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Veterans Affairs' case managers near 'breaking point,' union warns

Veterans Affairs' case managers near 'breaking point,' union warns

OTTAWA — The head of the union representing Veterans Affairs Canada case managers is warning her members are near their “breaking point” thanks to an excessive amount of work and lack of support from higher ups.
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Montreal mayor calls for federal action on gun violence after teen's shooting

Montreal mayor calls for federal action on gun violence after teen's shooting

MONTREAL — The "cowardly" shooting of a 16-year-old boy Sunday in Montreal is renewing calls for the government to do more about gun violence as authorities work to solve his murder.
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Court of Appeal upholds Quebec law restricting advertising of vaping products

Court of Appeal upholds Quebec law restricting advertising of vaping products

MONTREAL — Anti-tobacco groups on Tuesday praised a decision by Quebec's highest court upholding the province's right to subject vaping products to the same laws governing tobacco.
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Climate making disasters like B.C. rain more frequent and more intense: scientists

Climate making disasters like B.C. rain more frequent and more intense: scientists

Climate scientists have been warning of catastrophic weather for years now, but nobody's happy the predicted floods and slides crippling British Columbia this week have come to pass.
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Discussions to resolve B.C. pipeline blockade have reached a pivotal point: Miller

Discussions to resolve B.C. pipeline blockade have reached a pivotal point: Miller

OTTAWA — Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says all parties are at a "critical junction" in the discussions toward a resolution on the blockade set up at the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline in British Columbia.
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Troubled Green Party searches for interim leader, ex-MP Paul Manly urged to apply

Troubled Green Party searches for interim leader, ex-MP Paul Manly urged to apply

OTTAWA — The Green party is looking for an interim leader to take the helm before a fresh leadership election among its members. And both the party's former leader and former interim leader want ex-MP Paul Manly to take on the role.
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Joly, Freeland, Ng and Mendicino to take part in summit with Trudeau in D.C.

Joly, Freeland, Ng and Mendicino to take part in summit with Trudeau in D.C.

WASHINGTON — The "Team Canada" approach that got the federal Liberal government through the raucous renegotiation of NAFTA three years ago will be back on full display this week in the U.S. capital.
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Canadian Blood Services to soon recommend end to ban on gay men donating blood

Canadian Blood Services to soon recommend end to ban on gay men donating blood

OTTAWA — An end to the ban on gay and bisexual men from donating blood — promised by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2015 — is set to be recommended within weeks in favour of new screening criteria based on sexual history and behaviour.
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Health Canada receives submission to approve Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for kids

Health Canada receives submission to approve Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for kids

Health Canada says it has received a submission from Moderna to authorize use of its COVID-19 vaccine for children aged six to 11, the first step toward potentially having two kid-specific jabs approved in the country in the near future.
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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh calls on Ottawa to pay $180M cost of Iqaluit water crisis

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh calls on Ottawa to pay $180M cost of Iqaluit water crisis

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh wants the Liberal government to pay the cost of fixing Iqaluit's ongoing water emergency. The 8,000 people who live in Nunavut's capital haven't been able to drink their tap water since Oct.
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