Allegations against Payette include physical contact, sources say

Complaints against the outgoing Governor General Julie Payette include unwelcome physical contact with staffers, that caused some to feel threatened, multiple sources say.

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  • The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, June 14, 2021

    The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday June 14, 2021. There are 1,402,126 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,402,126 confirmed cases (16,955 active, 1,359,240 resolved, 25,931 deaths).*The total case count includes 13 confirmed cases among repatriated travellers. There were 1,122 new cases Sunday. The rate of active cases is 44.61 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 9,216 new cases. The seven-day rolling aver

  • Former Green MP Jenica Atwin adjusts position on Israel after joining Liberal caucus

    OTTAWA — Jenica Atwin has adjusted her position on Israel to align with the governing Liberal party she joined just four days ago. The Fredericton MP left the Greens on Thursday after openly criticizing party leader Annamie Paul's call for de-escalation of the recent deadly hostilities between Israel and Palestinians. Atwin had said she stood with Palestine and maintained there were "no two sides to this conflict, only human rights abuses" by Israel, which she accused of pursuing a policy of apa

  • First Nations child-welfare ruling based on 'seriously flawed reasoning,' feds argue

    OTTAWA — The federal government is arguing the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal's decision to award $40,000 to each Indigenous child removed from their parents by a systemically underfunded child-welfare system was based on "seriously flawed reasoning." Ottawa’s legal challenge of two rulings involving First Nations children taken into care began the first of five days of arguments in Federal Court today. The federal government's lawyer, Robert Frater, told Federal Court Justice Paul Favel the gov

  • US documents solve mystery of war criminal Tojo's remains

    TOKYO (AP) — Until recently, the location of executed wartime Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo's remains was one of World War II's biggest mysteries in the nation he once led. Now, a Japanese university professor has revealed declassified U.S. military documents that appear to hold the answer. The documents show the cremated ashes of Tojo, one of the masterminds of the Pearl Harbor attack, were scattered from a U.S. Army aircraft over the Pacific Ocean about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of Y

  • What you need to know about COVID-19 in Ottawa on Monday, June 14

    Recent developments: What's the latest? Ontario and Quebec have each announced restrictions on non-essential travel between the two provinces will be lifted at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. Ottawa Public Health (OPH) confirmed another 23 cases of COVID-19 and no more deaths Monday. For the first time, more second doses than first doses were administered to Ottawa residents over the weekend. Western Quebec is one of the province's regions under yellow zone rules as of today. A big change is the return of

  • Pandemic worries and parenting woes: There is always something to fret about

    This story is part of Amy Bell's Parental Guidance column, which airs on CBC Radio One's The Early Edition. When you have a child, anxiety is part of the deal. From those early days of "are they breathing?" to the sleepless nights spent wondering if they'll come home from their teenage adventures, your worry comes in many shapes. When the provincial guidelines were announced for the gradual easing of restrictions this summer, I was elated. For about three hours. But that quickly morphed into me

  • Trudeau commits to vaccines, more pressure on China as G7 summit concludes

    On his final day at the G7 summit, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he's committed to sharing vaccine, and insisted Canada and its allies take a coordinated approach to deal with China. Though, as Abigail Bimman reports, world leaders are divided on that issue.

  • Pfizer, AstraZeneca preventing hospitalizations from Delta variant in Britain

    OTTAWA — A new study in England suggests the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines are extremely good at keeping people from ending up in the hospital with COVID-19, even after just one dose. Public Health England says it looked at the records of 14,000 people with confirmed cases of COVID-19 due to the Delta variant between April 12 and June 4. It found two doses of either vaccine were more than 90 per cent effective at keeping people out of the hospital. After one dose, Pfizer was 94

  • Navy commander apologizes for golfing with former chief of defence staff under military police investigation

    The commander of the Royal Canadian Navy has publicly apologized for golfing with former top soldier, retired general Jonathan Vance, who is under a military police investigation over allegations of inappropriate behaviour with female subordinates. Vice-Admiral Craig Baines issued a written statement Sunday night addressed to all military members and national defence public servants saying he was sorry for his conduct. Baines confirmed he golfed with Vance and military's second-in-command, Lt.-G

  • Police, residents in rural Saskatchewan mourn death of Mountie during traffic stop

    WOLSELEY, Sask. — A province mourned the loss of a slain RCMP officer on Sunday, remembering the Mountie as a compassionate fixture of his rural Saskatchewan community. Const. Shelby Patton, 26, died Saturday morning after he stopped a suspected stolen truck in the small town of Wolseley, Sask., east of Regina. He was hit by the truck while outside of his police vehicle, RCMP said. The truck took off and Patton died at the scene. Two hours later a man and a woman were arrested in a field outside

