Category Archives: Canada
Spy agency lacks commitment to harassment-free workplace, employees allege
OTTAWA - Employees suing the Canadian Security Intelligence Service say the spy agency “utterly lacks commitment” to a diverse and harassment-free working environment - contrary to a recen...
Nov 07, 2017
Federal government immigration poll suggests hardening attitudes
OTTAWA - When he announced the federal strategy of ramping up the number of immigrants to Canada over the next three years, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen described it as what Canadians wanted and ...
Nov 07, 2017
LGBTQ apology will keep remedies separate from regret: PM special adviser
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will back up his promised apology for state-sanctioned discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community with reparations for the harm they suffered over the...
Nov 07, 2017
Victims of ex-ski coach Bertrand Charest give emotional impact statements
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - Sex-assault victims of ex-ski coach Bertrand Charest delivered emotional impact statements Tuesday, with one telling the court he had robbed her of her childhood and acted like a ...
Nov 07, 2017
Japanese internment letters convey betrayal at loss of homes, heirlooms
VICTORIA - Judy Hanazawa says the federal government sold her family’s fishing boats and homes while her parents were in internment camps during the Second World War, but what hits hardest is se...
Nov 07, 2017
NEB to consider next month if B.C. city obstructing pipeline construction
OTTAWA - The National Energy Board says it will not expedite the process to determine if the city of Burnaby, B.C. is deliberately obstructing construction of the expanded Trans Mountain Pipeline by r...
Nov 07, 2017
New veterans more likely to have hard time adjusting to civilian life: survey
OTTAWA - As Canadians prepare to mark Remembrance Day, a new survey by Statistics Canada suggests a growing number of veterans are having a hard time adjusting to post-military life. The survey - cond...
Nov 07, 2017
Edmonton Christian couple says adoption nixed over their views on sexuality
EDMONTON - An evangelical Christian couple is accusing Alberta of discrimination, claiming their application to adopt a child was rejected over their religious views on gay marriage and homosexuality....
Nov 07, 2017
Residents raise concerns about discarded needles, public health workers say harm reduction programs part of solution
As harm reduction programs grow across the country, providing clean needles to drug users, residents in some communities are calling on local governments to do more to clean up public spaces where the...
Nov 07, 2017
Public wholesale, private retail will make up Manitoba marijuana regime
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says marijuana will be sold in the province exclusively through private-sector retail outlets and online stores when recreational use of the drug is legaliz...
Nov 07, 2017