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Time to table online harms bill, experts, advocates, researchers say in open letter
OTTAWA - An open letter from experts the government convened last year to provide advice on legislating against online harms is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to table legislation. The letter pu...
Nov 30, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Claims of toxic workplace at CSIS absolutely 'devastating': PM says
AJAX, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says allegations of a toxic workplace culture, involving harassment and sexual assault at Canada's spy agency are "devastating" and "absolutely unacceptable....
Nov 30, 2023
Hockey Canada says almost 1,900 maltreatment complaints received in 2022-23
TORONTO - Hockey Canada says a new independent third-party complaint mechanism received information on almost 1,900 potential cases of maltreatment during its first season. The data is contained in th...
Nov 30, 2023
B.C. Human Rights Commissioner examines care and rights of vulnerable adults in B.C.
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia law that allows certain agencies to take over the affairs of abused, neglected or incapacitated adults is under scrutiny by the province's human rights commissioner an...
Nov 30, 2023
Chiefs of Ontario asks for judicial review of carbon price regime
TORONTO - First Nations leaders in Ontario are asking a court to review what they call Canada's "discriminatory" carbon price system. A group representing more than 130 First Nations in the province h...
Nov 30, 2023
VIDEO: Clippers expect bounce back effort after winning streak snapped
NANAIMO - The Clippers were on a roll for most of November until their five game winning streak came to an end in Port Alberni.It was the first time new assistant coach Gaelan Patterson has seen the c...
Nov 30, 2023
Inspector general launches probe examining decision to relocate FBI headquarters to Maryland
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal watchdog will investigate how the Biden administration chose a site for a new FBI headquarters following a contentious competition marked by allegations of conflict of inte...
Nov 30, 2023
Conservative critic draws criticism after she asks heritage minister to speak English
OTTAWA - A Conservative critic is drawing criticism after she asked federal Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge to answer a question in English during a parliamentary committee meeting. Heritage critic ...
Nov 30, 2023
Australian women focused on Olympic qualification as they take on Canada in B.C.
LANGFORD, B.C. - While Olympic champion Canada celebrates captain Christine Sinclair's international swansong with a Summer Games berth already secured, Australia is still focused on getting to Paris....
Nov 30, 2023
Ottawa taking legal action to recoup anti-racism funds from Laith Marouf: bureaucrat
OTTAWA - The deputy minister for Canadian Heritage says her department has taken legal action in order to recoup funds it doled out to a consultant accused of antisemitism. The federal government term...
Nov 30, 2023