Canada

Transport Canada's dangerous-goods registry has outdated, missing data: audit

OTTAWA - Transport Canada isn't always following up when it finds safety violations in the movement of dangerous goods and still doesn't have the full picture of the companies and locations it is supp...

Oct 27, 2020

Top public servant offers to explain redactions to WE Charity documents

OTTAWA - The country's top public servant is offering to testify about controversial redactions to some 5,000 pages of documents the government released on the WE Charity affair. Ian Shugart, clerk of...

Oct 27, 2020

Canadians support professor's use of offensive language, in context: poll

OTTAWA - A new survey suggests Canadians are broadly supportive of freedom of speech on university campuses, at all costs. The poll comes as debate continues over a case at the University of Ottawa in...

Oct 27, 2020

'Not RCMP investigating RCMP:' Bill to create civilian police oversight in Nunavut

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is not closing the door on having its own police oversight body and new legislation would allow it to start hiring civilian investigative groups, says the territory's deputy...

Oct 27, 2020

Deaf blind woman's rights breached by how student loan administered: court

TORONTO - An Ontario court has ruled that the provincial and federal governments must operate their student loan program in a way that ensures those with disabilities who take longer to complete their...

Oct 27, 2020

Corrections watchdog urges moratorium on doctor-assisted deaths in Canadian prisons

OTTAWA - Canada's prison ombudsman says Ottawa must put a moratorium on allowing medical assistance in dying inside federal correctional institutions, no matter the circumstances.Federal correctional ...

Oct 27, 2020

Trudeau says pandemic 'really sucks,' and that Christmas gatherings are up in the air

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the global COVID-19 pandemic "really sucks," and could jeopardize large gatherings with friends and family over Christmas on the heels of a toned-down Thank...

Oct 27, 2020

Mi'kmaq band finds buyer for portion of lobster catch after alleged blacklisting

HALIFAX - A First Nation in Nova Scotia that was struggling to sell its lobster amid tensions over its self-regulated fishery says it has managed to find a buyer for a portion of its catch. Chief Mike...

Oct 27, 2020

Feds split rapid-housing cash between big cities, offer up rest for projects

OTTAWA - Fifteen cities will share $500 million in federal funding so they can buy properties being sold because of the COVID-19 pandemic and use them to help keep people from becoming homeless. Canad...

Oct 27, 2020

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 11:50 a.m. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada's COVID Alert app is up to 4.8 million downloads. But, he says, Canada is n...

Oct 27, 2020