Canada

Calgary doctor files human rights complaint over changes to mask rules on airplanes

CALGARY - A family doctor in Calgary has filed a human rights complaint over Ottawa's decision to no longer require masks on airplanes to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The federal government has ann...

Sep 28, 2022

Canada's lack of Indo-Pacific strategy leaves business in the dark: book

OTTAWA - Business leaders and former diplomats are pushing the Trudeau government to finally release its long-awaited strategy for the Indo-Pacific region. A new book urges the Liberals to outline its...

Sep 28, 2022

Parliament passes law allowing jurors to disclose information to health providers

OTTAWA - Parliament has passed a new law that allows jurors to disclose information about jury proceedings to health care professionals. The bill creates a carve-out in Canada's strict jury secrecy ru...

Sep 28, 2022

N.W.T. confirms first case of avian influenza in wild bird

YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories has confirmed its first case of avian influenza in a wild bird found in Yellowknife. The territorial government said Wednesday that the herring gull was submitt...

Sep 28, 2022

Enbridge sells minority stake in seven pipelines to Indigenous communities

Enbridge Inc. has signed a deal to sell a minority stake in seven pipelines in the Athabasca region of northern Alberta to a group of 23 First Nation and Mtis communities for $1.12 billion. Alberta pr...

Sep 28, 2022

Federal cybersecurity bill threatens privacy, transparency, civil society groups say

OTTAWA - Several civil society groups are pushing for changes to the Liberal government's cybersecurity bill, saying it would undermine privacy, accountability and judicial transparency. In an open le...

Sep 28, 2022

Black civil servants file complaint to United Nations, citing racism

OTTAWA - A group of Black civil servants is filing a complaint to the United Nations Commission for Human Rights accusing the federal government of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intole...

Sep 28, 2022

Vancouver Police Board settles over handcuffing of Indigenous man, granddaughter

VANCOUVER - An Indigenous man and his granddaughter have reached an agreement with the Vancouver Police Board to settle a human rights complaint stemming from their handcuffing after they tried to ope...

Sep 28, 2022

Newfoundland and Labrador earmarks $30 million for Fiona relief fund

CHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L. - Justin Trudeau met Wednesday with some of the distraught residents of Port aux Basques, N.L., while getting a close look at yet another coastal town shattered on the w...

Sep 28, 2022

Iran terror designation up to national security agencies, not MPs, Liberals say

OTTAWA - The Liberals say it's up to national security agencies to decide whether Canada extends its terrorism list to include a branch of Iran's military. MPs passed a motion in 2018 to designate the...

Sep 28, 2022