Canada

In the news today: Ottawa adds $36 million to vaccine fund

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Ottawa adds $36M to vaccine injury fund The federal government is putting anoth...

Apr 24, 2024

LGBTQ+ rallies to be held across Canada, billed as largest since marriage equality

Organizations across the country are gearing up for what they describe as the largest LGBTQ+ mobilization since the push for marriage equality. Fae Johnstone, president of the Society of Queer Momentu...

Apr 24, 2024

Ottawa injects another $36M into vaccine injury compensation fund

OTTAWA - The federal government has added $36.4 million to a program designed to support people who have been seriously injured or killed by vaccines since the end of 2020. The program was announced s...

Apr 24, 2024

Poll suggests half of Canadians have negative opinion of latest Liberal budget

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests the Liberals have not won over voters with their latest budget, though there is broad support for their plan to build millions of homes. Just shy of half the respondents t...

Sheldon Spackman Apr 24, 2024

Canadians should expect politicians to support right to bail, Virani's office says

OTTAWA - The office of Canada's justice minister says the public should expect politicians to support their right to bail and to be presumed innocent - warning that "immediate" and "uninformed reactio...

Apr 24, 2024

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis - a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Man...

Apr 23, 2024

Saskatchewan MP won't run again, cites Tory decision to disallow open nomination race

OTTAWA - A Conservative member of Parliament says he isn't seeking re-election because his party is not allowing an open nomination in a new riding. Gary Vidal cites the party's response to changing e...

Apr 23, 2024

Zameer acquittal demonstrates why politicians should keep quiet on bail, lawyer says

OTTAWA - A leading voice for criminal lawyers in Canada says police and political leaders need to learn the consequences of weighing in on bail decisions. And Boris Bytensky, president of the Criminal...

Apr 23, 2024

B.C. places online harms bill on hold after agreement with Meta, X, TikTok, Snapchat

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is putting its proposed online harms legislation on hold after reaching an agreement with some of the largest social media platforms to make people safer onl...

Apr 23, 2024

Plastic treaty talks in Ottawa get underway with pleas for high ambition, flexibility

OTTAWA - The Ecuadorean diplomat tasked with shepherding the fourth round of talks for a global plastic treaty in Ottawa this week says the world cannot wait much longer for governments to get it righ...

Apr 23, 2024