Canada

UN experts alarmed by trend toward assisted dying for non-terminal conditions

OTTAWA - United Nations human rights experts are alarmed by what they see as a growing trend to enact legislation allowing medical assistance in dying for people suffering from non-terminal, disabling...

Jan 27, 2021

Three people expected to be arraigned for alleged ammunition transfer to N.S. shooter

HALIFAX - Three people who allegedly supplied ammunition to the gunman who murdered 22 people in the April 18-19 mass shooting in Nova Scotia are scheduled for court hearings today.RCMP have charged L...

Jan 27, 2021

Calculated risk or gamble: Experts differ on merits of Quebec's vaccine strategy

MONTREAL - Quebec's director of national health said he's still not sure when the province will begin administering COVID-19 booster shots - 43 days since officials started injecting people with the P...

Jan 27, 2021

Union boss wants meat-plant workers on early COVID-19 vaccine list

CALGARY - The president of a union representing employees at some of the largest meat-packing plants in the country says there needs to be a discussion about making the COVID-19 vaccine more readily a...

Jan 27, 2021

Easing rules for parental benefits created inequities among parents, documents say

OTTAWA - Newly released documents show federal officials have been aware since the fall that some new parents might be receiving a smaller amount of money than they would have if not for a change in t...

Jan 27, 2021

UN survey uses Angry Birds to reveal Canadian, global opinions on climate policies

Canadians are "Angry Birds" when it comes to climate change, shows a survey the United Nations calls the largest ever taken on the issue. The mammoth survey, which drew respondents through the use of ...

Jan 26, 2021

Northwest Territories RCMP warn of noxious substances found in drug seizure

Police in the Northwest Territories are warning people not to use illicit drugs after two noxious substances were found in drugs seized in Yellowknife.RCMP say they seized crack cocaine, powder cocain...

Jan 26, 2021

Canadian Press NewsAlert: No charges in RCMP shooting of N.B. man Rodney Levi

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Public Prosecutions Service has concluded no charges will be filed against police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Rodney Levi last year. The prosecutions servi...

Jan 26, 2021

Bloc leader doubles down on remarks about Transport Minister Omar Alghabra

OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet is standing by comments he made about Transport Minister Omar Alghabra earlier this month that sparked criticism he was trying to tar the new cabinet...

Jan 26, 2021

Couple accused of flying to Yukon for vaccine 'despicable': B.C. minister

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's public safety minister says a Vancouver couple accused of flying to Yukon to get a COVID-19 vaccine is one of the most "despicable" things he's heard in a long time. Mik...

Jan 26, 2021