Category Archives: Canada

Think about coronavirus outbreak when planning for spring break: Champagne
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canadians should think carefully about where they and their families are planning to travel for spring break in the light of the nove...
Feb 26, 2020

Feds introduce bill dropping some restrictions on assisted dying
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has introduced legislation aimed at making it easier for intolerably ill Canadians to get medical help to end their lives. The bill, tabled Mon...
Feb 26, 2020

New Brunswick maintains position on abortions and Canada Health Act
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government is standing firm on its position that it's not violating the Canada Health Act by refusing to fund out-of-hospital abortions in the province. New Brunswick H...
Feb 26, 2020

Coronavirus containment window shrinking as virus spreads to more countries
OTTAWA - Canada's border measures to guard the country against incoming cases of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, will likely become less effective as the virus spreads, the country's chief me...
Feb 26, 2020

NDP table legislation to create universal pharmacare program, seek Liberal backing
OTTAWA - The NDP have tabled a new bill that calls for a universal pharmacare plan in Canada. The party, which has been promising the legislation for some time, says its proposal is based on the ...
Feb 26, 2020

Doctor details how Lionel Desmond won approval to get a gun despite concerns
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A New Brunswick doctor who uses cannabis to treat veterans with PTSD says Lionel Desmond wasn't suicidal and showed no sign he was a threat to others in Februar...
Feb 26, 2020

The latest on protests across Canada in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia (All times Eastern): ___ 10:45 a.m. ET Ontario Provincial Police say fires at a second protest...
Feb 26, 2020

The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia (All times Eastern): 7:40 p.m. The West Coast Express commuter rail service in Metro Vancouver...
Feb 26, 2020

StatCan says 3.2 million living in poverty, including 566,000 children
OTTAWA - Canada's poverty rate has fallen to a historic low in one of the sharpest three-year declines on record, the national statistics office says, but millions of Canadians still live below t...
Feb 26, 2020

Alberta Appeal Court sides with province on federal carbon tax
EDMONTON - The Alberta Court of Appeal gave opponents of the federal carbon tax their first win on Monday when it ruled that the levy is unconstitutional. In a 4-1 decision, the Appeal ...
Feb 26, 2020