Canada

No oxygen concentrators or water on Quebec home's makeshift COVID ward, inquest hears

MONTREAL - A makeshift quarantine zone set up at a Quebec long-term care home where more than 100 residents died was not sufficiently equipped to care for patients, the assistant head nurse told a cor...

Jun 16, 2021

Report calls for airlines to refund passengers for flights halted due to COVID-19

OTTAWA - The House of Commons transportation committee says the federal government should refund ticket holders for flights cancelled due to COVID-19 and further strengthen passenger rights, as well a...

Jun 16, 2021

'Unacceptable' that Inuk MP felt unsafe in House of Commons, Miller says

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says it's a "sad reflection" on Canada that an Inuk MP feels she's been racially profiled by security officials on Parliament Hill. Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, a...

Jun 16, 2021

Conservatives raise concerns over UNDRIP bill as time runs short to pass legislation

OTTAWA - Just as Parliament's clock is quickly running short to pass bills before a possible fall election, Conservatives are turning up the heat in their concerns over a key piece of Liberal legislat...

Jun 16, 2021

Child-welfare gaps led to youth suicides, Indigenous group argues at Federal Court

OTTAWA - Children and youth in remote First Nations who have died by suicide are a tragic examples showing Canada's harms toward Indigenous kids was wilful and reckless, lawyers argued in Federal Cour...

Jun 16, 2021

MPs pass Bloc motion on Quebec nationhood, constitutional change

OTTAWA - Federal lawmakers are acknowledging Quebec's right to unilaterally change the Constitution in line with proposed reforms to the province's language law. In the House of Commons today, a motio...

Jun 16, 2021

Committee report on Vance allegations at risk as calls mount for minister to resign

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are being accused of letting victims of military sexual misconduct down as a parliamentary committee prepares to rise for the summer without producing a report on allegat...

Jun 16, 2021

Kanesatake grand chief welcomes Quebec's openness in creating local police force

KANESATAKE - The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake says it is pleased that Quebec is open to discussing the possibility of re-establishing an Indigenous police force to patrol the community northwest of Mo...

Jun 16, 2021

Vancouver couple pleads guilty to breaking Yukon COVID rules, travelling for vaccine

WHITEHORSE - A husband and wife accused of flying to a remote Yukon community to receive doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in January have each pleaded guilty to two counts of violating of the territory's C...

Jun 16, 2021

'Alarming situation' but help slow in coming for struggling Kashechewan, chief says

TORONTO - Help for the struggling James Bay community of Kashechewan has been slow in coming, as COVID-19 infections surge through overcrowded homes and isolation facilities remain non-existent, Chief...

Jun 16, 2021