Canada

B.C. safety agency issues worker hazard warnings for flooding cleanup

VICTORIA - British Columbia's worker protection agency says employers and employees should be aware of the hazards at job sites as the massive repair and recovery work begins after a series of torrent...

Dec 7, 2021

Military's former head of human resources charged with sexual assault, indecent acts

OTTAWA - Military police say they have charged the former head of human resources for the Canadian Armed Forces with one count of sexual assault. The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service say...

Dec 7, 2021

Liberals raise doubts of high number of vaccine exemptions among Conservatives ranks

OTTAWA - Government House leader Mark Holland is questioning the relatively high number of medical exemptions among the Conservative ranks preventing them from being vaccinated against COVID-19. On Mo...

Dec 7, 2021

African community group says Canada's new travel rules are an example of racism

EDMONTON - The president of the African Community Association of Calgary says its members feel hurt and believe it's important for the federal government to address what they say is subtle racism behi...

Dec 7, 2021

Liberals table bill that would repeal mandatory minimums for some drug, gun crimes

OTTAWA - The federal government introduced a bill in the House of Commons on Tuesday that would repeal mandatory minimum penalties for drug offences and some gun-related crimes. It would allow a judge...

Dec 7, 2021

Quebec liquor warehouse workers overwhelmingly reject deal for new contract

MONTREAL - Warehouse workers with Quebec's liquor corporation have rejected a tentative agreement reached between their union negotiators and the Crown corporation. Union leaders had recommended accep...

Dec 7, 2021

Indigenous delegation to Vatican has been postponed: AFN national chief

OTTAWA - Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald says an upcoming Indigenous delegation to the Vatican has been postponed. She made the announcement to a virtual gathering of chief...

Dec 7, 2021

Chinese envoy urges Canada to approve Huawei for 5G, says concerns are U.S. ploy

OTTAWA - Chinese Ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu is calling on the federal government to ignore "invented" warnings from the U.S. about the threat posed by Chinese telecom giant Huawei. Canada remains...

Dec 7, 2021

Provincial police make arrest in death of 80-year-old Quebec woman east of Montreal

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say a suspect will appear in court today in the killing of an 80-year-old woman last week in a town east of Montreal. Jeannine Perron-Ruel was found outside her hom...

Dec 7, 2021

Retreating glaciers are creating new salmon habitat, B.C. study shows

The retreat of glaciers in the Pacific mountains of British Columbia and Alaska could produce thousands of kilometres of potential new salmon habitat, a study led by researchers at Simon Fraser Univer...

Dec 7, 2021