Category Archives: National
Cut police, build affordable housing instead, says B.C. human rights commissioner
VICTORIA — The all-party committee tasked with reviewing British Columbia's Police Act should consider deploying fewer police officers and using the money saved to build affordable housing, says the province's human rights commissioner. The fight again...
Senators demand race-based data on who requests, receives MAID in Canada
OTTAWA — Senators want the federal government to collect race-based data on who requests and receives medical assistance in dying in Canada. They approved Thursday an amendment to Bill C-7 requiring the government to collect such data. The bill would e...
Canadian blueberries pose no peril to American producers, U.S. trade commission says
WASHINGTON — The panel that evaluates international trade disputes in the United States has squashed a complaint about Canadian blueberries. Recent spikes in blueberry imports from countries including Canada, Mexico, Peru and Chile pose no threat to A...
Ottawa to define “prior consent” through dialogue with First Nations: Lametti
Ottawa can build a shared understanding of free, prior and informed consent with First Nations, Métis and Inuit into a new law to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Justice Minister David Lametti said Thursday...
Deliveries of COVID-19 vaccine doses to Canada set to more than quadruple next week
OTTAWA — A month-long slowdown in Canada's COVID-19 vaccine deliveries should end next week, with the single biggest shipment of vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech to date and almost two million doses expected in the next month. "We're approaching somet...
British Columbia seeks exemption from Ottawa on decriminalization as OD deaths soar
VANCOUVER — British Columbia is asking for a federal exemption to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use after more people died from overdoses in 2020 than any other year. Sheila Malcolmson, minister of mental health a...
Feds roll out promised funding for LGBTQ groups to 76 organizations
OTTAWA — Seventy-six LGBTQ projects in Canada have received $15 million in federal money.The money follows up on a promise in the 2019 federal budget to set up a fund to encourage and support the development of LGBTQ organizations.Programs across
Montreal mayor, police chief announce new anti-gun squad, following rise in violence
Montreal's police chief announced a new investigations unit on Thursday that will target weapon traffickers, following a rise in gun-related crime across parts of the city and the recent shooting death of a 15-year-old. Chief Sylvain Caron told reporte...
O’Toole pledges detailed Tory climate plan will meet goals faster than Liberals
OTTAWA — The Conservative election platform will contain a climate-change plan that could cut greenhouse-gas emissions faster than the Liberals' plan will, party leader Erin O'Toole said Thursday.O'Toole told a virtual audience of the Greater Vancouver...
Uncertainty surrounds election delay in Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador is entering uncharted legal territory as the province's chief electoral officer has called for Saturday's provincial election to be delayed in 18 ridings because of a sudden COVID-19 surge. Some key facts an...
