Minister Anand meets with India’s External Affairs Minister

The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, was pleased to welcome today Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s External Affairs Minister, to Canada for the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in the Niagara…

Liberals quiet on whether government will support Senate changes to First Nations bill that would end second-generation cut-off

The rule denies Indian status to people who had a non-First Nation parent and grandparent, and has been criticized as a colonial policy that allows Ottawa to determine who qualifies…

Canada’s first oral HIV self test gets the green…

Canada’s first oral HIV self test gets the green light | CBC News People in Canada have a new, less invasive way to test for HIV at home, following Health…

Mass killer had no specific target, was ‘hunting’ in Tumbler Ridge school: RCMP

TUMBLER RIDGE — Officers from the five-person RCMP detachment in Tumbler Ridge arrived at the community’s secondary school on Tuesday to sounds of fire alarms and a voice yelling from…

Minister Anand announces additional sanctions against Russia

The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada is imposing additional sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations. Source link

Supreme Court invalidates result from spring federal election in Terrebonne riding

The Supreme Court decision to invalidate this result would leave the federal Liberals with 168 seats in the House of Commons, short of the 172 required to form a majority…

BC’s uncomfortable political reality — REDUX

The material below the separator line was first posted at IN-SIGHTS in April, 2013. Today, an acquaintance reminded me about Sean Holman’s important work across many years. In the early…

First Nation buys own backup generators, saying governments and utility failed them

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba First Nation whose residents were evacuated for months last summer due to a wildfire and an extended power outage says it has bought its own backup…

Canada announces additional assistance and launches matching fund in response to Hurricane Melissa

Today, the Honourable Randeep Sarai, Secretary of State (International Development), announced that Canada will match donations made to the Canadian Red Cross’s Hurricane Melissa Appeal. Every donation made by individuals…

Trump’s EPA repeal could mean push for more diversification in Canada

iPolitics explores how a U.S. decision to repeal a climate effort could rollback 75 years of U.S.-Canada harmonization of standards. The Trump administration is moving to revoke the 2009 endangerment…