Category Archives: Canada
Bill to update impact assessment law coming in spring: Wilkinson
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the government will have legislation ready by the spring to fix the constitutional problems the Supreme Court has with the federal Impact As...
Feb 1, 2024
In the news today: CSIS boss to talk foreign interference, BC rain to ease by Friday
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Interference inquiry to hear from CSIS director A commission of inquiry into fo...
Feb 1, 2024
B.C. to apologize to Doukhobor religious group, forcibly taken from parents in 1950s
CASTLEGAR, B.C. - British Columbia's attorney general is set to formally apologize to members of the Doukhobor religious group who were forcibly taken from their parents more than 70 years ago. Niki S...
Feb 1, 2024
Law expert concerned about vulnerable children, politicking in Alberta pronoun policy
CALGARY - A professor who specializes in the law and children's rights says policy changes affecting transgender Albertans are concerning. The changes include requiring parental consent for students 1...
Feb 1, 2024
CSIS director to testify about transparency at foreign interference inquiry
OTTAWA - A commission of inquiry into foreign interference will hear from national security officials today as it looks for ways to be transparent about a highly sensitive subject. David Vigneault, di...
Feb 1, 2024
Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes in schools
Premier Danielle Smith has announced a raft of changes affecting transgender Albertans, including requiring parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at sch...
Jan 31, 2024
A list of Alberta's new policies on gender and sexuality
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has posted a video to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, announcing several new policies and guidelines dealing with gender and sexuality. Here is a l...
Jan 31, 2024
CP NewsAlert: Jury, coroner make recommendations in Saskatchewan mass killing inquest
MELFORT, Sask. - The jury at a coroner's inquest into a mass stabbing on a Saskatchewan First Nation has made 14 recommendations. They suggest improvements to locate offenders who are unlawfully at la...
Jan 31, 2024
Ottawa pledges $362 million to provinces, cities to temporarily house asylum seekers
OTTAWA - The federal government is pledging an additional $362 million to help provinces and cities temporarily house asylum seekers. Immigration Minister Mark Miller announced the top-up to the feder...
Jan 31, 2024
Investigators recover voice recorder, talk to lone survivor of N.W.T. plane crash
EDMONTON - Investigators probing a plane crash that killed six people in the Northwest Territories have recovered the cockpit voice recorder and talked to the lone survivor. Jon Lee, western regional ...
Jan 31, 2024