Vancouver Police say they're investigating a woman's death after her body was found in the water near a popular downtown beach over the weekend.
A statement from Sergeant Steve Addison says a passerby saw the body at Sunset Beach yesterday.
Addison says the woman had not been identified and police are working with the B-C Coroners Service to determine the cause of her death.
He says police have not yet determined whether if the death was criminal in nature.
The number of complaints from Canadians who say their language rights weren't respected dropped by more than half last year, but the official languages commissioner says it's too early to say there is a downward trend.
More than 15 civil society groups are urging the justice minister to hive off proposed changes to the Criminal Code and Canadian Human Rights Act from a bill aimed at tackling online harms.
The head of the RCMP says proposed federal legislation would equip the national police force with some "good tools" to address foreign interference.
Montreal police and the Quebec prosecutor's office are launching a pilot project to help authorities better address domestic violence-related strangulations.
The Global Affairs Department says six Canadian children have been repatriated from detention in northeastern Syria.
India's envoy to Canada is scheduled to speak publicly today for the first time since the RCMP made arrests in a killing that has roiled tensions between the two countries.