Canada

Proposed Quebec language rules will lead to fewer products, higher prices: lawyer

MONTREAL - Appliance manufactures and a Montreal lawyer say proposed Quebec language regulations will lead to fewer choices and higher costs for products like home appliances. The draft regulations re...

Feb 27, 2024

Woman's death in Quebec City after weekend house fire ruled a homicide: police

Quebec City police say the death of a woman who was found unresponsive after a house fire over the weekend has been ruled a homicide. Police say 42-year-old Jolle Lapointe was killed and the exact cau...

Feb 27, 2024

Online hate speech must not become political 'yo-yo,' anti-hate expert warns

OTTAWA - The former chair of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network is warning parliamentarians against turning a newly reintroduced section of the Canadian Human Rights Act into a game of political "yo-yo." ...

Feb 27, 2024

B.C. First Nation sues federal government over ban on herring spawn fishery

BELLA BELLA, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation says it has launched a civil lawsuit against the federal government over its decision in 2022 to ban one of its commercial fisheries The Heiltsuk Na...

Feb 27, 2024

'Not consulted': Alberta health minister questions Ottawa's national pharmacare plan

EDMONTON - Alberta's health minister is questioning the need for a national pharmacare plan, saying the province already has a comprehensive program for seniors, those on a low-income and those who re...

Feb 27, 2024

Ottawa will shut down shady post-secondary institutions if provinces don't: Miller

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Ottawa is ready to step in and shut down shady schools that are abusing the international student program if provinces don't crack down on them. Miller s...

Feb 27, 2024

Backlog of problems with federal Phoenix pay system bigger than ever: union

OTTAWA - Three unions are calling on the government to provide additional compensation to federal public servants, as issues with the Phoenix pay system continue. Eight years after the system was laun...

Feb 27, 2024

Ottawa freezes merger notification threshold, funds housing innovation projects

OTTAWA - The federal government is freezing the threshold at which the Competition Bureau must be notified of a merger. It also announced $123 million of funding to eight homebuilders that the federal...

Feb 27, 2024

Priest facing sexual assault charge in Nunavut will not be dismissed from Oblates

A French priest accused of sexually abusing Inuit children in Nunavut will be allowed to remain a member of the Oblates congregation after leadership in Rome ruled against his dismissal. Johannes Rivo...

Feb 27, 2024

Changes needed to ensure safer, more resilient RCMP, union mental-health report says

OTTAWA - The union representing front-line Mounties is urging the RCMP to move beyond "patchwork solutions" to ensure the mental health of officers amid concerns they face increasing risks to their we...

Feb 27, 2024