Canada

Military members can now take sexual misconduct complaints to human rights commission

OTTAWA - Members of the military now have the option to bypass the Canadian Armed Forces grievance process and taking complaints of sexual misconduct, harassment or discrimination to a third party. Th...

Aug 15, 2023

Federal Liberals have gone more than six months without appointing ethics watchdog

OTTAWA - It's now been more than six months since Canada has had a federal ethics watchdog. Mario Dion retired in February after serving as the last permanent ethics and conflict-of-interest commissio...

Aug 15, 2023

17 people sent to hospital after alleged bear spray attack at Quebec vacation camp

MONTREAL - Seventeen people were sent to hospital after they were allegedly attacked with bear spray at a vacation camp northeast of Montreal. Provincial police spokeswoman Sgt. lose Cossette says fiv...

Aug 15, 2023

Canadian corporate ethics czar launches China forced-labour probe into Ralph Lauren

Ottawa's corporate-ethics watchdog has announced an investigation into fashion company Ralph Lauren over the alleged use of forced labour in its supply chains. Sheri Meyerhoffer, who is the Canadian O...

Aug 15, 2023

Homeless, impoverished at risk during B.C. heat wave, advocates warn

VANCOUVER - An outreach team for the Union Gospel Mission in Vancouver has been working in the city's Downtown Eastside to ensure people are aware and are prepared to cope with the latest heat spike a...

Aug 15, 2023

In the news today: Wildfires in NWT, heatwave in B.C. breaks records

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Soldiers set to help fight wildfires in N.W.T. Members of the Canadian Armed Fo...

Aug 15, 2023

How the feds could push cities to build more homes — with a carrot or stick

OTTAWA - From local zoning to community consultations, there are plenty of ways cities are hitting the brakes on residential construction, even as Canada faces a significant housing shortage. Accordin...

Aug 15, 2023

Quebecers no longer seeing doctor-assisted deaths as exceptional, says oversight body

MONTREAL - As the frequency of medical aid in dying continues to rise in Quebec, the head of the independent body that monitors the practice in the province says he worries doctor-assisted deaths are ...

Aug 15, 2023

Housing minister says federal government should have stayed in housing game

BURNABY, B.C. - Housing Minister Sean Fraser says the federal government should have never got out of the housing business even as high-income professionals are struggling to find affordable housing. ...

Aug 14, 2023

Records fall as heat wave spreads from B.C.'s south coast to Interior

VANCOUVER - During British Columbia's heat dome in 2021, Nasrin Moshiri had to resort to putting the children in her daycare in the bathtub to stay cool. This week, she's taking them to the beach. "I ...

Aug 14, 2023