Canada

Supreme Court of Canada sides with women in RCMP pension dispute

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says women who took part in the RCMP's job-sharing program while raising young children were unfairly denied the chance to bolster their pensions. In a decision to...

Oct 16, 2020

Nova Scotia calls for action and military justice challenge: In The News for Oct. 16

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 16 ...What we are watching in Canada ...N...

Oct 16, 2020

Courts martial in limbo as Canada's military justice system faces new challenge

OTTAWA - A court martial involving a Canadian Armed Forces officer accused of sexual assault is one of several trials in limbo over another challenge to the constitutionality of the military justice s...

Oct 16, 2020

Marathon committee meetings as Liberals continue filibusters over WE documents

OTTAWA - Two House of Commons committee meetings dragged on for hours Thursday, with no end in sight, as Liberal MPs continued to filibuster opposition efforts to reopen their investigations into the ...

Oct 15, 2020

Toronto cops ID dead man as likely killer of Christine Jessop, 9, in 1984, via DNA

TORONTO - A man who died five years ago was the likely killer of a nine-year-old girl in a 1984 murder that sparked widespread revulsion and led to a notorious wrongful conviction, Toronto police said...

Oct 15, 2020

Tougher COVID-19 restrictions coming to Winnipeg as Manitoba cases climb

Tougher restrictions are coming to Winnipeg as Manitoba's COVID-19 caseload ticks upward, while Ontario's premier is urging gym enthusiasts in hard-hit regions not to venture elsewhere to work out.&nb...

Oct 15, 2020

Feds fund small nuclear reactor ahead of national strategy to adopt more of them

OTTAWA - An Ontario nuclear power company is getting $20 million from Ottawa to try to get its new reactor in line with Canada's safety regulations. Terrestrial Energy in Oakville, Ont., is one of abo...

Oct 15, 2020

Govts, companies shifted COVID risk management responsibility to individuals: study

TORONTO - A new Canadian study has found that over the first five months of 2020, government and corporate approaches to COVID-19 went from taking decisive, collective action against the pandemic to e...

Oct 15, 2020

Feds can use spending power to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care: Miller

OTTAWA - The federal government is ready to use its financial leverage over the health system to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says. He says tha...

Oct 15, 2020

Online hate, racist hiring practices among targets of $15M federal anti-racism funds

OTTAWA - At least a dozen new projects to go after online hate are being funded through Ottawa's anti-racism strategy today. Diversity Minister Bardish Chagger says 85 projects are getting money throu...

Oct 15, 2020