Canada

Health Minister Patty Hajdu's remarks disappoint information commissioner

OTTAWA - The federal information ombudsman says she's disappointed by Health Minister Patty Hajdu's comments dismissing the need to bolster access to government records. Hajdu rebuffed a Conservative ...

Oct 23, 2020

Nunavut NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq takes two-month health leave

OTTAWA - Nunavut's lone MP says she's taking eight weeks away from work on advice from her doctor. Mumilaaq Qaqqaq says she's been dealing with unspecified health problems in the year since she was el...

Oct 23, 2020

Victim of Markham, Ont., homicide identified as Iranian-Canadian activist Mehdi Amin

TORONTO - An Iranian-Canadian human rights advocate found dead in his home north of Toronto this week was a kind, polite gentleman who never argued with anyone, friends of his said Friday as police as...

Oct 23, 2020

B.C. snap election coloured by pandemic recovery, candidate gaffes

VANCOUVER - Voters go to the polls Saturday to determine who will lead British Columbia through the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery, marking the end of a campaign unlike any in the province's recent hi...

Oct 23, 2020

Nunavut politicians vote to remove minister from cabinet over social media post

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's legislature members have voted former housing and Nunavut Arctic College minister Patterk Netser out of cabinet over a post he made on social media.Premier Joe Savikataaq ...

Oct 23, 2020

Companies warn Tory motion could deter domestic production of PPE

OTTAWA - Canadian companies that answered the government's call to produce ventilators and other desperately needed equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic say they're worried that opposition MPs are n...

Oct 23, 2020

For Mi'kmaq fishers, dreams of a peaceful harvest on N.S. waters repeatedly dashed

HALIFAX - Mi'kmaw fisherman Robert Syliboy says he dreams of peacefully trapping lobster off the shores of southwestern Nova Scotia. But the hopes of the 27-year-old from the Sipekne'katik First Natio...

Oct 23, 2020

Assembly of First Nations has 'lost confidence' in RCMP commissioner, says Bellegarde

OTTAWA - The head of the Assembly of First Nations says he is set to tell Prime Minister Justin Trudeau he has 'lost confidence' in RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki.National Chief Perry Bellegarde says ...

Oct 23, 2020

Ottawa police investigating hate-motivated graffiti incident at National War Memorial

OTTAWA - Police in Ottawa are investigating an incident of hate-motivated graffiti at the National War Memorial. The alleged incident happened last Friday night, when police say a man used a sharp obj...

Oct 23, 2020

Majority of international travellers since March deemed 'essential', avoid quarantine

OTTAWA - More than 4.6 million people have arrived in Canada since the border closed last March but less than one-quarter of them were ordered to quarantine - the rest were deemed "essential" and exem...

Oct 23, 2020