Canada

LGBTQ students look ahead after Alberta town bans Pride flags, rainbow crosswalks

WESTLOCK, Alta. - Shaylin Lussier went home and screamed after the student's town voted for a bylaw banning Pride flags and rainbow crosswalks from municipal property. Lussier, a member of the gay-str...

Mar 02, 2024

Quebec Appeal Court Bill 21 ruling fuels debate on notwithstanding clause

MONTREAL - Hours after Quebec's highest court upheld his state secularism law, Premier Franois Legault was triumphant. The decision was "a great victory for the nation of Quebec," he said in a brief s...

Mar 02, 2024

A closer look at the legacy of former prime minister Brian Mulroney

OTTAWA - Former prime minister Brian Mulroney died Thursday in Palm Beach, Fla., at the age of 84. He was first elected in 1984 following the largest majority mandate in Canada's history, and was re-e...

Mar 01, 2024

B.C. announces minimum nurse-to-patient ratios, $237M to recruit and retain staff

VANCOUVER - British Columbia has established minimum nurse-to-patient ratios for a range of different hospital settings and is investing $237 million to ensure they are met. They include a minimum of ...

Mar 01, 2024

Measles virus possibly circulating in Quebec, health officials say

Montreal public health officials say community transmission of the measles virus is possible after a person in the suburb of Laval contracted the disease despite not having travelled abroad or been in...

Mar 01, 2024

Obstruction charge withdrawn for Alberta reporter covering homeless camp clearing

EDMONTON - Crown prosecutors have withdrawn an obstruction charge against an Edmonton reporter. Brandi Morin was arrested in January while she was covering police clearing a homeless encampment in the...

Mar 01, 2024

Ottawa pledges $58.8M to continue local journalism program to 2027

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is extending a program that funds 400 local reporting jobs across the country. Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge says Ottawa will spend another $58.8 million to continu...

Mar 01, 2024

Brian Mulroney: The last, and so far only, conservative to taste victory in Quebec

OTTAWA - Ask Brian Mulroney's chief political rival about the former prime minister's greatest success, and the answer runs through Quebec. Jean Chrtien cites Mulroney's 1984 breakthrough, which deliv...

Mar 01, 2024

Supreme Court of Canada says a computer's IP address deserves privacy protection

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says police need judicial authorization to obtain a computer's internet protocol address, calling the identification number a crucial link between a person and the...

Mar 01, 2024

Portage and Main: Landmark Winnipeg intersection could open again to pedestrians

WINNIPEG - A landmark intersection in Winnipeg could soon be open again to pedestrians. Mayor Scott Gillingham says he's in favour of reopening the intersection of Portage Avenue and Main Street by th...

Mar 01, 2024