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Health Canada mulls lower threshold for drug decriminalization: B.C. minister
OTTAWA — Health Canada is considering British Columbia's decriminalization request but with a lower threshold for the amount of drugs a person can carry, says a provincial minister.
Apr 6, 2022 5:13 PM
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Feds try to avoid Australian pitfalls in online news bill
OTTAWA — The Canadian government says it has learned from Australia's experience when it comes to requiring online giants to pay news outlets to use their journalism, and has framed its bill to avoid the country's pitfalls.
Apr 6, 2022 5:02 PM
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Review critical of arrest of Indigenous man and granddaughter in opening bank account
VANCOUVER — A retired judge who led a disciplinary hearing against two police officers has found they "demonstrated serious, blameworthy conduct" when they "recklessly" arrested an Indigenous man and his granddaughter who were trying to open a bank a
Apr 6, 2022 4:51 PM
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Railing against soaring gas prices, Republicans in Congress cite Keystone XL decision
WASHINGTON — Republicans are doing their best to resurrect the controversy around the long-dead Keystone XL pipeline expansion, using it as an election-year political cudgel against Joe Biden in hopes of convincing voters that soaring gasoline prices
Apr 6, 2022 4:39 PM
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Quebec tables bill on academic freedom, says no words off-limits in lecture halls
QUEBEC — A new bill tabled Wednesday in Quebec would allow "any word" to be uttered in university classrooms as long as it's used in an academic context, the province's higher education minister said.
Apr 6, 2022 4:37 PM
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More cost overruns, delays coming for new navy, coast guard fleets
OTTAWA — Federal bureaucrats are warning that more cost overruns and delays are on the horizon for the delivery of new ships to Canada’s navy and coast guard, as “significant challenges” batter Ottawa’s multibillion-dollar shipbuilding program.
Apr 6, 2022 4:31 PM
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'I am not behind': Leona Alleslev officially enters Conservative leadership race
OTTAWA — Former Conservative deputy leader Leona Alleslev has officially entered the party's leadership race.
Apr 6, 2022 4:15 PM
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Ottawa police have charged a second man with arson after fire in downtown apartment
OTTAWA — A second man has been charged with trying to set fire to a downtown Ottawa apartment building in early February.
Apr 6, 2022 3:15 PM
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'A PR disaster': Experts worry messaging may hinder fourth-dose uptake
TORONTO — Government messaging about the state of the COVID-19 pandemic may stymie uptake of fourth vaccine doses, some experts said, as provinces laid out plans to expand eligibility for the shots to millions more Canadians.
Apr 6, 2022 3:13 PM
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After two years of uncertainty, Liberals ready budget under shifting circumstances
OTTAWA — After two years of pandemic-induced uncertainty, the federal Liberals are getting ready to deliver an updated spending blueprint in a 2022 budget that, by all accounts, has been influenced by fast-changing circumstances.
Apr 6, 2022 3:01 PM
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