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Liberal government tables bill that seeks to streamline, secure health data

Liberal government tables bill that seeks to streamline, secure health data

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals moved to streamline and secure health data across jurisdictions Thursday with a new bill that imposes new rules on technology vendors.
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Disaster survivors bring pleas for climate change action to Parliament Hill

Disaster survivors bring pleas for climate change action to Parliament Hill

OTTAWA — Meghan Fandrich's voice shook as she recalled grabbing her five-year-old daughter and fleeing their home as flames descended on the village of Lytton, B.C., in 2021.
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B.C. teachers' union denies Holocaust education group funds, recognition: advocates

B.C. teachers' union denies Holocaust education group funds, recognition: advocates

VANCOUVER — Jewish organizations say the British Columbia Teachers' Federation has denied specialist recognition of a Holocaust education group, making it ineligible to receive union funding as a teaching resource.
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Veterans mark sombre 80th D-Day anniversary in France, leaders warn democracy at risk

Veterans mark sombre 80th D-Day anniversary in France, leaders warn democracy at risk

COURSEULLES-SUR-MER — Thirteen Canadian veterans of the Second World War returned to Normandy this week, where the sacrifice of Allied soldiers who liberated the region 80 years ago is deeply remembered, as leaders warned democracy is still in peril.
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New centre in the works to track Indigenous data on businesses, land and resources

New centre in the works to track Indigenous data on businesses, land and resources

OTTAWA — A new institute is in the works that would track Indigenous economic prosperity in Canada by collecting data on population, businesses, land and resources.
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Liberal government launches $1.5B program to build more co-op housing

Liberal government launches $1.5B program to build more co-op housing

OTTAWA — Housing Minister Sean Fraser announced the launch of a $1.5-billion co-operative housing development program that the federal government promised in its 2022 budget.
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Key points from report into RCMP response to Saskatchewan mass killing

Key points from report into RCMP response to Saskatchewan mass killing

REGINA — RCMP released a report Thursday into how Mounties responded to a mass stabbing in Saskatchewan. Myles Sanderson killed 11 people and injured 17 others on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon on Sept. 4, 2022.
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182 deaths linked to B.C. unregulated drugs in April, 14,500 deaths in eight years

182 deaths linked to B.C. unregulated drugs in April, 14,500 deaths in eight years

VICTORIA — The British Columbia Coroners Service says 182 people died in April from drug overdoses.
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Quebec adopts law to fine people who intimidate, harass politicians

Quebec adopts law to fine people who intimidate, harass politicians

QUÉBEC — Quebec's legislature adopted a law Thursday that includes fines up to $1,500 for anyone who intimidates or harasses a politician, despite criticism that the legislation could threaten free speech.
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Screen all adolescent patients for eating disorders, new pediatric guidance says

Screen all adolescent patients for eating disorders, new pediatric guidance says

The Canadian Paediatric Society is urging primary-care providers to screen all adolescent patients for eating disorders during routine checkups and other medical visits.
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