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O'Toole says national security committee being used to cover up scientists' firing
OTTAWA - Erin O'Toole pulled Conservative MPs from a special national security committee Thursday, accusing the government of using it to cover up an incident that caused two scientists at Canada's hi...
Jun 17, 2021
Informant loses bid to sue Canada over delay in handling refugee claim
OTTAWA - An Australian who fed information to police about outlaw bikers and later won refugee status in Canada has lost a bid to sue federal officials over delays in processing his asylum application...
Jun 17, 2021
One million chickens euthanized during labour dispute at Quebec slaughterhouse
MONTREAL - The head of an association representing Quebec chicken producers says it is unacceptable that one million chickens have been euthanized during an extended labour dispute at a slaughterhouse...
Jun 17, 2021
Massive restoration of Parliament's Centre Block to cost up to $5 billion
OTTAWA - The massive restoration project underway at Parliament's Centre Block will cost up to $5 billion and continue at least until 2030, federal officials say. Construction on the traditional seat ...
Jun 17, 2021
High vaccination rates, ongoing measures mean near-normal return to school in B.C.
VICTORIA - Students and parents can expect a near-normal return to school in British Columbia this fall as regular activities like assemblies and field trips are phased in and any transmission of COVI...
Jun 17, 2021
MPs' study of systemic racism in policing concludes RCMP needs new model
OTTAWA - It's time for Canada to have a "reckoning" about the RCMP, says the chair of a House of Commons committee that studied systemic racism in policing. John McKay, a Toronto Liberal MP and chair ...
Jun 17, 2021
'I was taunted and harassed' as a youth, Supreme Court nominee Mahmud Jamal says
OTTAWA - The judge poised to be the first person of colour on the Supreme Court of Canada says he experienced discrimination "as a fact of daily life" while growing up. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau n...
Jun 17, 2021
Remove non-consensual content, enforce existing laws: ethics committee on Pornhub
Canadians who have their image posted to Pornhub or other online streaming platforms without their consent should have the right to have it taken down immediately, a parliamentary committee said in a ...
Jun 17, 2021
Ex-President Gbagbo back in Ivory Coast after acquittal
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Former President Laurent Gbagbo returned home to Ivory Coast on Thursday, a decade after his refusal to concede defeat in a presidential election sparked months of violence...
Jun 17, 2021
Commons committee calls for reshaping of EI to cover gig workers, self-employed
OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee is recommending a boost to the value and duration of employment insurance benefits, and expanding the system to cover gig workers and the self-employed. Its repor...
Jun 17, 2021
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