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It took a while for the name Liz Truss to ring a bell for Brenda Montagano. Montagano and Truss knew each other for just one year while they were in the same Grade 7 class at Parkcrest Elementary School in Burnaby, B.C., in the late 1980s. Montagano grew up to be …
Read More »Sport minister calls for ‘change’ at Hockey Canada as calls for resignations mount
Warning: This story contains sexually graphic details that may be disturbing to readers As calls mount for the leaders of Canada’s national hockey organization to resign over sexual misconduct scandals, federal Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge is calling for “change” within the organization. St-Onge told CBC Radio’s The House that she was horrified by details of …
Read More »Federal health minister announces support for nurses
Jean-Yves Duclos makes an announcement and holds a news conference in Ottawa. News Source link
Read More »Canada needs to ‘do better’ when recruiting foreign workers, federal minister says
This is the last in a three-part series about a group of temporary foreign workers with a Prince Edward Island farm company. Stories of trouble at a farming company on P.E.I. are an indication Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program has been needing change, says federal Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean …
Read More »Ontario ER closures not unprecedented, health minister says
Ontario’s health minister said Monday that six hospitals had to close departments — including ERs — over the weekend, but argued that the situation wasn’t unprecedented. Sylvia Jones made the comments as the legislature sat for the first time following the Progressive Conservatives’ re-election in June, and said individual hospitals …
Read More »China’s live-fire exercises off Taiwan an ‘unnecessary escalation,’ defence minister says
China’s live-fire exercises off the coast of Taiwan has been an “unnecessary escalation,” according to Canada’s defence minister. Anita Anand made the comments on CBC’s Radio’s The House this weekend and the remarks came one day after Beijing announced it was ending all contact with the United States on major …
Read More »Visa denials denounced at Montreal AIDS conference, federal minister cancels speech
The International AIDS Society will re-evaluate how it organizes international conferences as a result of visa denials by the Canadian government, the organization’s president said Friday in Montreal. The comments came as International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan cancelled a planned appearance at the conference. Adeeba Kamarulzaman told attendees at the …
Read More »Moscow’s goal is to oust Ukraine’s president, Russian foreign minister says
Russia appears to have reversed itself after the country’s top diplomat said Moscow’s overarching goal is to topple the government of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Russian artillery barrages and airstrikes continue to pummel cities across Ukraine. The remark from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov comes amid Ukraine’s efforts to resume …
Read More »More Canadian doctors should consider prescribing pharmaceutical alternatives to street drugs, minister says
Canada’s minister of mental health and addictions says more doctors across the country should be willing to prescribe a safer supply of drugs to reduce overdoses instead of fearing they will face barriers from their regulatory colleges. Carolyn Bennett said a guidance document by the College of Physicians and Surgeons …
Read More »More than 500 Canadian gymnasts call on Sport Minister to freeze funding
More than 500 Canadian gymnasts are calling on Canada’s Sport Minister to freeze funding to their national sport organization. In a public letter Thursday to Minister Pascale St-Onge — and after four months of “sharing devastating stories” of years of abuse — Gymnasts for Change, which represents 508 athletes, are …
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