Canada

B.C. launches Canada's first lung cancer screening program for high-risk residents

VANCOUVER - British Columbia has launched the country's first provincewide lung cancer screening program for residents who are at high risk of getting the disease. Health Minister Adrian Dix says the ...

May 25, 2022

Emergency alerts when severe weather happens can be improved: Guilbeault

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says emergency weather alerts that are broadcast over the mobile network should be improved to make sure they're getting to the right people at the righ...

May 25, 2022

Democracy threatened if aggressive protesters make Canadians feel unsafe: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the safety of Canadians participating in democracy should never be jeopardized by the kinds of racist insults and threats of violence lobbed at people atten...

May 25, 2022

Court date for man who brought bags with inert explosives to Victoria airport: RCMP

NORTH SAANICH, B.C. - The RCMP say a man who was carrying luggage with suspicious contents that led to the closure of the Victoria International Airport on Tuesday afternoon has been released from cus...

May 25, 2022

Weekend storm: Quebec says some parts of province won't get power back until Saturday

MONTREAL - Quebec's hydro utility says more than 80,000 customers are still without power following last weekend's violent storm that left a trail of damage from Gatineau to Quebec City. Hydro-Qubec p...

May 25, 2022

Women's groups warn Liberals against 'downloading' gun control to potential victims

OTTAWA - Several women's groups are urging the federal Liberals to abandon the idea of allowing an endangered person to apply to a court for an order to remove firearms from a stalker or abuser. They ...

May 25, 2022

Quebec bill would give Alzheimer's patients access to medical aid in dying

MONTREAL - Quebec has tabled a bill that would extend the province's assisted death legislation to people with Alzheimer's disease. Health Minister Christian Dub said today that Bill 38 would allow pe...

May 25, 2022

Federal government would join challenge of Quebec's Bill 21 at Supreme Court

MONTREAL - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says his government will join a legal challenge to Quebec's religious symbols law if it reaches the Supreme Court. Lametti told reporters in Montreal ...

May 25, 2022

Peter Nygard sexual assault case to return to Montreal courtroom in July

MONTREAL - Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard's sexual assault and forcible confinement case in Quebec will return to a Montreal courtroom July 8. Nygard remains detained in Toronto and did not appea...

May 25, 2022

Federal government says court challenge to Quebec language law possible

MONTREAL - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says his government is not ruling out a court challenge to Quebec's newly adopted language-reform law. But Lametti says he first wants to see how it's...

May 25, 2022