Sarah Mills: Figuring out what went wrong for NDP isn't a difficult task
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Health minister to consult on expanding medical aid in dying to mentally ill
MONTREAL - Quebec's health minister says there will be at least one day of public consultations on expanding medical assistance in dying after an outcry over a plan to potentially extend it to th...
Jan 23, 2020
Quebec professors appeal to Supreme Court ruling on succession to British throne
MONTREAL - While Prince Harry is shaking up the British monarchy, Canada's Supreme Court is being asked to throw out a law that modified the rules governing succession to the throne. Tw...
Jan 23, 2020
NDP to put forward private member's bill on making national pharmacare a reality
OTTAWA - The New Democrats are planning to bring forward legislation to implement a national, universal pharmacare program. NDP House Leader Peter Julian is set to table a private member's bill a...
Jan 23, 2020
Appeal court rules some changes to jury selection process were misapplied
TORONTO - A new trial has been ordered for a man convicted of first-degree murder after Ontario's highest court found that some recently implemented changes to the jury selection process should n...
Jan 23, 2020
UK Brexit bill becomes law after receiving royal assent
LONDON - Britain's delayed and disputed Brexit bill has become law, removing the last U.K. obstacle to the country leaving the European Union in just over a week. House of Commons Deputy Speaker Nigel...
Jan 23, 2020
Risk of Chinese coronavirus to Canadians low: Health Minister
OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu says several people in Canada are being monitored for signs they may have contracted a coronavirus from China. Hajdu says five or six people...
Jan 23, 2020
Facing minority Parliament, Trudeau tells MPs to play nice with opposition
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is telling his caucus to play nice as Liberal MPs meet today before the House of Commons resumes sitting again next week. Trudeau says Canadians sent t...
Jan 23, 2020
Is climate action a $26-trillion opportunity? 'A little baloney' in this claim
OTTAWA - "This is not simply an environmental issue. It is an economic issue. The estimates going forward in terms of the size of the prize for countries that are in this game early, developing techno...
Jan 23, 2020
First phase of Meng Wanzhou extradition hearing to conclude today
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou are set to reply today to Crown arguments as the first phase of an extradition hearing for the Huawei executive draws to a close. The British Columbia Supreme Cour...
Jan 23, 2020
Survey finds support among Canadians for broader assisted-dying law
OTTAWA - As the federal government moves to revise the law on assisted dying, new survey results suggest most Canadians support medical help to end suffering even when a natural death is som...
Jan 23, 2020
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