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Alberta proposes new rights, including to refuse medical treatment — with exemptions
EDMONTON - Alberta's government proposed legislative changes Monday to the provincial Bill of Rights aimed at giving residents the right to refuse medical treatments, including vaccines, but is leavin...
Oct 28, 2024
Minister to launch consultations on advanced requests for assisted dying
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland said the federal government will launch consultations this fall about expanding the medical assistance in dying regime to include advanced requests. But Holland s...
Oct 28, 2024
Google exempt from Online News Act for five years: CRTC
OTTAWA - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has granted Google a five-year exemption from the Online News Act, ordering it to release the $100 million it now owes to Canad...
Oct 28, 2024 Google agreed last year to pay Canadian news publishers $100 million a year, indexed to inflation, in order to be exempt from the law, which compels tech companies to enter into agreements with news publishers to pay for content reposted on their platforms. (The Canadian Press)
Lawsuit alleging anti-Black racism in federal public service heads to Federal Court
OTTAWA - A Federal Court hearing got underway Monday to determine whether a group of Black public servants can proceed with a class-action lawsuit alleging discrimination in the federal government. Th...
Oct 28, 2024
Former senator recalls being told Canada asked Sudan to hold Abdelrazik in detention
OTTAWA - Former senator Mobina Jaffer says the director of Sudan's intelligence service told her Canadian officials thought Abousfian Abdelrazik was a terrorist, and wanted to find out if the Montreal...
Oct 28, 2024
Quebec's head of youth protection resigns after sex scandal at detention facility
MONTREAL - Quebec's provincial director of youth protection has resigned, days after a media report claimed that educators at a Montreal detention centre for troubled minors had sexual relations with ...
Oct 28, 2024
Amanda Todd's family joins American parents in lawsuit against social media giants
WASHINGTON - When B.C. teenager Amanda Todd sat in front of her computer and detailed the relentless bullying and extortion she'd faced on social media, it sent a shock wave to parents around the worl...
Oct 27, 2024
Transportation minister looks for provinces, territories to collaborate on car thefts
OTTAWA - The federal transportation minister says national co-operation is needed to close loopholes criminals can use to re-sell stolen cars. Anita Anand's office has sent letters to her provincial a...
Oct 27, 2024
Court docs link Olympian's alleged drug trafficking ring to Ontario homicide
TORONTO - New details are emerging that link a suspected transnational drug trafficking ring allegedly run by a wanted Olympian to an April homicide in Ontario. An affidavit filed by a Toronto police ...
Oct 26, 2024
Poland arrests people in alleged plot to send explosives to Canada
OTTAWA - Polish authorities say four people have been charged in an alleged plan to send explosives via courier service to Canada and the United States. The RCMP says it is aware of the arrests, but d...
Oct 25, 2024
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Trudeau's behaviour after leaving office isn't endearing him to the public
Sarah Mills says the former PM has skied with a prince, appeared on Instagram with a backwards cap alongside his popstar...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 17
On Friday's show, Evan entertains the question of whether Pierre Poilievre should step down as Conservative Party leader...