Canada

B.C. overdose prevention sites should be template for others: report

VANCOUVER - It was a day Heather Hobbs recalls vividly: the staff at AIDS Vancouver Island had pulled another overdose victim from the washroom, his body was blue from a lack of oxygen. The ...

Apr 14, 2019

B.C. fire chief says 911 dispatch system change in B.C. risks patient safety

VANCOUVER - Patient safety is at risk in British Columbia because of changes to the 911 dispatch system, says a fire chief who has instructed city staff to ask for an ambulance during medical eme...

Apr 14, 2019

'People need to know:' Notley urges Albertans to look at risks with Kenney

CALGARY - With the Alberta election campaign in its final days, NDP Leader Rachel Notley launched another attack on the integrity of the United Conservative's Jason Kenney at a raucous rally...

Apr 13, 2019

Chief hopes Senate committee sees link between resource development, violence

WINNIPEG - The chief of a Manitoba First Nation says he hopes a Senate committee will seriously listen to how resource development is linked to allegations of physical and sexual violence in his commu...

Apr 13, 2019

Bystander stops suspect who appears in video to set car on fire with fuel

EDMONTON - A burly, bearded man wearing a Hawaiian shirt is being praised for chasing and tackling a person who, in a video, appeared to douse a vehicle with gasoline and set it on fire in Edmont...

Apr 13, 2019

Canadians divided on banning handguns, assault-style firearms: consultation

OTTAWA - Canadians have wildly diverging views on banning handguns and assault-style firearms, says a newly released summary of federal consultations. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau aske...

Apr 13, 2019

Ontario tightens purse strings, Tories don't plan to balance books until 2023-24

TORONTO - Ontario's books won't be balanced within the Progressive Conservatives' mandate, but the government's first budget serves up an era of gradual belt-tightening with a side of booze. The Torie...

Apr 13, 2019

NDP MP urges Goodale to get RCMP to investigate coerced sterilizations

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale should use all "legitimate tools" at his disposal to ensure the RCMP investigates women's allegations of forced or coerced sterilizations, ...

Apr 13, 2019

Civil rights and legal orgs urge Trudeau to drop asylum-eligibility changes

OTTAWA - A group of civil-society and legal organizations is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to withdraw changes to asylum laws included in a Liberal budget bill tabled this week, calling th...

Apr 13, 2019

Feds' plan for neonicotinoids makes little sense, environment groups say

OTTAWA - Environment groups are calling out Canada's approach to assessing pesticides after seven years of reviews led Health Canada to simultaneously decide to allow certain popular&nb...

Apr 13, 2019