Canada

Debate over assisted dying bill extended as clock ticks down on court deadline

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to amend a government bill on assisted dying to better protect Canadians with disabilities. But Trudeau says he thinks...

Dec 02, 2020

'I saw what I saw,' Indigenous Services minister on truck door arrest in Nunavut

IQALUIT - Federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller gave a short response when asked about an investigation that found an RCMP officer did not intentionally hit a young Inuk man with his truck ...

Dec 02, 2020

RCMP must take 'drastic actions' to restore confidence: former Supreme Court justice

OTTAWA - The author of a report that found a toxic, misogynistic culture in the RCMP says the police force must take some "drastic actions" right away to restore confidence. Former Supreme Court justi...

Dec 02, 2020

Saskatchewan government apologizes for photo of same-sex couple on World AIDS Day

REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is apologizing for using a photo of two men to promote World AIDS Day. The government posted the picture showing the men standing side by side with their heads tou...

Dec 02, 2020

Nunavut judges disagree on how to sentence offenders during pandemic

IQALUIT - Three Nunavut judges, including the territory's chief justice, are at odds over whether harsher prison conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic should be considered in sentencing. One of t...

Dec 02, 2020

Days after economic update, Liberals introduce bill for new COVID-19 spending

OTTAWA - The Liberals have officially started the clock toward a key vote that will determine the fate of billions of dollars in new pandemic-related aid - and the minority government. The federal gov...

Greg Fry Dec 02, 2020

Health Canada to make decision on Pfizer vaccine approval soon, feds say

Canada is drawing closer to making a decision on a leading COVID-19 vaccine candidate, Health Minister Patty Hajdu said Wednesday as the federal government continued to face pressure to deliver on dos...

Dec 02, 2020

Bullet holes from 2014 attack on Parliament Hill to be left untouched in renovations

OTTAWA - The civil servant leading the most extensive renovations on Centre Block in more than a century says the repairs will not erase the scars from the 2014 attack on Parliament Hill.That includes...

Dec 02, 2020

Vaccine priority list must be refined to match available doses: Tam

OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says the priority list of people who will get vaccinated first against COVID-19 has to be refined because the initial six million doses won't be enough to...

Dec 02, 2020

Human activities, shipping, fishing, polluting, links to killer whale deaths: study

VICTORIA - A long-running study of more than 50 dead killer whales in the Pacific Ocean concludes human activities pose deadly threats to the orcas. Killer whale deaths from Alaska to British Columbia...

Dec 02, 2020