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Abusive conditions in Canada's immigration detention system: human rights groups

Abusive conditions in Canada's immigration detention system: human rights groups

OTTAWA — Canada detains thousands of asylum seekers every year in often-abusive conditions where people of colour appear to be held for longer periods, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said in a joint report Thursday.
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One million chickens euthanized during labour dispute at Quebec slaughterhouse

One million chickens euthanized during labour dispute at Quebec slaughterhouse

MONTREAL — A labour dispute at a slaughterhouse near Quebec City has resulted in one million chickens being euthanized in recent weeks, but there's hope negotiations that resumed Thursday can end the stalemate.
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Remove non-consensual content, enforce existing laws: ethics committee on Pornhub

Remove non-consensual content, enforce existing laws: ethics committee on Pornhub

Canadians who have their image posted to Pornhub or other online streaming platforms without their consent should have the right to have it taken down immediately, a parliamentary committee said in a report released Thursday that pushed Ottawa to get
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MPs' study of systemic racism in policing concludes RCMP needs new model

MPs' study of systemic racism in policing concludes RCMP needs new model

OTTAWA — It's time for Canada to have a "reckoning" about the RCMP, says the chair of a House of Commons committee that studied systemic racism in policing.
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Pfizer, Moderna vaccines now preferred second dose for AstraZeneca recipients: NACI

Pfizer, Moderna vaccines now preferred second dose for AstraZeneca recipients: NACI

OTTAWA — The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says it is now recommending people who got the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine first should get Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna for their second shot.
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'I was taunted and harassed' as a youth, Supreme Court nominee Mahmud Jamal says

'I was taunted and harassed' as a youth, Supreme Court nominee Mahmud Jamal says

OTTAWA — The judge poised to be the first person of colour on the Supreme Court of Canada says he experienced discrimination "as a fact of daily life" while growing up.
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Ottawa using "racist" Indian Act to narrow Jordan's Principle eligibility, AFN argues

Ottawa using "racist" Indian Act to narrow Jordan's Principle eligibility, AFN argues

OTTAWA — The Assembly of First Nations says Canada's attempt to narrow the list of First Nations children who can access services under Jordan's Principle is linked to the country's long-standing "racist and colonial" policies toward Indigenous Peopl
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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada on Thursday, June 17, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 3:40 p.m. Saskatchewan is reporting 94 new cases of COVID-19 today, and no new deaths. Seventy more people have recovered, leaving the province with 752 active cases.
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Commons committee calls for reshaping of EI to cover gig workers, self-employed

Commons committee calls for reshaping of EI to cover gig workers, self-employed

OTTAWA — A House of Commons committee is recommending a boost to the value and duration of employment insurance benefits, and expanding the system to cover gig workers and the self-employed.
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O'Toole says national security committee being used to cover up scientists' firing

O'Toole says national security committee being used to cover up scientists' firing

OTTAWA — Erin O'Toole says Conservatives will no longer participate in a special national security committee because it's being used to cover up an incident that caused two scientists at Canada's highest level security laboratory to be fired.
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