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Long-term care deaths surged in COVID-19 first wave, Tam hopeful it won't repeat
Long-term care deaths accounted for nearly 80 per cent of COVID-19 cases in Canada during the first wave of the pandemic, but the country's chief public health officer thinks a repeat can be avoided a...
Oct 28, 2020
Junior hockey employment lawsuit on thin ice; judges refuse to OK $30-million deal
TORONTO - A $30-million settlement of three class actions over the alleged failure to pay junior hockey players the minimum wage has been thrown into jeopardy after three judges refused to sign off on...
Oct 28, 2020
More possible COVID-19 exposures in Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is alerting the public about potential COVID-19 exposures in communities across the province including P.A.The SHA is instructing those who were at these locati...
Oct 28, 2020
Meng lawyer accuses RCMP officer of dishonesty in explanation about her arrest
A lawyer for Meng Wanzhou is accusing an RCMP officer of lying about why he didn't arrest the Huawei executive immediately at Vancouver's airport two years ago. Richard Peck told Const. Winston ...
Oct 28, 2020
Advocates call for migrant care worker protections, document alleged pandemic abuses
TORONTO - Migrant care workers are increasingly being exploited during the pandemic, an advocacy group said Wednesday as it called on the federal government to bolster protections for the workers and ...
Oct 28, 2020
Innovation minister defends 'superclusters' following critical report
OTTAWA - Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains is seeking to pump enthusiasm back into the government's "supercluster" program following a report from the parliamentary spending watchdog that says the eff...
Oct 28, 2020
Report raises 'serious concerns' about progress on prison isolation units: minister
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair acknowledges that an independent report raises "serious concerns" about progress on implementing new units for isolating federal prisoners from the general j...
Oct 28, 2020
Former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer not casting a ballot in U.S. election
OTTAWA - Former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, whose dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship became an issue in last year's federal election, won't be casting a ballot in the upcoming American vote. ...
Oct 28, 2020
Fatality inquiry into slaying of Nova Scotia family delayed until next year
HALIFAX - Lawyers taking part in an inquiry investigating why former soldier Lionel Desmond killed his family and himself in 2017 say hearings won't resume until next year, a delay they say is difficu...
Oct 28, 2020
Kirsch will serve fifth term as Batoche MLA
Sask. Party incumbent Delbert Kirsch will serve his fifth term as MLA, and is looking forward to the next four years. He won with 4,084 votes which is 2,448 more than NDP candidate Lon Borgerson with ...
Oct 28, 2020
