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Many Yukon students head back to class for the first time since pandemic hit

Many Yukon students head back to class for the first time since pandemic hit

WHITEHORSE — Students in many parts of Yukon are heading back to class for the first day of the new school year.
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Montreal groups collect race-based COVID-19 data after Quebec flip-flops

Montreal groups collect race-based COVID-19 data after Quebec flip-flops

MONTREAL — Community groups in Montreal say they had no choice but to go at it alone after the Quebec government went back on a pledge to collect race-based data to help trace the impact of COVID-19 on marginalized communities.
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Dominic LeBlanc meets N.L. Premier Andrew Furey, hints at support for oil sector

Dominic LeBlanc meets N.L. Premier Andrew Furey, hints at support for oil sector

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc hinted Thursday that details about federal support for Newfoundland and Labrador's troubled oil and gas sector could be weeks away.
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Liberals move toward changing federal drug policy as opioid deaths spike

Liberals move toward changing federal drug policy as opioid deaths spike

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is taking steps toward promised changes to federal drug policy, while looking at how to reduce opioid-related deaths during the pandemic.
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N.B. man accused in 2018 Fredericton mass shooting fit to stand trial: jury

N.B. man accused in 2018 Fredericton mass shooting fit to stand trial: jury

FREDERICTON — The Fredericton man charged in the fatal shootings of four people in the New Brunswick capital two years ago has been found fit to stand trial.
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Woman faces three charges after 2017 death of toddler at a Vancouver daycare

Woman faces three charges after 2017 death of toddler at a Vancouver daycare

VANCOUVER — Police say charges have been laid in the death of a toddler more than three years ago at an unlicensed daycare in Vancouver. Const.
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Supreme Court of Canada to dig into snow-removal controversy

Supreme Court of Canada to dig into snow-removal controversy

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will review a dispute about a quintessentially Canadian issue — the question of municipal responsibility for proper snow removal to ensure the safety of citizens. Taryn Joy Marchi alleged the City of Nelson, B.C.
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Outside agency to probe claims against senior Mounties in B.C.: spokeswoman

Outside agency to probe claims against senior Mounties in B.C.: spokeswoman

VANCOUVER — The RCMP has asked an external police agency to assess allegations made against senior Mounties in the case of a Polish immigrant who died at the Vancouver airport in 2007.
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A guide to the new EI and the government's three new benefits for workers

A guide to the new EI and the government's three new benefits for workers

TORONTO — The federal government is switching up its relief programs for unemployed Canadians after doling out $69.37 billion to 8.61 million people across the country whose jobs were impacted by COVID-19.
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RCMP response to missing Cape Breton Indigenous teenager criticized

RCMP response to missing Cape Breton Indigenous teenager criticized

CAPE BRETON, N.S. — The Native Women's Association of Canada has joined a chorus of voices calling on the RCMP to issue an Amber Alert in connection with the disappearance of a Cape Breton teenager who has not been seen for one week.
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