Category Archives: Canada
Pressure on Quebec to do away with time limits for filing sex-assault complaints
QUEBEC - Pressure is mounting on Quebec to do away with time limits on people being able to file complaints of sexual assault and conjugal violence in the province. Under Quebec’s Civil Code, vi...
Apr 05, 2018
Commons committee recommends better settlement services for vulnerable refugees
OTTAWA - Yazidi refugees brought to Canada after surviving rape and torture in Iraq are facing barriers accessing mental health and other settlement services in their own language, a House of Commons ...
Apr 05, 2018
Canadian commitment to Mali coincides with review of UN mission
OTTAWA - Canada’s decision to send military helicopters to Mali has coincided with a major UN review of the peacekeeping mission there to determine whether it is on the right track or needs to c...
Apr 05, 2018
Individuals with autism need support, resources as they age: report
TORONTO - A think tank formed to understand the challenges faced by autistic seniors says there are few resources in place to address their specific needs. A new report from the Aging and Autism Think...
Apr 05, 2018
Canada not on board plan to ban "dirty fuel" use on Arctic shipping routes
OTTAWA - The Canadian government wants more study on the impact of eliminating heavy fuel oil in the Arctic before it signs onto an international agreement to ban its use there. Sixteen months ago, Pr...
Apr 05, 2018
Stolen New Brunswick puppies are unweaned 'and could die if not located'
FREDERICTON - Someone has stolen three unweaned puppies from a New Brunswick farm - and RCMP warn the dogs’ lives are in danger if they’re not returned. Investigators say it’s believ...
Apr 05, 2018
B.C. review draws link between corrections system and some overdose deaths
VANCOUVER - Two-thirds of people who fatally overdosed in British Columbia during a 19-month period were involved with the corrections system, says a panel that reviewed a skyrocketing number of illic...
Apr 05, 2018
Three Ontario Liberals, including two ministers, won't be seeking re-election
TORONTO - Ontario’s governing Liberals are scrambling to fill major gaps in their roster just two months before a spring vote after several long-serving legislators, including cabinet ministers,...
Apr 05, 2018
Alberta Health Services apologizes for invoice addressed to 'Treaty Indian'
EDMONTON - Alberta Health Services says a mistake on a form a decade ago using outdated language is to blame after a teenage Indigenous girl was sent an invoice addressed to “Treaty Indian.̶...
Apr 05, 2018
CSA finds corporate climate change risk reports failing to satisfy investors
CALGARY - A year-long review of climate change risk reporting by large Canadian publicly traded companies has found huge disparities in practices between corporations and industries but recommends no ...
Apr 05, 2018