Canada

Public safety minister grilled over quarantine hotel security after alleged assaults

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair is facing harsh questions over security under the federal quarantine program after reports of two incidents of alleged sexual assault. At a parliamentary com...

Mar 10, 2021

PMO knew existence of allegations against Vance, not specifics, in 2018: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his staff knew about the existence of an allegation of sexual misconduct by then-defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance in 2018, but that they only learned the s...

Mar 10, 2021

All adults in Yellowknife can join others in N.W.T. in getting COVID-19 vaccine

YELLOWKNIFE - All adults in Yellowknife can now book an appointment to receive their COVID-19 vaccine. Yellowknife is the last community in the Northwest Territories to make vaccinations available to ...

Mar 10, 2021

Pilot decision to fly to B.C. fish camp in poor weather cited by TSB in deadly crash

RICHMOND, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a decision to continue flying in poor weather to a remote British Columbia fishing lodge in July 2019 led to a float plane crash that ki...

Mar 10, 2021

Vaccination efforts stepped up but COVID-19 still a threat

TORONTO - Health authorities stepped up COVID-19 vaccination efforts on Wednesday amid a stubbornly consistent spread of new infections and related deaths. As a result, the Public Health Agency of Can...

Mar 10, 2021

Complaint over Alberta judge's comments about medical expert's accent moving ahead

CALGARY - A complaint over comments an Alberta judge made about a Nigerian-born medical examiner's accent is now before a member of the Canadian Judicial Council's conduct committee. Dr. Bamidele Adea...

Mar 10, 2021

COVID-19 lockdowns violate federal inmate rights, suit alleges

TORONTO - Federal prison authorities have repeatedly violated the rights of inmates with efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19, a civil lawsuit alleges. The unproven claim, filed in British Columbia ...

Greg Fry Mar 10, 2021

'Vast majority' of officers committed to bias-free policing: Alberta police chief

LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, CANADA - The chief of the Lethbridge Police Service says it will co-operate fully with a probe into officers who allegedly made unauthorized checks on a provincial cabinet ministe...

Mar 10, 2021

Jody Wilson-Raybould set to publish memoir of time in cabinet and SNC-Lavalin affair

OTTAWA - Former Liberal cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould is set to publish a political memoir that's promising to shed new light on her final controversial days in the Trudeau government. HarperC...

Mar 10, 2021

Ottawa won't set new deadline for providing clean water in First Nations communities

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Canada won't set a deadline for lifting all remaining long-term drinking water advisories in First Nations communities. Department officials say public health measures, co...

Mar 10, 2021