Category Archives: Canada

Hackers may have accessed 22 B.C. government inboxes, data on 19 employees: Farnworth
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's public safety minister says 22 government email inboxes with sensitive personal information on 19 employees may have been accessed during a cyber attack on the province'...
Jun 03, 2024

MPs 'wittingly' took part in foreign interference: national security committee
OTTAWA - A new report says some MPs began "wittingly assisting" foreign state actors soon after their election, including sending confidential information to Indian officials. The report from a commit...
Jun 03, 2024

Pride flag raised on Parliament Hill as politicians warn Canada is at a crossroads
OTTAWA - As the Pride flag was raised over Parliament Hill Monday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned what he called "rising hate" against LGBTQ+ people in Canada, particularly transgende...
Jun 03, 2024

'Take responsibility': University of Manitoba sorry for housing Indigenous remains
WINNIPEG - The University of Manitoba has publicly apologized for harm it has caused to First Nations, Inuit and Mtis communities more than a century after it began accepting and storing Indigenous re...
Jun 03, 2024

Speed restrictions, B.C. fishery closures, aim to protect southern killer whales
VANCOUVER - The federal government has announced salmon fishery closures and mandatory speed limits in areas where southern resident killer whales forage and travel in the ongoing effort to protect th...
Jun 03, 2024

Children, people with disabilities to qualify for national dental care on June 27
OTTAWA - The Liberal government says it will expand eligibility for the federal dental program to children and people with disabilities on June 27. Citizens' Services Minister Terry Beech says childre...
Jun 03, 2024

Weather hampers search for mountaineers missing since Friday near Squamish, B.C.
SQUAMISH, B.C. - A spokeswoman for Squamish Search and Rescue in British Columbia says the area where three climbers have been missing since Friday is "socked in" with clouds and moisture, hampering e...
Jun 03, 2024

Elected leaders should read Supreme Court decisions before speaking, says top justice
OTTAWA - The chief justice of the Supreme Court is sending a warning about the risks elected officials run by reacting to decisions from the court without first having read the rulings themselves. Ric...
Jun 03, 2024

Quebec to spend $31 to boost security at courthouses after violent incidents
LONGUEUIL, Que. - The Quebec government is pledging $31 million to add security checkpoints and more special constables to the province's courthouses after recent violent incidents that raised safety ...
Jun 03, 2024

AFN national chief blasts governments' inaction on fifth anniversary of MMIWG report
OTTAWA - On the fifth anniversary of a national inquiry's report into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is blasting all levels of gov...
Jun 03, 2024