Canada

Lighting bridge in colours for anti-abortion group 'polarizing', Edmonton lawyers say

EDMONTON - Lawyers representing the City of Edmonton say the city decided not to light a bridge in colours requested by an anti-abortion group because it risked polarizing the community, a judge heard...

Nov 13, 2020

Federal fisheries minister concerned about size of Mi'kmaq fishery in Cape Breton bay

HALIFAX - The federal fisheries minister is raising concerns about the health of the lobster stock in Cape Breton in connection with an Indigenous self-regulated fishery underway in St. Peters Bay. Be...

Nov 13, 2020

Labour minister hails progress on pay equity but says it will take time to deliver

OTTAWA - The government is proposing to give federally regulated companies at least three years to develop plans to give their female employees equal pay for work of equal value. Companies that face a...

Nov 13, 2020

B.C. court dismisses hospice society's appeal in medically-assisted dying dispute

VANCOUVER - A hospice society in Delta, B.C., has lost another court attempt to reject membership based on their apparent views around medical assistance in dying. The B.C. Court of Appeal dismi...

Nov 13, 2020

PM warns premiers that feds don't have 'infinite' resources to assist COVID-19 fight

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is warning that the federal government could face "impossible decisions" if provinces don't take tougher action to stem the rapid spread of COVID-19. As several ...

Nov 13, 2020

Major police operation underway in Montreal's Mile End neighbourhood

MONTREAL - A major police operation was underway Friday in a neighbourhood north of downtown Montreal, near the offices of video-game maker Ubisoft. Police officers holding firearms could be seen out ...

Nov 13, 2020

N.L. report promotes alternative paths to justice for sexual assault survivors

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A new report from a women's group in St. John's says despite years of reforms, the Canadian justice system is failing sexual assault victims. It calls on advocates to put more resou...

Nov 13, 2020

More COVID-19 cases found in North; Nunavut shuts some schools, mandates masks

Another case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in western Nunavut to add to the territory's three other infections.It's prompted the chief public health officer to close the Kivalliq region's schools, ma...

Nov 13, 2020

Friday the 13th bikers descend on Port Dover, Ont., despite pleas to stay away

PORT DOVER, Ont. - The frequent roar of motorcycles drowned out warnings from politicians who had called on bikers to sit out their traditional Friday the 13th pilgrimage to this otherwise sleepy Lake...

Nov 13, 2020

Orchard Villa families detail conditions at facility before long-term care commission

Residents of a long-term care home hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic were crammed into overstuffed rooms and denied access to life-saving treatment because the facility was short on both staff and equ...

Nov 13, 2020