The federal government is asking for more time to amend the assisted-dying law, acknowledging that it can't meet a court imposed deadline to drop a provision that allows only those who are already near death to qualify for medical help to end their lives. Justice Minister David Lametti filed a motion Monday requesting a four-month extension on the court ruling. Quebec Superior Court Judge Christine Baudouin ruled last September that it is unconstitutional to limit the right to a medically assisted death to those whose natural death is "reasonably foreseeable." She gave the government until Ma

About 255 Canadians on a cruise ship off the shore of Yokohama, Japan should be on a government chartered plane soon bound for Canada, and ultimately a two-week quarantine in Cornwall, Ontario. So far none of them are showing symptoms of the virus called COVID-19. At a news conference in Vancouver federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu says she does not have an exact timeline yet. As for people coming into Canada from China, Hajdu says this country is taking its cue from the World Health Organization on what measures should be taken. About 15 Canadians on the Diamond Princess have the new coronav

RCMP say a driver is in critical condition following a three vehicle crash in Surrey, B.C., that closed roads Sunday night. Mounties say in a news release that a grey pickup truck was heading south when it collided with a white van and a small privately owned bus. They say the man driving the pickup was taken to hospital in critical condition. The three occupants of the bus and five occupants of the van received either minor injuries or no injuries. None of those drivers or passengers went to hospital. The RCMP says impairment and speed have not been ruled out as contributing factors in the c

An emergency meeting of cabinet ministers to discuss anti-pipeline blockades has ended with participants giving no sign of what they are planning to do. Hereditary chiefs are protesting a planned natural-gas pipeline that crosses Wet'suwet'en territory in northern British Columbia. Sympathy blockades of rail lines across the country have shut down train traffic in eastern Canada for about two weeks. After the meeting, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had only a brief comment for waiting reporters. The Trudeau government has been criticized for not doing more to end the blockades, which have

B.C. Indigenous Relations Minister Scott Fraser is set to meet with Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett today in Victoria amid ongoing rail blockades and protests for Indigenous land rights. The two were invited last week to meet by Gitxsan chief Norm Stephens after members of the First Nation erected a blockade near New Hazelton in support of neighbouring Wet'suwet'en chiefs who oppose a pipeline through their territory. The invitation was also extended to Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs. Today's meeting only involves Fraser and Bennett but they are sending a letter to heredita

The prime minister is calling off a planned trip to the Caribbean this week. His office announced the cancellation less than 24 hours before Justin Trudeau was scheduled to fly to Barbados, where he was expected to sell Canada's bid to get a seat on the United Nations Security Council. Back home, the P-M has been facing harsh criticism in the wake of anti-pipeline protests that have disrupted rail service. He'd been accused of ''running around'' Africa and Europe as protesters opposed to the Coastal GasLink pipeline project blockade rail lines in B-C, Ontario and other parts of the country.

The Rising India Youth Organisation on February 14 paid tribute to soldiers who lost their lives in 2019 Pulwama attack. People lit about 1100 candles at Punjab Universities' students centre. Over 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CPRF) personnel were killed and several injured when a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist drove an explosive-laden car into a convoy of paramilitary troops. The incident took place on Srinagar-Jammu national highway in Pulwama district.

Abbotsford Police are once again warning the public that a group of so-called distraction thieves is back in town and targeting elderly pedestrians. They say a female suspect got out of a grey vehicle and pushed an elderly woman to the ground before taking a gold chain from her neck and fleeing on Monday. Police say thieves struck again late this morning, when a female suspect got out of a white vehicle and approached another elderly woman, stealing her necklace. They say there appears to be more than one suspect involved and police are concerned by their escalating violence in the incidents

Angry demonstrations have broken out in Mexico City as hundreds of women rage against the gruesome slaying and mutilation of a young woman. The case of Ingrid Escamilla has come to personify frustration over the rising incidence of gender-related killings, or femicides. She was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend, and indignation grew after some media outlets published horrific photos of her skinned corpse. Friday morning, dozens of protesters spray-painted slogans such as ``We won't be silenced'' on the National Palace. Hours later hundreds marched on a media outlet that published the images