Canada

Alberta NDP says B.C. doctor deal a wakeup call to Smith to knock off pseudo-science

EDMONTON - The leader of Alberta's Opposition NDP says the proposed pay deal for B.C. doctors is a wakeup call to Premier Danielle Smith to stop threatening to take a wrecking ball to Alberta's health...

Nov 01, 2022

Advocates urge MPs to enshrine definition of guns outlawed by Liberals

OTTAWA - A prominent gun-control group is urging MPs to legislatively enshrine a comprehensive ban on firearms the government outlawed using regulatory orders more than two years ago. The Liberals ban...

Nov 01, 2022

Quebec politicians must swear oath to King Charles to sit in legislature: Speaker

QUEBEC - The Speaker of Quebec's legislature says elected politicians must swear an oath to the King before taking office, after members of two parties refused to do so last month. Franois Paradis tod...

Nov 01, 2022

Dozens of recommendations in overdose and drug toxicity report by B.C. MLAs

VICTORIA - An all-party committee at British Columbia's legislature has released a report on drug toxicity and overdose deaths that calls for dozens of urgent steps from the province to address the de...

Nov 01, 2022

Lawyer for B.C. mayor charged with public mischief suggests client treated unfairly

SURREY, B.C. - A lawyer representing Surrey, B.C., Mayor Doug McCallum suggests RCMP decided early into an investigation that his client deceived police by saying his foot was run over in a grocery st...

Nov 01, 2022

Quebec judge says McGill work halted to avoid 'irreparable harm' to Mohawk plaintiffs

MONTREAL - A Quebec judge today released his written reasons for a ruling last week that halted excavation work on a McGill University project after an Indigenous group raised concerns about possible ...

Nov 01, 2022

Quebec to open two nurse-run clinics in Montreal to ease emergency room crisis

MONTREAL - Quebec's latest plan to resolve the province's emergency room crisis includes opening two clinics run entirely by nurse practitioners. The new clinics to open in the coming weeks in Montrea...

Nov 01, 2022

Canada failing Black, Indigenous prisoners as overrepresentation persists: report

OTTAWA - A new report says Canada has made scant progress in addressing the overrepresentation of Black and Indigenous offenders in prisons, with some facing even worse conditions than a decade ago. T...

Nov 01, 2022

Ottawa reveals plan to welcome 500,000 immigrants per year by 2025

OTTAWA - The federal government is planning a massive increase in the number of immigrants entering Canada, with a goal of seeing 500,000 people arrive each year by 2025. Immigration Minister Sean Fra...

Nov 01, 2022

Mom of last Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan named Silver Cross Mother

OTTAWA - We'll see you at Christmas. It was October 2011 and Candy Greff was standing outside a restaurant in Morinville, Alta.,saying goodbye to her son Byron Greff. Little did she know that it would...

Nov 01, 2022