's making missing and murdered indigenous women and girls a top priority.
N-D-P interim leader Flor Marcelino and NDP MLA Nahanni Fontaine both criticized the Conservatives for not mentioning the issue in the mandate letters Pallister gave to his ministers to assign their priorities.
Indigenous and Municipal Relations Minister Eileen Clarke says the government's promise to make Manitoba the most improved province in Canada includes working for all Manitobans.
Justice Minister Heather Stefanson and other Tories noted the N-D-P never released mandate letters during their time in office.
Fort McMurray Residents to Return Home in June
Fort McMurray residents are getting some good news this weekend as their municipality has announced a timeline for them to return to their neighbourhoods.
The RM of Wood Buffalo released a neigbourhood-by-neighbourhood schedule for the phased re-entry of wildfire evacuees to the northern Alberta city that begins June 1st.
The municipality says the return dates are tentative, and the phased re-entry is for safety and will ensure people have access to important services.
The area also received a little bit of rain yesterday and Environment Canada says further rainfall is possible today.
Taliban Leader Dead
The top commander of American forces in the Middle East says the death of the Taliban's supreme leader puts the group on the horns of a dilemma as it seeks a new leader.
Mullah Mohammed Akhtar Mansour was killed in a U-S drone strike yesterday in southwestern Pakistan.
General Joseph Votel slipped into Syria today make his own assessment of what's been a slow campaign to push Islamic State militants out of the country.
Trudeau to Encourage Auto Manufacturing
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to Japan today for a week long trip that includes a G-7 summit.
But before sitting down with other world leaders, the PM will try to rekindle Canada's flagging trade relationship with the world's third-largest economy.
Japan is now Canada's fifth biggest trading partner, but it used to be second.
One of the main goals of Trudeau's trip is to encourage Japanese auto companies to invest more in Canada, and keep their existing plants open.
Search Continues for EgyptAir Plane
An Egyptian submarine is joining the hunt for the black boxes from EgyptAir Flight 804.
Egypt's President says it will take time to determine the exact cause of the crash, which killed all 66 people on board, including two Canadians.
Leaked flight data published by The Aviation Herald shows a sensor detected smoke in one of the plane's bathrooms and a fault in two of the cockpit windows.
Mounting evidence is pointing to a sudden, dramatic catastrophe that led to the crash in the eastern Mediterranean early Thursday.
