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Edmonton zoo employee 'doing well' following Burmese python bite

Edmonton zoo employee 'doing well' following Burmese python bite

EDMONTON — A zoo employee is recovering after she was bitten Tuesday by a Burmese rock python.
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Minister's sister-in-law steps down as ethics watchdog after committee launches probe

Minister's sister-in-law steps down as ethics watchdog after committee launches probe

OTTAWA — The sister-in-law of a Liberal cabinet minister has stepped down as the interim ethics commissioner a day after a House of Commons committee agreed to investigate her appointment.
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Military procurement chief wants defence firms to stop overpromising, underdelivering

Military procurement chief wants defence firms to stop overpromising, underdelivering

OTTAWA — The Defence Department's top procurement official wants defence companies to put more focus on delivering what they have promised and less on trying to win the next contract.
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'Keira's Law' will strengthen laws surrounding domestic violence, advocates say

'Keira's Law' will strengthen laws surrounding domestic violence, advocates say

OTTAWA — Canadian lawmakers have passed a bill that includes a measure known as "Keira's law," which would ensure that judges receive education on domestic violence and coercive control in intimate partner and family relationships.
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Many passport renewals on pause during federal public service workers' strike

Many passport renewals on pause during federal public service workers' strike

TORONTO — Senjuti Sarker needed to renew her passport for an upcoming trip to Europe but her attempt at doing so failed Wednesday after federal public service workers went on strike.
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Break-in at N.W.T. government office results in privacy breach affecting 3,000 people

Break-in at N.W.T. government office results in privacy breach affecting 3,000 people

YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories government says a break-in at its Department of Education, Culture and Employment headquarters in Yellowknife has resulted in a privacy breach affecting about 3,000 people.
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Sociologist says pandemic may have made Canadian youth less empathetic, meaner

Sociologist says pandemic may have made Canadian youth less empathetic, meaner

TORONTO — Increased time online during the pandemic may have made young Canadians meaner, a researcher said Wednesday, warning that declining empathy which emerged during isolation was now fostering increased cruelty during in-person interactions
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Quebec government moves to ban flavoured vape products, limit nicotine content

Quebec government moves to ban flavoured vape products, limit nicotine content

MONTREAL — The Quebec government is modifying the province's anti-tobacco law to crack down on vaping, including by banning the sale of flavoured products.
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Federal workers are now on strike. Here are the services that may be affected

Federal workers are now on strike. Here are the services that may be affected

OTTAWA — More than 155,000 public servants are now on strike after the country's biggest federal public-sector union and the government failed to reach a deal by a Tuesday evening deadline.
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CAQ breaks major campaign promise on 'third link' road tunnel for Quebec City

CAQ breaks major campaign promise on 'third link' road tunnel for Quebec City

QUEBEC — The Quebec government is abandoning plans to build a multi-purpose vehicular tunnel linking Quebec City to its south shore in favour of one that will be for public transit only, citing changing driving habits after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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