Canada

Trudeau tours B.C. flood devastation, announces joint cabinet committee to address disaster

VANCOUVER - The federal and B.C. governments have created a joint committee of cabinet ministers to deal with the devastation caused by recent flooding, while also promising to match donations given t...

Nov 27, 2021

Media experts agree action is needed, but urge caution on how streaming is regulated

OTTAWA - The Liberals have promised to quickly reintroduce legislation aimed at reforming the Broadcasting Act, which has media experts cautioning the government against bringing newer media platforms...

James Peters Nov 27, 2021

Police make second arrest in fatal stabbing of Montreal teen outside school

Montreal police say they've arrested a second person in the stabbing death of 16-year-old Jannai Dopwell-Bailey. The suspect, identified by police as Andrei Donet, 18, appeared in court today on sever...

Nov 26, 2021

Bullets flew past work stations at RCMP detachment in B.C.: senior officer

VANDERHOOF, B.C. - A senior RCMP officer says Mounties and office staff dived for cover on Thursday in Vanderhoof, B.C., as bullets smashed through their detachment office windows. Chief Supt. Warren ...

Nov 26, 2021

Gen. Wayne Eyre felt need to respond to predecessor's letter to senior officers

OTTAWA - Canada's newly minted chief of the defence staff says he felt he needed to speak up and remind senior military officers who they work for after his predecessor sent them a letter arguing to g...

Nov 26, 2021

Indigenous leaders denounce Quebec Premier Legault as 'paternalistic,' 'arrogant'

MONTREAL - Quebec Indigenous leaders are denouncing Premier Franois Legault for his decision not to meet with them during a two-day event called the Grand Economic Circle of Indigenous People and Queb...

Nov 26, 2021

Quebec adopts new bill setting stage new special court for sexual assault victims

Quebec's legislature unanimously adopted a bill Thursday creating a specialized tribunal for cases of sexual violence and domestic assault. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette has said the specializ...

Nov 26, 2021

CSIS efforts to derail threats to 2019 election sometimes skirted law: watchdog

OTTAWA - The national spy watchdog says Canada's intelligence service sometimes strayed from the law when trying to disrupt threats from hostile foreign states in the 2019 election. In a new report, t...

Nov 26, 2021

Wilkinson says aid program to cut methane emissions will be reconsidered

OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says a pandemic aid program to help oil and gas companies cut their methane emissions will be revisited now that the industry is back on its feet...

Nov 26, 2021

In one bill, Liberals push sick leave and crack down on health-care worker harassment

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals have introduced a two-for-one piece of legislation that would provide sick leave to some workers, and bring the law down on anyone harassing health-care employees. The bi...

Nov 26, 2021