Canada

Mounties urge Supreme Court to allow class action on bullying to proceed

OTTAWA - Mounties waging a class action against the RCMP over bullying and harassment are telling the Supreme Court to reject a federal move to have the suit thrown out. The lead plaintiffs, veteran R...

Jan 12, 2022

Quebec judge suspends unvaccinated man's visitation rights with child

MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has temporarily suspended a father's right to see his child based on evidence that the man is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and appears to oppose government ...

Jan 12, 2022

Regulator rules it's too early for public group to have role in ATCO probe talks

EDMONTON - Alberta's utilities regulator has ruled on whether a consumer's group can address an investigation into alleged wrongdoing by one of the province's main power providers. The Alberta Utiliti...

Jan 12, 2022

Government extends repayment deadline to emergency business account to 2023

OTTAWA - Businesses struggling under yet another round of lockdowns and capacity restrictions will have an extra year to repay emergency interest-free loans issued by the federal government. The Canad...

Jan 12, 2022

Provinces clamour for rapid tests while feds struggle to deliver

OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says Canada is in crisis when it comes to COVID-19 PCR test capacity, even as the federal government struggles to make good on its promise to deliver ...

Jan 12, 2022

As supply chain issues persist, Champagne set to meet with industry

OTTAWA - Canada's industry minister is set to meet with companies desperate for solutions to ease the flow the goods over the border and across the country. Franois-Philippe Champagne agreed to the re...

Jan 12, 2022

Trudeau warns of more Russia sanctions amid Moscow military build up near Ukraine

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Russia may face further Western sanctions as a consequence of its military build up on the Ukrainian border. And Trudeau strongly suggests today that Canada...

Jan 12, 2022

Trudeau says too early to comment on Quebec's plan to make unvaccinated pay penalty

MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he needs to see more details before taking a stance on Quebec's plan to levy a financial penalty against people who are not vaccinated against COVID-19. T...

Jan 12, 2022

Women's shelters facing staff shortages amid COVID, high rates of gendered violence

OTTAWA - Women's shelter workers are feeling even more pressure as the latest COVID-19 wave hits Canada, fuelled by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Lise Martin, executive director of Women's...

Jan 12, 2022

Military struggling with shortage of medical personnel as provinces look for help

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says its medical personnel are being stretched to the limit during the pandemic, suggesting it has little to offer provincial health care systems overwhelmed by the ...

Jan 12, 2022