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Information watchdog investigates handling of archival spy files amid chronic delays
OTTAWA - The federal information watchdog is conducting a systemic investigation of the "ongoing failure" of the national archives to provide timely responses to requests from the public for historica...
May 18, 2021
RCMP operations continue at logging blockade on southern Vancouver Island
PORT RENFREW, B.C. - An RCMP spokesman says there will be "police action" today as Mounties enforce a court injunction against an anti-logging blockade on southern Vancouver Island. The RCMP announced...
May 18, 2021
Canada will need 75% vaccination before U.S. border reopens, Trudeau suggests
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is suggesting that three-quarters of Canadians will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before the Canada-U.S. border can be reopened. Trudeau acknowledge...
May 18, 2021
Quebec can modify part of the Canadian Constitution unilaterally: Trudeau
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Quebec can unilaterally modify part of the Canadian Constitution. The province's proposed language law reform, introduced last week, seeks to change part ...
May 18, 2021
Echaquan inquiry: Quebec nurse admits prejudice among staff about Indigenous patients
MONTREAL - A nurse who works at the Quebec hospital where Joyce Echaquan died last September told a coroner's inquest today there is a perception among her colleagues that Indigenous people are alcoho...
May 18, 2021
Majority of Albertans concerned about environmental impacts of expanded coal mining in Rockies
CROWSNEST PASS, AB - Many Albertans do not like the idea of widely expanding coal mining operations in the Rocky Mountains.The Government of Alberta released the results of its initial engagement surv...
May 18, 2021
Committee to grill justice minister on bill's potential to undermine free expression
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti will be on the hot seat this afternoon as a fired-up heritage committee grills him about Bill C-10's potential to undermine online freedom of expression. Lamett...
May 18, 2021
PBO report details changes in federal funding for First Nations, Inuit health care
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog says federal funding for health care for First Nations and Inuit has shot up faster over the last few years than provincial spending on services for the general p...
May 18, 2021
Saskatchewan wildfire grows, forcing evacuations in the area to expand
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Dry conditions and strong winds have caused a massive wildfire in Saskatchewan to grow overnight as firefighters battle it from the ground and in the air. Prince Albert Mayor Gr...
May 18, 2021
Canadians can drive to U.S. for COVID-19 vax and avoid quarantine, Ottawa confirms
TORONTO - Canadian residents are allowed to head to the United States for a COVID-19 vaccine and avoid quarantine on return if they meet some straightforward conditions, the Public Health Agency of Ca...
May 18, 2021