Canada

Federal IT systems at risk of 'critical failure,' Trudeau warned in memo

OTTAWA - Newly released briefing notes for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau describe the dire state of federal computer systems, which deliver billions in benefits and are on the precipice...

Feb 01, 2020

No need to change Canada's plans after WHO declares global emergency: officials

Canada is already taking the right steps to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, so there is no need to change things now that the World Health Organization has declared a global emergenc...

Feb 01, 2020

Indigenous community votes down proposed nuclear waste bunker near Lake Huron

TORONTO - An Ontario Indigenous community has overwhelmingly rejected a proposed nuclear-waste bunker in their area. Members of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation voted 85 per cent against the deep geologic r...

Feb 01, 2020

Plastic ban coming in 2021 after report concludes there is evidence of harm

OTTAWA - A national ban on many single-use plastics is on track for next year after a government report concluded Thursday that there is more than enough evidence proving plastic pollution is har...

Feb 01, 2020

Manitoba First Nation loses court bid for continued flood evacuation benefits

WINNIPEG - A Manitoba First Nation has lost its bid to have Ottawa continue paying evacuation benefits to people forced from their homes by flooding in 2011. Lake St. Martin First Nation was seeking a...

Jan 31, 2020

Catholic bishops urge Trudeau to scrap changes to assisted dying legislation

OTTAWA - The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to voice "very serious concern" about proposed changes to medical assistance in dying...

Jan 31, 2020

Senate committee urges renewed suspension for Ontario Sen. Lynn Beyak

OTTAWA - The Senate ethics committee is recommending that Sen. Lynn Beyak be suspended again without pay. Beyak's colleagues ousted her from the upper chamber temporarily last spring after c...

Jan 31, 2020

Documentary shows legal battle over authenticity of alleged fake Morrisseau piece

A long legal battle over the authenticity of a painting purportedly by the renowned Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau will have "ripple effects" on how people buy and sell art in Canada, t...

Jan 31, 2020

British envoy personally 'sad' about Brexit, professionally excited by new era

OTTAWA - Britain's envoy to Canada says she's personally sad about her country's decision to leave the European Union. But at the same time, High Commissioner Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque said she...

Jan 31, 2020

Alberta panel suggests schools 'balance' lessons about climate change, oilsands

CALGARY - Alberta's education minister is endorsing a panel report that recommends school children learn all views about climate change along with the value of the province's oil and gas sector. Adria...

Jan 31, 2020