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Alberta Justice spokespeople deliver duelling statements on prosecutor email review

Alberta Justice spokespeople deliver duelling statements on prosecutor email review

EDMONTON — An email probe into whether Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s office interfered with Crown prosecutors took a confusing turn Friday after two government spokespeople delivered duelling statements that raised questions over how far back the search went
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U.S. senators call for trade crackdown on Canada over dairy quotas, digital policies

U.S. senators call for trade crackdown on Canada over dairy quotas, digital policies

WASHINGTON — Two U.S. senators are calling on the Biden administration to get tough with Canada and Mexico over what they describe as the two countries "flouting" their obligations under North America's three-year-old trade agreement. Democrat Sen.
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129 neglected cattle seized from B.C. property with 'numerous' dead animals: SPCA

129 neglected cattle seized from B.C. property with 'numerous' dead animals: SPCA

CAWSTON, B.C. — Animal protection officers with the SPCA have seized 129 cattle from a property in southeastern British Columbia.
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B.C. health minister Dix 'delighted' premiers finally set to meet PM on funding

B.C. health minister Dix 'delighted' premiers finally set to meet PM on funding

VICTORIA — British Columbia's health minister says he's "delighted" Canada's premiers are set to meet with the prime minister early next month to discuss a potential deal to increase federal health funding.
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A Quebec coroner says Montreal's Champlain Bridge needs anti-suicide barrier

A Quebec coroner says Montreal's Champlain Bridge needs anti-suicide barrier

Montreal's Samuel-De Champlain Bridge should have a suicide-prevention barrier installed, after a 38-year-old man jumped to his death from the structure last May, a Quebec coroner has recommended.
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'We must meet this moment': Trudeau says in speech to Liberal caucus

'We must meet this moment': Trudeau says in speech to Liberal caucus

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on his Liberal caucus to meet the moment on Friday, as Canadians deal with the high cost of living, a struggling health-care system and the effects of climate change.
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WHO decision on COVID-19 emergency won't effect Canada's response: Tam

WHO decision on COVID-19 emergency won't effect Canada's response: Tam

OTTAWA — On Monday, exactly three years from the day he declared COVID-19 to be a global public health emergency, World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will decide whether to call it off.
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Mandatory minimum penalty for firing gun at house unconstitutional: Supreme Court

Mandatory minimum penalty for firing gun at house unconstitutional: Supreme Court

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a mandatory minimum sentence of four years for firing a gun at a house is unconstitutional on the basis it could amount to cruel and unusual punishment.
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B.C. First Nations face complex, stressful choice: should school sites be excavated?

B.C. First Nations face complex, stressful choice: should school sites be excavated?

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — The chief of the Williams Lake First Nation says he would support excavating possible unmarked graves at the site of the former St. Joseph's Mission residential school if that's what elders and the community decide is best.
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Elizabeth May says Greens will investigate after member information shared online

Elizabeth May says Greens will investigate after member information shared online

OTTAWA — Elizabeth May says the Green Party will investigate and conduct a "root to branch review" of all of its data-retention systems after member information was mistakenly posted online. "We take this very seriously," the Green Party leader said.
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