Canada

Bill to legally recognize Senate's evolution runs into unforeseen hurdle with Speaker

OTTAWA - The federal government plans to reintroduce a bill in the House of Commons identical to one already passed unanimously by the Senate to legally recognize the evolution of the upper house into...

Dec 09, 2021

Former Yukon health minister ordered to pay successor following failed legal bid

WHITEHORSE - Yukon's former health minister has been ordered to pay more than $8,000 after a judge sided with her successor in an effort to have the election result overturned. Liberal Pauline Frost c...

Dec 09, 2021

Work is ongoing to end remaining long-term drinking water advisories: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his Liberal government remains committed to ending all long-term drinking water advisories that exist on First Nations, despite not setting a new date to do...

Dec 09, 2021

Order to produce docs on fired scientists ended with dissolution of Parliament: Rota

OTTAWA - The Conservatives have lost their bid to resurrect a House of Commons order demanding the release of secret documents related to the firing of two scientists at Canada's highest security labo...

Dec 09, 2021

Rapid tests advised by Ontario experts in COVID fight, Quebec sending them for kids

TORONTO - Rapid COVID-19 tests can help stop transmission and could be valuable tools in workplaces and schools, Ontario experts said Thursday, while Quebec announced test kits for kids amid calls for...

Dec 09, 2021

Planned body to review wrongful convictions must be forward-looking, report says

OTTAWA - Two former judges who led consultations on creation of an independent commission to review possible wrongful convictions for criminal offences say the new body must be proactive and not simpl...

Dec 09, 2021

First Nations call for better alert system, more funding after slow flood response

VANCOUVER - The executive director of the First Nations Emergency Management Society is calling for a more integrated alert system and funding after it took days to co-ordinate and reach remote Indige...

Dec 09, 2021

Stepmother found guilty of second-degree murder in death of 7-year-old Quebec girl

TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - A Granby, Que., woman has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of her seven-year-old stepdaughter. A jury rendered its verdict at the courthouse in Trois-Rivire...

Dec 09, 2021

N.W.T. releases plan on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls

YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories has released a draft plan on how to respond to calls for justice in the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girl...

Dec 09, 2021

Feds failed to ensure farms protected migrant workers from COVID-19: Auditor general

OTTAWA - The federal government is failing to ensure agricultural producers are properly protecting migrant workers from COVID-19, according to Canada's auditor general, including in some cases where ...

Dec 09, 2021