Ottawa is opposing more than $80 million in legal fees requested by class action lawyers for their work on a historic, multi-billion dollar proposed settlement for First Nations child welfare, CBC News has learned. Federal government calls proposed legal bill ‘excessive,’ while class action lawyers defend request. Ottawa is opposing …
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Professor stands by attending controversial Russian conference
A University of Manitoba professor is under fire for attending an event organized by a Russian think-tank on Canada’s sanctions list for spreading disinformation — during which, critics say, she helped Moscow’s propaganda efforts against Ukraine. But Radhika Desai says she’s done nothing wrong. ‘If I thought it was wrong …
Read More »A ‘historically strong’ El Niño is possible heading into winter
El Niño is here to stay through the winter months, forecasters announced this week, and there’s a decent chance that it’ll stick around to influence our weather straight into next spring. Not only will we head into the cold season with this pattern of above-normal water temperatures in the eastern …
Read More »Drunk birds found dead after eating fermented berries and flying into Vancouver house’s window
A B.C. man says he was shocked to discover several dead birds outside a friend’s house in Vancouver last week, after they had flown into the house’s window. “It’s one of the worst things I’ve seen,” said Bruce Hunt. “I’ve seen lots of birds fly into windows and stuff like …
Read More »His dealership told him to remove an anti-theft device. Now, his car’s been stolen — again
Months after a North York man’s dealership told him to remove the after-market anti-theft device from his new Lexus, the $75,000 vehicle was stolen from a TTC parking lot on Oct. 3. The theft marks the second time in nine months that Mitchell Levine and his wife Stacie Korn have …
Read More »How the Supreme Court dealt a blow to Trudeau’s climate ambitions and what comes next
Experts say Friday’s court ruling against the Impact Assessment Act is a setback, but not a critical blow to the federal government’s environmental agenda, although it could have broader implications for other climate policies Ottawa is developing. Court’s ruling on environmental impact law clips federal government’s wings on climate change, …
Read More »Canadian politicians put up a united front on Israel — but bigger challenges lie ahead
The unanimity expressed by Canadian political leaders in response to Hamas’s attack on Israeli citizens was important — even if differences inevitably were going to emerge. Partisanship is never set aside for long. And war is neither easy nor simple. While Canada isn’t at the centre of events, that doesn’t …
Read More »Supreme Court rules environmental impact legislation largely unconstitutional
Canada’s top court has delivered a highly anticipated judgment, writing in a majority opinion that Ottawa’s Impact Assessment Act (IAA), formerly Bill C-69, is largely unconstitutional. Majority of top court agreed that act’s ‘designated projects’ scheme exceeds bounds of federal jurisdiction. Canada’s top court has delivered a highly anticipated judgment, …
Read More »NDP resolution suggests Singh could kill deal with Liberals if they don’t deliver on pharmacare
Delegates at this weekend’s NDP policy convention could end up giving party leader Jagmeet Singh a bargaining chip as the party pushes the governing Liberals to introduce a universal single-payer pharmacare program. Delegates call on Jagmeet Singh ‘to go to the mat’ with the Liberals on pharmacare. Delegates at this …
Read More »Parent calls Sask. government’s new bill a ‘smokescreen’ over mental health, addictions crisis
Sarah Mackenzie lost her non-binary child to suicide earlier this year. As the province works to implement a new policy dictating how schools deal with gender-diverse students, she’s calling on the government to focus on bettering mental health and addictions supports instead. Sarah Mackenzie’s 14-year-old non-binary child died by suicide …
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