Canada

Advocates call for mental health help for jurors on anniversary of Stafford verdict

OTTAWA - Advocates fighting for better mental health and financial supports for Canadians who serve on juries say they are concerned about the stalled progress of a bill that would allow jurors to dis...

May 11, 2021

Montreal suburb backtracks on plan to charge for picnic table reservations

MONTREAL - A Montreal suburb is backtracking on a plan to charge members of the public to reserve picnic tables in two of its most popular parks. The city of Dorval issued a notice today saying it wil...

May 11, 2021

Flooding forces 700 people out of homes in Fort Simpson, N.W.T.

FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T. - About 700 residents have been forced from their homes in Fort Simpson, N.W.T., after the island community started to flood over the weekend due to the break up of ice on the Mac...

May 11, 2021

Feds invest $12B in Ontario public transit projects in GTHA

TORONTO - Ontario and the federal government have struck an agreement that will see Ottawa kick in $12 billion to help build several transit projects in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area over the ...

May 11, 2021

Charlottetown votes to add Indigenous figure next to Sir John A. Macdonald statue

CHARLOTTETOWN - The City of Charlottetown will add a representation of an Indigenous elder or child next to a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald to create a reminder of the darker side of the former prim...

May 11, 2021

Trudeau rejects Alberta cabinet minister accusation he wants COVID health disaster

EDMONTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rejecting an accusation from Alberta's justice minister that the federal government is part of a trio rooting for the province's health system to collapse d...

May 11, 2021

British Columbia to give workers three days of paid sick leave for COVID-19

VICTORIA - British Columbia will give all workers up to three days of paid sick leave to support those affected by COVID-19. Labour Minister Harry Bains introduced the legislation today, saying it wou...

May 11, 2021

Other provinces looking at Saskatchewan's plan to tie COVID-19 vaccines to reopening

CALGARY - Neighbouring provinces are eyeing Saskatchewan's plan to ease COVID-19 restrictions in tandem with vaccination rates, but experts are warning the approach could lead some to a false sense of...

May 11, 2021

Alberta government knew bighorn sheep contaminated with coal mine selenium: scientist

EDMONTON - Alberta's environment department has known for years that toxins from old coal mines are contaminating populations of the province's official animal, the bighorn sheep. Jeff Kneteman, a now...

May 11, 2021

Watchdog worries federal benefit for parents of missing, murdered kids going unused

OTTAWA - The federal ombudsman for victims of crime says she remains concerned that financial aid for parents of murdered or missing children remains largely unused despite new and proposed changes to...

May 11, 2021