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Non-profit taken off support agency roster after Alberta stroke patient sent to motel

Non-profit taken off support agency roster after Alberta stroke patient sent to motel

Alberta's health minister says a non-profit agency that shipped a stroke patient to a motel for his long-term recovery will be taken off a roster of agencies offered to provide such support.
Key recommendations from the government's review of the Cannabis Act

Key recommendations from the government's review of the Cannabis Act

OTTAWA — More than five years after cannabis was legalized in Canada, the government has released its final report of the legislative review of the Cannabis Act.
Industrial carbon price cuts three times the emissions of consumer levy: report

Industrial carbon price cuts three times the emissions of consumer levy: report

OTTAWA — Canada's carbon price could slash greenhouse-gas emissions by more than 100 million tonnes a year by 2030, but only about one-fifth of that will come from the consumer carbon price at the centre of Conservative attacks.
House of Commons rejects Conservative non-confidence motion over carbon pricing

House of Commons rejects Conservative non-confidence motion over carbon pricing

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government will not be forced into an election over carbon pricing — at least not today.
'She was always laughing': Friend remembers Canadian killed in Mexico robbery

'She was always laughing': Friend remembers Canadian killed in Mexico robbery

The friend of a Canadian killed in Mexico says she spoke to Gabriele Schart on the phone just moments before the woman was shot in a gas station robbery.
Data transfer issue may have kept thousands of veterans from being hired: officials

Data transfer issue may have kept thousands of veterans from being hired: officials

OTTAWA — A technical problem may have kept thousands of veterans and Canadian Armed Forces members from being hired or having the opportunity to apply for public service jobs.
Liberal MP decries 'political games' over criticism of Conservatives on Ukraine

Liberal MP decries 'political games' over criticism of Conservatives on Ukraine

OTTAWA — One of the Liberal government's point people on foreign policy says framing the Tories as soft on Ukraine isn't helping the country fend off Russia's invasion.
N.L. tables budget with $152-million deficit a day after protest shut legislature

N.L. tables budget with $152-million deficit a day after protest shut legislature

ST. JOHN'S, N.L.
Ottawa aims to set temporary resident targets for the first time this fall

Ottawa aims to set temporary resident targets for the first time this fall

OTTAWA — For the first time, Canada will put a "soft cap" on the number of new temporary resident arrivals to the country when it sets immigration levels in the fall, Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced Thursday.
Quebec Court of Appeal upholds requirement for minors seeking sex designation change

Quebec Court of Appeal upholds requirement for minors seeking sex designation change

MONTREAL — Advocates for transgender rights say they're disappointed by a Quebec Court of Appeal decision that upholds a law requiring minors who want to change their official sex designation to first obtain a letter from a health professional or soc
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