Canada

Ban federal use of facial-recognition tools, groups urge Trudeau government

OTTAWA - Dozens of groups and individuals working to protect privacy, human rights and civil liberties want the Trudeau government to ban the use of facial-recognition surveillance by federal law-enfo...

Jul 08, 2020

B.C. city in rare position to redefine policing amid calls for defunding

SURREY, B.C. - One of British Columbia's largest cities is in a unique position to redefine policing at a time when anti-racism advocates are calling for an overhaul. Surrey was in...

Jul 08, 2020

Peter MacKay takes heat for skipping Conservative leadership debates

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Peter MacKay is taking heat for skipping a pair of debates organized by grassroots party members. Riding associations in both the Greater Toronto Area and Br...

Jul 08, 2020

Montreal police to announce street checks policy after systemic bias report

Montreal police are to announce a new policy on street checks today, months after a damning independent report found evidence of systemic bias linked to race in who they decide to stop. Last...

Jul 08, 2020

Groups 'shocked' by minister's approach to inquiry into Nova Scotia mass murder

HALIFAX - A coalition of groups devoted to eliminating gender-based violence is urging Ottawa and Nova Scotia to refrain from using a restorative justice approach fo...

Jul 08, 2020

Liberals to detail preview of federal deficit, spending affected by COVID-19

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are to lay out today how they see the COVID-19 pandemic affecting government finances for the fiscal year including an estimated deficit and a projected path for the...

Jul 08, 2020

CFIA cancels imports of some puppies from Ukraine after dead dogs found on plane

TORONTO - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it will not allow commercial puppies under the age of eight months to be imported from Ukraine after dozens of dead or sick dogs were found on a...

Jul 07, 2020

Photos surface of Andrew Scheer failing to wear mask while travelling

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was spotted Tuesday in a Toronto airport lounge not wearing a mandatory mask. Two separate photos of the bare-faced party leader sitting comfortably in a wai...

Jul 07, 2020

Canadian airlines accused of ignoring COVID precautions, denying refunds

TORONTO - When Bobbi Jo Green booked a flight back in May for her, her husband, and her children to see two ailing family members, she was counting on the airline's physical distancing rules...

Jul 07, 2020

Promise of COVID-19 funds to support disabled Canadians remains in limbo

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise to provide a $600 payment to disabled Canadians to help with additional costs in the COVID-19 pandemic remains in limbo. The measure was contained in a...

Jul 07, 2020