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Highlights of the auditor general's reports released Tuesday
OTTAWA - Highlights of the auditor general's reports released Tuesday: - Millions of people had trouble getting through to agents at federal call centres. Instead of giving callers the option of ...
May 7, 2019
Dead end: millions of calls to government go unanswered, AG finds
OTTAWA - Half of the 16 million Canadians trying to reach one of three government agencies by telephone are unable to speak to live humans, according to Canada's interim auditor general. In a new...
May 7, 2019
Teen injured in Nova Scotia rugby match says game has risks like any sport
HALIFAX - An international exchange student who was injured in a high school rugby match in Cape Breton last week says he's feeling "really good" after being released from hospital. Diego Kuri, a 16-y...
May 7, 2019
Freeland affirms Arctic co-operation with U.S. despite differences on climate
MONTREAL - Canada is holding out hope it can collaborate with the Trump administration on Arctic challenges even though the United States has blocked the Arctic Council from issuing a unanimous declar...
May 7, 2019
Northern Lights Baseball Academy to be represented at CCBC Championship in Kamloops
The Canadian College Baseball Conference Championship is set to begin Wednesday in Kamloops B.C and there will be plenty of local ties in the tournament.Both Eric Turner and Matthew Richards are playi...
May 7, 2019
RCMP not fully prepared for active shooters five years after Moncton: auditor
OTTAWA - The RCMP isn't sure that all its officers have access to the rifles and body armour needed to respond to an active shooter, almost five years after three Mounties were gunned down i...
May 7, 2019
Canada's asylum system unable to respond to spikes in claims, AG finds
OTTAWA - Acting auditor general Sylvain Ricard has found Canada's refugee system is plagued with a backlog of asylum claims that is worse now than it has ever been, caused in part by systemic ine...
May 7, 2019
Senator says solitary-confinement bill will make some conditions worse, not better
OTTAWA - A Canadian senator who has spent four decades advocating for the rights of vulnerable people in Canadian prisons says a new bill that purports to end solitary confinement should be ...
May 7, 2019
Green party win shows Canadians 'preoccupied' by climate change: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a B.C. byelection win for the Green party shows Canadians are "preoccupied" by climate change. Trudeau says it will be really important for Canadi...
May 7, 2019
Edmonton police officer being investigated for an alleged sexual assault
An Edmonton police officer is under investigation for an alleged sexual assault.Police say a woman was allegedly assaulted by an off-duty constable on May 2.The officer was taken off duty the next day...
May 7, 2019 Photo credit: Facebook/Edmonton Police Service