Category Archives: Canada

Climate change could leave Yukon plants with nowhere to go: study
WHITEHORSE - As climate change pushes some plants northward, a new study suggests several unique species in Yukon and Alaska could have nowhere to go. The scientific paper, published late last month i...
Feb 25, 2023

B.C. First Nation aims to reclaim narrative from shadows of residential school
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - Once it was the site of a building for the former Alberni Indian Residential School, one of the most notorious such institutions in British Columbia and a place linked to sufferin...
Feb 25, 2023

Lawsuit accuses B.C. government of coercing Indigenous women into sterilization
VANCOUVER - A proposed class-action lawsuit accuses the British Columbia government of "sexism and genocide" over a decades-long practice of coercing Indigenous women into sterilization and abortions....
Feb 24, 2023

B.C. to probe 'troubling' complaints about RCMP in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - British Columbia's solicitor general says the province will investigate what he calls "troubling complaints" about the RCMP in Prince George, adding that the government is commit...
Feb 24, 2023

Quebec tables bill to protect rights of children born of sexual assault
QUEBEC - The Quebec government has tabled a bill that would make it illegal for someone who commits sexual assault to claim parental rights if the rape produces a child. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-B...
Feb 24, 2023

Trudeau says he's bothered by Google preventing some Canadians from accessing news
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is bothered that Google is limiting access to news for some Canadians. Trudeau says the tech giant has decided they would rather prevent Canadians from a...
Feb 24, 2023

Director of Canada's drug price regulator resigns same week as colleague steps down
HALIFAX - The executive director of Canada's drug pricing regulator is stepping down - just days after another member resigned because of concerns that the federal government was undermining the indep...
Feb 24, 2023

Tory leader says German politician who met with MPs holds 'vile' and 'racist' views
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is denouncing a German politician after several Tory MPs were criticized for meeting with her while she was in Canada this week. Conservative MPs Dean All...
Feb 24, 2023

Federal disaster aid program being overhauled to include climate adaptation
OTTAWA - Canada's overworked disaster assistance program is being overhauled so that future projects would only be eligible for aid if they take into account the need to adapt to climate change. Emerg...
Feb 24, 2023

'The weather got the best of us:' Ottawa's Rideau Canal Skateway to stay closed
OTTAWA - The National Capital Commission says Ottawa's Rideau Canal Skateway, the world's largest outdoor skating rink, will not open this season due to warm temperatures. The commission says it has b...
Feb 24, 2023