Category Archives: Canada
Sociologist says pandemic may have made Canadian youth less empathetic, meaner
TORONTO - Increased time online during the pandemic may have made young Canadians meaner, a researcher said Wednesday, warning that declining empathy which emerged during isolation was now fostering i...
Apr 19, 2023
As Supreme Court readies decision, White House vows to keep defending abortion rights
WASHINGTON - The White House is vowing to continue to defend abortion rights in the United States, regardless of what the Supreme Court decides. The high court is expected to issue an interim decision...
Apr 19, 2023
Google ordered to pay $500,000 to Montrealer over links to post calling him pedophile
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has ordered Google to pay $500,000 to a Montreal man after the tech company restored a link to an online post falsely accusing him of being a pedophile. The ma...
Apr 19, 2023
Edmonton zoo employee 'doing well' following Burmese python bite
EDMONTON - A zoo employee is recovering after she was bitten by a Burmese python Tuesday morning. Debi Winwood, a spokesperson for Edmonton Valley Zoo, says the woman received immediate first aid from...
Apr 19, 2023
B.C. enacts regulation to ensure protection of Ozempic supply for diabetes patients
VICTORIA - British Columbia is bringing in a new regulation immediately to ensure diabetes patients don't face a shortage of the drug Ozempic, touted by celebrities for its weight loss side effects. H...
Apr 19, 2023
'Keira's Law' will strengthen laws surrounding domestic violence, advocates say
OTTAWA - Canadian lawmakers have passed a bill that includes a measure known as "Keira's law," which would ensure that judges receive education on domestic violence and coercive control in intimate pa...
Apr 19, 2023
Aid groups to testify on bill aiming to unblock humanitarian work in Afghanistan
OTTAWA - Humanitarian and development groups are expected to testify this afternoon as the House justice committee examines a bill that would amend the Criminal Code to allow aid workers to operate in...
Apr 19, 2023
Radio-Canada should get back to core mandate, says Conservative Quebec senator
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives' top Quebec Tory says the party's concerns about the CBC do not apply to the broadcaster's French-language wing, but one of its senators suggests there is a need to ...
Apr 19, 2023
Feds aim to lock in equalization formula until 2029 as part of omnibus budget motion
OTTAWA - The federal government is aiming to lock in the equalization formula for payments to provinces until 2029, as part of an omnibus motion in Parliament that seeks to implement budget measures. ...
Apr 19, 2023
Alberta's United Conservative government releases 'aspirational' plan on climate
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative Party government is releasing a plan that it hopes will take the province to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The plan, which describes itself as "aspiration...
Apr 19, 2023