Canada & World

Amid housing crisis, decrepit N.L. jail seen as preferable to living on the street

In B.C., a non-profit picks up inmates when they’re released and helps them find shelter, food

Dec 2, 2023 11:08 AM Read more >

Time to table online harms bill in Canada, advocates and researchers say in open letter

Calls for action have increased as the Israel-Hamas war leads to more antisemitism and Islamophobia online

Dec 2, 2023 11:04 AM Read more >

At 1st-ever health day at UN climate summit, Canadian doctors push for action

Doctors, climate scientists say Canada has already seen harrowing examples of how a warming world will affect healthcare

Dec 2, 2023 11:00 AM Read more >

Plots to assassinate Sikh leaders were part of a campaign of planned killings: U.S. prosecutors

Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh activist who had been exiled from India, was shot and killed outside a Surrey gurdwara

Dec 2, 2023 9:20 AM Read more >

Liberals say Tories delaying help for Ukraine as advocacy group pleads with Poilievre

The bill passed through the committee stage earlier this week with the support of other parties

Dec 2, 2023 9:02 AM Read more >

Downtowns across Canada struggle to find purpose with work, retail change

People finding fewer reasons to go into the hearts of cities across the country

Dec 1, 2023 1:30 PM Read more >

Ottawa hints CBC won’t be getting full pull under Google Online News Act deal

Opposition critical of public broadcaster getting subsidy

Dec 1, 2023 11:30 AM Read more >

Canada’s ocean noise strategy delayed as threat to marine life clarifies

Decade-long discussion expected as Canada works to mitigate the impact of human activity

Dec 1, 2023 8:30 AM Read more >

Bail reforms making release tougher for repeat offenders pass in Ottawa

Changes come after calls from provinces, police to make bail more difficult for violent offenders

Dec 1, 2023 7:30 AM Read more >

$100M Google deal means Liberals caved on Online News act: Tories

‘Canada reserves the right to reopen our regulations if there are better agreements struck elsewhere’

Nov 30, 2023 1:30 PM Read more >