Canada

Quebec teachers, religious groups denounce government's secularism bill

MONTREAL - The Quebec government's secularism legislation threatens to stall promising careers, embolden intolerant segments of society and turn religious minorities into second-class citize...

Mar 30, 2019

Top bureaucrat wrote 60-page memo to Trudeau about Mark Norman case, lawyer says

OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Mark Norman's lawyer says she wants to see a secret 60-page memo the federal government's top bureaucrat penned to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about her client's case. Lawyer M...

Mar 30, 2019

Justice Department defends blacking out clerk's memo to Trudeau about Norman

OTTAWA - The federal government is defending its refusal to disclose the contents of a 60-page memo the country's top bureaucrat sent to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. I...

Mar 30, 2019

Five things in Wilson-Raybould's written evidence on the SNC-Lavalin affair

OTTAWA - Five things we learned from a written and audio submission made by former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to the House of Commons justice committee Friday. On the cabinet shuffle Trudea...

Mar 30, 2019

Supreme Court stresses jail should be 'last resort' for people awaiting trial

OTTAWA - Making an accused person wait in jail before trial should be the exception, not the rule, the Supreme Court of Canada says in a decision that affirms a key legal safeguard intended ...

Mar 30, 2019

Much of East Coast is one 'perfect storm' away from being cut off from Canada

AMHERST, N.S. - First of a two-part series on the stunning potential impact that climate change could have on the low-lying, narrow band of land connecting Nova Scotia to the rest of Canada. --- John ...

Mar 30, 2019

Trudeau says sorry for sarcastic thank you comment to Indigenous protester

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who typically takes a more deferential, let's-talk approach when protesters get in his face, found himself delivering a rare and rapid apology Thursda...

Mar 30, 2019

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slams New Brunswick's stance on federal carbon levy

ST. STEPHEN, N.B. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slammed New Brunswick Thursday for its opposition to the federal carbon levy, saying Conservative governments across the country "don't think that fig...

Mar 30, 2019

In the news today, March 28

Five stories in the news for Thursday, March 28 --- QUEBEC TO TABLE LONG-AWAITED SECULARISM BILL The Coalition Avenir Quebec government will table its secularism bill today, fulfil...

Mar 30, 2019

Quebec bill bans religious symbols for public workers, uses notwithstanding clause

Quebec's secularism bill reflects the wishes of the Quebecois nation, the government said after introducing legislation Thursday prohibiting many public sector workers from wearing religious symbols a...

Mar 30, 2019