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OTTAWA - An NDP MP has introduced a bill that would criminalize residential school denialism, saying it would help stop harm caused toward survivors, their families and communities. If the bill is pas...
Sep 26, 2024
OTTAWA - Less than 24 hours after the Conservatives lost their first attempt to topple the government the Tories are trying again. A new motion being debated this morning states that the House of Comm...
Sheldon Spackman Sep 26, 2024
OTTAWA - French President Emmanuel Macron is in Canada for a brief visit to Ottawa and Montreal. Macron arrived last night from New York and had an informal dinner at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's h...
Sep 26, 2024
TORONTO - A coalition of disability rights groups says it is launching a Charter challenge against a part of Canada's law on medical assistance in dying. The group, which also includes two individual ...
Sep 26, 2024
Canada has issued a joint statement with its allies calling for "an immediate 21-day ceasefire across the Lebanon-Israel border," citing an "unacceptable risk of a broader regional escalation." The st...
Sheldon Spackman Sep 26, 2024
A health-care advocacy group wants to know where British Columbia politicians stand on six key issues ahead of an election it says will decide the future of public health in the province. The BC Healt...
Sep 26, 2024
OTTAWA - Caroline Xavier, the chief of Canada's cyberspy agency, is slated to appear at a federal inquiry into foreign interference today. Xavier was appointed in 2022 to lead the Communications Secur...
Sep 26, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... B.C., N.B. leaders seem to agree on drug treatment As they both campaign for re-election, the premiers of Brit...
Sep 26, 2024
HAILEYBURY, Ont. - Cross-examination of the woman who accuses Jacob Hoggard of sexual assault is set to continue today in his northeastern Ontario trial. The complainant broke down in tears repeatedly...
Sep 26, 2024
British Columbia's high cost of living has made it a pivotal issue in the provincial election on Oct. 19. Here is a look at changes in components of the consumer price index in British Columbia since ...
Sep 26, 2024