  • Edmonton police investigating attack on a Black Muslim woman wearing a hijab

    Edmonton Police are investigating a report that a Somali Canadian woman who was wearing a hijab was attacked Friday night, the latest in a series of attacks on Black and racialized Muslim women in recent months. Jibril Ibrahim, president of the Somali Canadian Cultural Society (SCCS), said the Edmonton woman who is in her 50s, was grabbed by her neck and pushed down to the sidewalk by an unknown person while she was out for a walk near Edmonton's Northmount neighbourhood at about 9 p.m. "She was

  • Canada to receive 9.5M vaccine doses this week thanks to influx of Moderna shots

    OTTAWA — Canada is poised to receive around 9.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses this week thanks to a massive infusion of shots from Moderna. The federal government says the Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical firm will deliver a total of 7.1 million jabs in two separate shipments this week. The first shipment of 2.9 million doses is scheduled to arrive and be sent to provinces in the middle of the week. The remaining 4.2 million will arrive later in the week, but won't be sent to provinces and te

  • Novavax COVID-19 vaccine more than 90% effective in U.S. trial

    (Reuters) -Novavax Inc on Monday said its COVID-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective, including against a variety of concerning variants of the coronavirus in a large, late-stage U.S.-based clinical trial. The study of nearly 30,000 volunteers in the United States and Mexico puts Novavax on track to file for emergency authorization in the United States and elsewhere in the third quarter of 2021, the company said. The protein-based vaccine was more than 93% effective against the more easily transmissible predominant coronavirus variants that have caused concern among scientists and public health officials, Novavax said.

  • Philippines again suspends scrapping of troop pact with U.S. amid China dispute

    MANILA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Philippines has again suspended a decision to scrap a crucial agreement governing the U.S. troop presence in the country, its foreign minister said on Monday, amid continuing maritime pressure from China. The Pentagon welcomed the announcement from Manila - the third suspension of the decision covering the two-decade-old Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) that had been due to expire in August - but analysts said there would be disappointment in both countries that it was not renewed. Philippine Foreign Minister Teodoro Locsin said the suspension would be for a further six months while President Rodrigo Duterte "studies, and both sides further address his concerns regarding, particular aspects of the agreement".

  • Alberta man canoeing down North Saskatchewan River to raise funds, awareness for SIDS

    An Alberta man is canoeing across the prairies to raise money and awareness for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). David Hatto, 78, started his 1,450 km journey down the North Saskatchewan River from Rocky Mountain House, Alta. on June 2. On Saturday, he reached Edmonton and made camp. The effort is Hatto's way of honouring his granddaughter Hazel, who died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) seven years ago. His daughter-in-law later started Hazel's Heroes as a way to help grieving mothers

  • Opposition says jailed Belarusian blogger paraded as 'trophy' in latest public appearance

    MOSCOW (Reuters) -Jailed Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich appeared at a news conference in Minsk on Monday saying he felt fine and had not been beaten, in what the opposition said was another public appearance made under duress. Protasevich sat alongside four officials, two of whom were in uniform, saying he had not been made to cooperate with the authorities and that he was in good health after being arrested last month when his Ryanair flight was forced to land in Minsk. Protasevich has made several appearances since his plane was forced to land in Minsk while on a May 23 flight from Greece to Lithuania via Belarusian air space.

  • New Brunswick artists take home East Coast Music Awards

    Les Hay Babies were the big New Brunswick winners at the East Coast Music Awards, which wrapped up Sunday night with an online ceremony. The Acadian trio won group of the year and francophone recording of the year for Boîte aux lettres. Several other New Brunswick artists also took home prizes, including David Myles for folk recording of the year for Leave Tonight. Joel Miller won jazz recording of the year for Unstoppable. Dance recording of the year went to BRDGS & FWLR, made up of Nicholas Ro

  • More than a year after Black Lives Matter protests in Windsor, some feel not enough has changed

    Black community members say they don't feel much has changed in the region, more than a year after large Black Lives Matter protests landed in Windsor. Leslie McCurdy, acting chair of the Black Council of Windsor-Essex, said she feels interest in the issue has waned. "White people can get tired of it and leave it alone. Black people wake up with it everyday and face it," McCurdy said. About 12 months after back-to-back BLM protests on Windsor's Riverfront — one was a BLM balloon memorial that fo

  • Caution on Iran nuclear deal as G7 leaders vow to stop bomb

    VIENNA (AP) — Diplomats from outside the European Union cautioned Sunday that negotiations with Iran to salvage a landmark nuclear deal still need more time, as leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations reaffirmed a commitment to stop the Islamic republic from building nuclear weapons. Iranian envoys held another round of negotiations with international delegations in Vienna a day after EU coordinators suggested that differences over the 2015 accord limiting Iran's nuclear activities had nar

  • COVID-19 on P.E.I.: What's happening Monday, June 14

    A Dartmouth woman is disappointed her Charlottetown mother was refused a compassionate grounds exception for travel to help her following the birth of her first child. Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Heather Morrison is scheduled to return with regular pandemic briefing Tuesday. There was no briefing last week following a move to biweekly sessions. New Brunswick still hasn't quite hit the 75 per cent vaccination target needed to move to the first phase of reopening in the province, which include