Canada

Liberals table legislation to overhaul passenger rights charter

OTTAWA - The Liberals have put forward legislation that aims to make good on their pledge to tighten passenger rights rules after a year marked by travel chaos and a ballooning complaints backlog. Tab...

Apr 21, 2023

First Nations in B.C. died at a much higher rate from toxic drugs, health authority

VANCOUVER - The chief medical officer of British Columbia's First Nations Health Authority says the toxic drug crisis in 2022 was the most devastating year so far for Indigenous people, their families...

Apr 21, 2023

Judge in Prince Rupert, B.C., strikes arguments as 'stupid' in contempt case

PRINCE RUPERT - A provincial court judge in Prince Rupert, B.C., has sentenced a 46-year-old man to a year in jail for contempt of court, ruling he tried to circumvent the justice system with "pseudo-...

Apr 21, 2023

Strike leaves military heating, wastewater plants without sufficient staff

OTTAWA - The union representing Defence Department employees says the government dropped the ball by not declaring staff at heating and wastewater plants on several military bases as essential workers...

Apr 21, 2023

Veterans warned of longer wait times due to federal public service strike

OTTAWA - Ill and injured veterans are being warned they could face longer-than-expected wait times in accessing certain benefits and services due to the federal public service strike. Veterans Affairs...

Apr 21, 2023

Discredited Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond voluntarily returns another honorary degree

FREDERICTON - Former judge and law professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, whose claims of Indigenous ancestry have been discredited, has returned another honorary degree. A statement from Kim Fenwick, th...

Apr 21, 2023

Two people injured at Dene High School in La Loche, Sask., one in custody

LA LOCHE, Sask. - Two people have been injured at Dene High School in the northern Saskatchewan community of La Loche. The Northern Lights School Division says the two individuals are being treated an...

Apr 21, 2023

Vancouver officer testifies about efforts to resuscitate Myles Gray after beating

BURNABY, B.C. - A Vancouver police officer told a coroner's inquest that "time was standing still" as they waited for advanced life support paramedics to arrive and help revive 33-year-old Myles Gray ...

Apr 21, 2023

'Very difficult situation:' Canadians in Khartoum take shelter amid violence

TORONTO - Abdelgadir Eltayeb and his family have no electricity, dwindling food and water, and haven't been able to venture far from the home in Khartoum where they took shelter after violence explode...

Apr 21, 2023

Trudeau to travel to New York for next week's star-studded Global Citizen summit

WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to head to New York next week for an international summit championing sustainable development and human rights. Summit host Global Citizen bills the e...

Apr 21, 2023