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Alberta government wanted to censor church pastor on trial: lawyer
EDMONTON - A lawyer for an Alberta pastor accused of violating COVID-19 rules says the province's health agency decided to penalize the church leader as a way to censor him.James Kitchen has told the ...
May 04, 2021
Tories say NDP comments around call for Telford firing are 'patronizing,' 'sexist'
OTTAWA - Conservative deputy leader Candice Bergen says comments from the NDP around its decision not to support a call for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fire his chief of staff over the handling o...
May 04, 2021
Group of Canadian youth fighting climate change take case to Federal Court of Appeal
VANCOUVER - Fifteen young climate activists are taking their court battle to the next level as they try to compel the Canadian government to develop a climate recovery plan based on science. The group...
May 04, 2021
Canada will align policy on 'vaccine passports' with international allies: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada may require international travellers to prove they were vaccinated against COVID-19 before they can enter the country. Speaking at a news conference ...
May 04, 2021
Quebec junior cabinet minister Marie-Ève Proulx resigns over harassment allegations
Quebec's regional economic development minister has resigned following allegations she psychologically harassed her staff. Marie-ve Proulx met today with Premier Franois Legault, who told reporters th...
May 04, 2021
Rewrite 'hollow' federal gun bill, victims' families urge Liberals
OTTAWA - The Liberal government's firearms legislation is "an offensively hollow bill" that should be completely revamped, say family members and colleagues of those who died in tragic shooting sprees...
May 04, 2021
Canada needs more help with COVID-19, prominent U.S. vaccine expert urges White House
WASHINGTON - The United States can and should do more to help Canadians get vaccinated against COVID-19, says a prominent Texas doctor, adding to the pressure on the White House to do more beyond Amer...
May 04, 2021
Justin Trudeau says MPs from all parties must do better to support assault victims
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he believes his own Liberal MPs and politicians from all parties need to do better to create safer spaces for victims of sexual assault and harassment when ...
May 04, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, May 4, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 3:50 p.m. Health officials in Saskatchewan are reporting 189 new cases of COVID-19 and two more deaths. They say 2,305 cases are...
May 04, 2021
COVID-19 cases climbing in Iqaluit's young population, hotel being used for isolation
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says COVID-19 cases are climbing in Iqaluit's younger population and a local hotel is being used as an isolation centre after a shelter closed ...
May 04, 2021
