Category Archives: Social
RCMP will be able to participate in Clare’s Law in Alberta, Saskatchewan: Ottawa
OTTAWA — The federal government says RCMP in two Prairie provinces will be able to participate in a measure aimed at preventing people from becoming victims of domestic violence. Clare's Law comes into effect Thursday in Alberta and is already in
Quebecers to hold events ahead of Easter holiday to honour female victims of violence
MONTREAL — Several events are taking place across Quebec ahead of the Easter holiday to honour the memories of the women who have recently died in the province from domestic assault. The association of Quebec bishops, Assemblee des eveques catholiques ...
Quebec politicians denounce rise in online hate as Ottawa prepares to act
MONTREAL — Death threats over an animal control plan, personal insults over stop signs, social media attacks targeting spouses — these are examples of what politicians in Quebec say has become an increasingly difficult reality of their jobs during COVI...
Better guidance – not shaming – needed around outdoor COVID-19 risk, experts say
Images of friends sitting spaced out on a backyard patio table, or chatting on opposite ends of a park bench are part of a new COVID-19 ad campaign from Britain's National Health Service. The message? If you're going to socialize,
Ottawa to extend eligibility criteria for Yazidi refugees: Mendicino
OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says his department will adopt a new policy to help more Yazidis and other survivors of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant reunite with their families in Canada. Mendicino says the new policy
Ottawa to extend eligibility criteria for Yazidi refugees: Mendicino
Ottawa is adopting a new policy to help more Yazidis and other survivors of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant reunite with their families in Canada, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said Tuesday.Mendicino said it will allow more Yazidi
Alberta brings in Clare’s Law allowing access to intimate partner’s criminal records
EDMONTON — Alberta is the second province to bring in a law that could help people at risk of domestic violence learn about their intimate partner's criminal record. The legislation, which is informally known as Clare's Law, comes into effect Thursday....
Alberta brings in Clare’s Law to allow access to intimate partner’s violent history
EDMONTON — Alberta is the second province to bring in a law that could help people at risk of domestic violence learn about their intimate partner's past. The legislation, which is informally known as Clare's Law, is to come into effect
Liberals should drive daycare improvements, not redo system, report says
OTTAWA — A new report is urging the Trudeau Liberals to embrace "aggressive incrementalism" on their promised path toward a national child-care system, arguing the government should quickly build on what's already there rather than push wholesale chang...
‘It’s beyond appalling:’ LTC residents beg for release from COVID-19 confinement
TORONTO — Residents of Ontario's long-term care homes begged on Tuesday to be allowed outside, saying anti-pandemic restrictions that have confined them indoors for more than a year make no sense given almost all have now been vaccinated. Some compared...
