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B.C. Human Rights Tribunal awards $150,000 in child welfare discrimination case

B.C. Human Rights Tribunal awards $150,000 in child welfare discrimination case

VANCOUVER — An Afro-Indigenous woman has been awarded $150,000 in compensation by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal after her children were wrongfully seized by a child welfare agency.
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Inflation relief measures should be well targeted and temporary, says Macklem

Inflation relief measures should be well targeted and temporary, says Macklem

OTTAWA — Governments looking to provide inflation relief to Canadians should choose measures that are well targeted and temporary, says Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem.
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Solicitor-client privilege on Emergencies Act creates 'black box,' inquiry hears

Solicitor-client privilege on Emergencies Act creates 'black box,' inquiry hears

OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti repeatedly invoked solicitor-client privilege in his testimony at a public inquiry on Wednesday, declining to answer the critical question of what legal advice the federal Liberals relied on to invoke the Emerg
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B.C. man convicted of killing his four- and six-year-old daughters denied appeal

B.C. man convicted of killing his four- and six-year-old daughters denied appeal

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia man who killed his two young daughters on Christmas Day in 2017 has been denied an appeal by the province's highest court.
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Fans inspired despite Canadian loss in first World Cup appearance since 1986

Fans inspired despite Canadian loss in first World Cup appearance since 1986

For Canadian soccer fans, the excitement of seeing their country play in the men's World Cup for the first time in 36 years gave way to disappointment Wednesday as their team fell just short.
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Rejecting unproven claims prevents 'mob' takeover of convoy inquiry: Murray Sinclair

Rejecting unproven claims prevents 'mob' takeover of convoy inquiry: Murray Sinclair

OTTAWA — The commissioner presiding over the public inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act will not allow a lawyer for "Freedom Convoy" organizers to explore an unsubstantiated claim that hateful imagery spotted at the Ottawa protests last winte
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Canadian-Israeli teen killed in Jerusalem attack while on his way to seminary

Canadian-Israeli teen killed in Jerusalem attack while on his way to seminary

JERUSALEM — A rabbi with a seminary in Jerusalem has identified a 16-year-old Canadian-Israeli student as a person killed in one of two blasts that went off near bus stops in the city.
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Jury finds former PQ legislator Harold LeBel guilty of sexual assault

Jury finds former PQ legislator Harold LeBel guilty of sexual assault

RIMOUSKI, Que. — Former Parti Québécois legislator Harold LeBel was found guilty on Wednesday of sexually assaulting a woman at his residence in 2017.
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Quebec judicial council rejects complaint over judge's sexual assault ruling

Quebec judicial council rejects complaint over judge's sexual assault ruling

MONTREAL — The Quebec judicial council has rejected complaints about a judge who granted a conditional discharge to a young engineer who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and voyeurism.
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Alta.'s tactic of doling out cash fuels inflation rather than easing it: economists

Alta.'s tactic of doling out cash fuels inflation rather than easing it: economists

Provinces peppering the public with cash to deal with soaring prices compounds inflation rather than easing it, economists say. They say the tactic used by Alberta this week and B.C.
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