Category Archives: National
Lottery corp.’s anti-money laundering chief tells inquiry about his police concerns
VANCOUVER — A former police officer who heads the British Columbia Lottery Corporation's anti-money laundering programs says he was concerned and surprised about the response from police agencies over his reports of illegal money in casinos. Daryl Tott...
Bill 21 supporters testify that religious symbols send wrong message to kids
MONTREAL — Supporters of Quebec’s secularism law testified in court today that religious symbols have no place in schools. Nadia El-Mabrouk, a computer science professor at Universite de Montreal, told the court that when a teacher wears a religi...
Bill 21 supporters testify that religious symbols send wrong message to kids
MONTREAL — Students require a neutral environment in which to learn and one where equality between men and women is put first, parents supporting Quebec’s secularism law testified in court Tuesday. Nadia El-Mabrouk, a computer science professor at Univ...
Singh says government must move to counter hate groups, which have tripled since 2015
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the Liberal government must do more to tackle the growing threat of hate groups. The past five years have seen a proliferation of neo-Nazi groups and online content from the so-called alt-right, a white
Trump likely ‘taking names’ on Biden congrats after Trudeau outreach: expert
OTTAWA — The current president of the United States has warranted nary a mention from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau since Democrat Joe Biden became president-elect on Saturday. While that might be setting Trudeau and Canada up for some retaliatory pain...
Trudeau ‘deeply disappointed’ by Liberal MP’s employing her sister in riding office
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is "deeply disappointed" by how Toronto MP Yasmin Ratansi handled her office. Ratansi said Monday she's leaving the Liberal caucus after admitting she employed a relative at her constituency office. ...
Ahead of federal spending update, cities make plea to Liberals for more housing cash
OTTAWA — The mayors of Canada's biggest cities are asking the federal government to add billions in extra spending on poverty-reduction measures to stamp out homelessness in their communities as part of an economic recovery from COVID-19. The gro...
Feds commit $61 million to help Indigenous communities in Manitoba fight COVID-19
Ottawa will immediately provide more than $61 million to help Indigenous communities in Manitoba fight the COVID-19 pandemic, a move that Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said was prompted by the province's alarming rise in cases. "When we see ...
Legion, other veterans groups to get $20M to weather COVID-19
OTTAWA — On the eve of Remembrance Day, the Trudeau government tossed a bone to the Royal Canadian Legion and other veterans' groups battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, promising millions in emergency funding to help them keep their doors open. Yet
Georgia’s Senate runoffs, Trump’s intransigence keep U.S. political suspense going
WASHINGTON, D.C. — There's good news in Georgia for anyone still craving high-stakes U.S. election suspense following Joe Biden's presidential win. Control of the Senate remains up for grabs: Republican incumbents Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue ...
