Canada

Canada should pause MAID for people with mental disorders: psychiatrists

Canada is not ready to expand medical assistance in dying for people with a mental disorder, leaving psychiatrists across the country "incredibly concerned" about patients needing better access to car...

Dec 01, 2022

'We must all grieve their loss:' Winnipeg man accused of killing four women

WINNIPEG - Police allege a Winnipeg man charged with killing a First Nations woman this spring killed three other women around the same time. Of the latest three, two have been confirmed to be Indigen...

Dec 01, 2022

Global Affairs calls in China ambassador over claims of secret police stations

OTTAWA - A Global Affairs Canada official says the department has called in China's ambassador numerous times over allegations that secret police stations are targeting that country's diaspora in Cana...

Dec 01, 2022

B.C. Nisga'a totem on display at Scotland museum since 1930 is heading home

VICTORIA - The National Museum of Scotland says it will return a memorial totem pole taken nearly a century ago from the Nisga'a Nation in British Columbia. The museum says its board of trustees appro...

Dec 01, 2022

Don Meredith's lawyer says Senate vote to strip him of 'Honourable' title 'troubling'

OTTAWA - The lawyer representing a former senator charged with sexual assault says it's "troubling" the Senate voted to strip his client of the title of "Honourable" while a process is ongoing in cour...

Dec 01, 2022

Scrambling for aircraft in N.S. mass shooting, RCMP told to 'pound sand': official

HALIFAX - Transcripts of calls between the RCMP and search and rescue officials in Halifax show an overall lack of understanding of what was required to have a military aircraft assist during the sear...

Dec 01, 2022

Iceland's ambassador discusses shared priorities with leaders in N. W. T

YELLOWKNIFE - Iceland's ambassador to Canada was in the Northwest Territories capital this week discussing shared priorities with leaders in the territory. Hlynur Gudjonsson met with N.W.T. Premier Ca...

Dec 01, 2022

Alberta deputy premier says sovereignty act not a power grab, eyes changes to bill

EDMONTON - Alberta's deputy premier says the proposed sovereignty act does not grant cabinet unilateral power to rewrite laws behind closed doors, but amendments may be needed to clear that up. Kaycee...

Dec 01, 2022

Nexus applicants can shuffle off to Buffalo as Canada, U.S. expand pilot project

WASHINGTON - An experimental bid to rescue the troubled Nexus trusted-traveller program between Canada and the United States has expanded to the Peace Bridge. New York congressman Rep. Brian Higgins s...

Dec 01, 2022

New paid sick leave rules coming into effect for federally regulated workers

OTTAWA - Employees in federally regulated private-sector workplaces are now eligible for 10 days of paid sick leave. As of Dec. 31, workers who have been continuously employed for at least 30 days wil...

Dec 01, 2022