Canada

Seniors advocate to release review of COVID-19 outbreaks at B.C. care facilities

VICTORIA - British Columbia's seniors advocate is set to release a review of COVID-19 outbreaks in the province's care facilities. Isobel Mackenzie said last spring the review will examine more than t...

Oct 06, 2021

NDP says errors meant people — including First Nations — were disenfranchised

OTTAWA - The NDP has requested an official inquiry into what it calls "numerous and systemic failures of election officials" in last month's federal election. NDP national director Anne McGrath has wr...

Oct 06, 2021

RCMP officer who shot, killed Nunavut man continues testifying at inquest

GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut - The RCMP officer who shot and killed an armed man in a remote Nunavut community is scheduled to continue his testimony today at a coroner's inquest. Cpl. Ian Crowe fired at 21-ye...

Oct 06, 2021

Trudeau expected to announce all federal workers must be vaccinated against COVID-19

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will make good today on his election promise to require all federal employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Trudeau is expected to announce at a news ...

Oct 06, 2021

Singh to tell caucus that Indigenous rights a priority for NDP this Parliament

OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh is to tell the first meeting of the NDP caucus that pursuing Indigenous rights - including access to clean drinking water - will be a key priority for the party in this Parliame...

Oct 06, 2021

Emergency summit grapples with health system debilitated by COVID-19

OTTAWA - More than 30 national and provincial health organizations are trying to decide which of the devastating effects COVID-19 has taken on Canadian health care to tackle first, as they work to ste...

Oct 06, 2021

QuickList: Quebec coroner's recommendations regarding death of Joyce Echaquan

Coroner Ghane Kamel investigated the death of Joyce Echaquan and issued several recommendations after finding that her death was accidental but preventable. Kamel concluded that the racism and prejudi...

Oct 05, 2021

QuickQuotes: Comments on Quebec coroner's report into the death of Joyce Echaquan

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner on Tuesday discussed her report into the death of Joyce Echaquan, a 37-year-old Indigenous mother of seven who filmed herself on Facebook Live as a nurse and an orderly wer...

Oct 05, 2021

Draft policy says even telecommuting public servants must be vaccinated: union exec

OTTAWA - The government's draft policy to mandate vaccines for federal workers could close the door to allowing unvaccinated employees to work from home, according to one union executive. Stphane Aubr...

Oct 05, 2021

'We just gave'r': Inside the Totten Mine rescue from a kilometre below the earth

Danny Taillefer and Jason Leger were in the middle of a first aid refresher course when the phone rang. Shawn Rideout, the chief rescue officer with Ontario Mine Rescue, was on the other end. There we...

Oct 05, 2021