Category Archives: National
Rights group threatens lawsuit to force New Brunswick to make abortion accessible
FREDERICTON — A civil rights group is threatening New Brunswick's government with a lawsuit to force the province to repeal its abortion-related legislation and to make the procedure more widely available. New Brunswick denies women, girls, and t...
Quebec’s stabilizing rate of COVID-19 cases a cause for ‘restrained optimism’: expert
MONTREAL — Two weeks after Quebec imposed a partial lockdown on its two biggest cities, the number of new, daily COVID-19 infections reported by health authorities has stabilized. The fact the daily case numbers haven't continued to rise is "just...
Ex-senator Don Meredith’s staff to be compensated $498K for harassment, abuse
OTTAWA — The Senate of Canada will pay nearly half a million dollars in compensation to nine employees of disgraced former senator Don Meredith who say they suffered abuse, including sexual harassment, on the job. The decision revealed Wednesday to awa...
In a fraught U.S. election year, efforts to retool electoral college gain traction
WASHINGTON, Wash. — Daylong lineups, pernicious warnings of voter fraud, civil unrest, intimidation and catching a deadly virus: casting a ballot in the United States this year is a stressful and risky endeavour. For most voters, then, the uniquely Ame...
Horgan says he misspoke at debate about white privilege, regrets alienating people
VANCOUVER — NDP Leader John Horgan says he regrets making hurtful comments in answering a question about white privilege during the leaders debate in the B.C. election, while Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson acknowledged the advantages he has because he...
‘Wake-up call:’ Manitoba chief says increasing COVID-19 cases on reserves concerning
WINNIPEG — A COVID-19 outbreak at a fly-in reserve in Manitoba and increasing infections in First Nations populations in the province has leaders worried. “It's a wake-up call for all of us,” said Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Arlen Dum...
Salma Lakhani: Alberta’s 19th lieutenant-governor also ‘happens to be Muslim’
EDMONTON — Salma Lakhani may be the first Muslim and South Asian lieutenant-governor in Canada, but that’s not what she wants to be known for. Alberta's 19th lieutenant-governor says she wants to use her role as a representative of the Queen
Supreme Court stays charges against Alberta man over delay in bail hearing
OTTAWA — An Alberta man accused of domestic violence will not face trial after the Supreme Court of Canada found he experienced undue delay in seeing a judge after his arrest. Following a hearing Tuesday, the high court unanimously allowed Ryan
Mi’kmaq students in Quebec asked not to return to New Brunswick school
A Mi’kmaq First Nation in Quebec is questioning why its students are no longer able to enter New Brunswick to go to school. About 100 students from the Listuguj First Nation cross a bridge into Campbellton, N.B., each weekday to
New law needed to allow safe byelections in COVID-19 pandemic: Greens’ Annamie Paul
OTTAWA — Green party Leader Annamie Paul is calling on the government to pass legislation proposed by Elections Canada on holding safe balloting before carrying on with byelections in two Toronto ridings. Paul said in a statement Tuesday the federal go...
