The coalition, which calls itself Code Blue, wants UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon to lift the diplomatic immunity that protects UN employees from being held to account when abuse complaints arise.
QUEBEC — School officials in Quebec will no longer be permitted to strip search students as the provincial government moved to act on a report recommending that only police officers conduct such examinations.
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs says Canadian officials in Kabul and Ottawa are working to get more information after a guesthouse in the Afghan capital was stormed by armed gunmen.
MONCTON, N.B. — The cost of additional policing in the aftermath of last June's murder of three RCMP officers has been estimated at $9 million.
VANCOUVER — British Columbia's former auditor general for local government, who was fired amid accusations she was obstructing a review of her office, is fighting her dismissal in court.
CALGARY — Royal Dutch Shell's plans to explore for oil off Alaska's northwestern coast are being closely watched in Canada with a mixture of hope and concern.