Canada

Should Canada should produce more medicine amid ongoing shortages? Trudeau isn't sure

OTTAWA - As Canada faces an ongoing shortage of children's medications, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he doesn't know if ramping up domestic production of pharmaceuticals is the right approach to...

Dec 21, 2022

B.C. snow, cold Alberta temperatures cause significant flight cancellations: WestJet

CALGARY - WestJet says snow in British Columbia and extreme cold in Alberta have caused hundreds of flight cancellations over the past three days. The airline says in a release that there were 210 can...

Dec 20, 2022

Officers cleared of wrongdoing in shootout with Toronto cop killer: SIU

Officers were justified in fatally shooting a gunman who killed three people, including a Toronto constable, earlier this year, Ontario's police watchdog said Tuesday. Sean Petrie, 40, had "embarked o...

Dec 20, 2022

Case manager who talked assisted dying with veterans no longer employed

OTTAWA - A Veterans Affairs employee who spoke to former Armed Forces members about accessing medical assistance in dying is no longer with the department, although the federal government would not sa...

Dec 20, 2022

Documents appearing to come from government sent to Muslim charity were forged: RCMP

OTTAWA - The RCMP is confirming that documents sent to the Muslim Association of Canada that appeared to be internal records of the Canada Revenue Agency and the Mounties are forgeries. The Globe and ...

Dec 20, 2022

Nunavut RCMP charge man with first-degree murder

KINNGAIT, NUNAVUT - RCMP in Nunavut have charged a 39-year-old man with first-degree murder. Police have charged Ottokie Pudluq in the death of a 33-year-old woman. She was found dead in late November...

Dec 20, 2022

LGBTQ refugee group only able to resettle 4 per cent of Afghans, urges Ottawa help

OTTAWA - LGBTQ refugee group Rainbow Railroad has only been able to resettle four per cent of the nearly 3,800 Afghans who have asked for help since the Taliban took over their country. The Toronto-ba...

Dec 20, 2022

Bloc, NDP criticize Tory MP over refusal to help Quebec family of 'illegal refugees'

OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois and New Democrat MPs are criticizing a Conservative colleague for refusing to help a Quebec family facing deportation and calling them "illegal refugees." Quebec MP Richard Marte...

Dec 20, 2022

B.C. snowfall no winter wonderland for Vancouver's poor and homeless, says advocate

VANCOUVER - One of the heaviest one-day snowfalls to hit British Columbia's south coast in years has prompted cancellations or delays, power outages and other inconveniences, but advocates for the imp...

Dec 20, 2022

New study shows that high rates of workplace injuries in Montreal involve immigrants

MONTREAL - A new study from a Montreal research institute for occupational health and safety estimates that up to 80 per cent of people who are injured at work in the city and require rehabilitation a...

Dec 20, 2022