MPs on the House of Commons foreign affairs committee have voted to study the quickest path to federal government recognition of a Palestinian state. The move comes despite the objections of Conservative MPs on the committee, who argue that recognizing a Palestinian state in the absence of a negotiated agreement with Israel would be a…
Politics·New Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will appear as a guest on CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday. PM addressed UN on Sunday while visiting New York City CBC News · Posted: Sep 23, 2024 4:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 27 minutes ago Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, is expected to appear as…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to be in New York this week for the 78th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly and the Summit of the Future, amid increasing geopolitical instability around the world. “Canada will have a leading role in making the world fairer and more prosperous,” Trudeau said in a news…
Up to 2,600 new housing units planned for the Heather Lands in Vancouver will be sold at 60 per cent of market value, according to a joint announcement by the province, the city and the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. The 8.5-hectare parcel of land in question is located on Heather Street between West 33rd…
As It Happens6:34A Canadian man tried for months to get his sister out of war-torn Sudan. She died waiting When the federal government launched a program in late February to reunite people in war-torn Sudan with their families in Canada, Seif Omran Mansour was ready. The West Vancouver civil engineer got up at the crack…
On the 25th anniversary of the Marshall Decision — a landmark court ruling that affirmed First Nations’ treaty right to fish, hunt and gather in pursuit of a moderate livelihood — some say there’s still a long way to go to properly uphold it. The Supreme Court ruling involved Donald Marshall Jr., a Mi’kmaw man…
Nancy Le, 25, has been using facial sunscreens since she was a teenager. But unlike people who buy sunscreen from stores, the Vancouver nursing student is one of many who use online retailers. That’s because the sunscreen she uses, which is made in Asia, contains ingredients that aren’t approved by Health Canada. “The other sunscreens…
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted Friday in Russia of espionage and sentenced to 16 years on charges that his employer and the U.S. have rejected as fabricated. The conclusion of his swift and secretive trial in the country’s highly politicized legal system perhaps cleared the way for a prisoner swap between Moscow…
Generations of Dakota and Lakota people have waited for an apology from the Canadian government. That apology came during an elaborate ceremony at the Whitecap Dakota First Nation near Saskatoon Monday. “I could never erase the pain you have endured, [but] this is the right thing to do,” federal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree said during…
The federal government is set to formally apologize to Dakota and Lakota Nations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan on Monday for historically recognizing them as refugees, a label that one chief says turned them into “second-class First Nation citizens.” Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Gary Anandasangaree will give a formal apology on behalf of the federal government to nine…
