Category Archives: Canada
Survey finds scientists feel interference in research has lessened but still occurs
A survey of hundreds of scientists has found nearly one in 10 say they have experienced political or workplace pressure to alter their findings. The survey in a newly published research paper says the...
Nov 30, 2023
Create national breast-implant registry to help prevent complications: committee
OTTAWA - The House of Commons health committee is echoing long-standing calls from plastic surgeons and patient advocates for a national breast-implant registry to prevent illness and problems linked ...
Nov 30, 2023
Time to table online harms bill, experts, advocates, researchers say in open letter
OTTAWA - An open letter from experts the government convened last year to provide advice on legislating against online harms is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to table legislation. The letter pu...
Nov 30, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Claims of toxic workplace at CSIS absolutely 'devastating': PM says
AJAX, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says allegations of a toxic workplace culture, involving harassment and sexual assault at Canada's spy agency are "devastating" and "absolutely unacceptable....
Nov 30, 2023
Chiefs of Ontario asks for judicial review of carbon price regime
TORONTO - First Nations leaders in Ontario are asking a court to review what they call Canada's "discriminatory" carbon price system. A group representing more than 130 First Nations in the province h...
Nov 30, 2023
Conservative critic draws criticism after she asks heritage minister to speak English
OTTAWA - A Conservative critic is drawing criticism after she asked federal Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge to answer a question in English during a parliamentary committee meeting. Heritage critic ...
Nov 30, 2023
Ottawa taking legal action to recoup anti-racism funds from Laith Marouf: bureaucrat
OTTAWA - The deputy minister for Canadian Heritage says her department has taken legal action in order to recoup funds it doled out to a consultant accused of antisemitism. The federal government term...
Nov 30, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Moe says Saskatchewan to stop collecting carbon levy for electric heat
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the province is to stop collecting the carbon levy on electric heat starting Jan. 1. He says many people in northern Saskatchewan use electricity to heat t...
Nov 30, 2023
A 'predator' at CSIS: Officers allege rape, harassment and a toxic workplace culture
VANCOUVER - A rookie surveillance officer with Canada's spy agency and another officer decades her senior were tracking a person in British Columbia in the summer of 2019 when they lost sight of their...
Nov 30, 2023
CSIS whistleblowers faced hurdles seeking justice and telling their stories
VANCOUVER - Canadian Security Intelligence Service employees who say the agency's British Columbia office is a toxic workplace have faced a series of hurdles in speaking out - including a law against ...
Nov 30, 2023