Canada's new defence minister says she's accepted a call to move the investigation and prosecution of sexual misconduct and assault cases that happen in the military over from the force's control to civilian police. Anita Anand says the federal government has accepted ``in full'' the recommendation from retired Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour. Arbour was the second retired Supreme Court justice to call for the military to transfer criminal cases involving sexual misconduct to civilian authorities. Morris Fish made a similar recommendation in June, following a comprehensive review of the m

Erin O'Toole insists the Conservative caucus is united behind his leadership.But can he be as confident about the party's grassroots? The reaction from a handful of third-party organizations, which represent swaths of the Conservative faithful, suggests the answer is likely a no."If they keep throwing their base under the bus, there's not going to be anyone on the bus," said Sheldon Clare, president and CEO of the National Firearms Association, adding that he remains a Conservative member for "right now."What path the Conservatives decide to tread next as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau enters h

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is confident that a ``solution'' can be reached to allow Canada to honour its war dead on Remembrance Day by lowering the flag to half-mast. Speaking at a news conference from climate talks in Glasgow, the prime minister says the government is working closely with Indigenous groups to find ways to raise then lower the flag to half-mast on Nov. 11. The flag has been flying at half-mast at federal buildings since late May, after the location of what are believed to be hundreds of unmarked graves at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Trudeau has s

Transport Canada is easing its restrictions on international flight arrivals.It's increasing the number of Canadian airports where international flights will be allowed to land, as of November 30th.Transport Minister Omar Alghabra made the announcement this morning at an airport in Waterloo, Ontario.Eight more locations will be added to the current list of 10 Canadian airports where international passenger flights are allowed to land.

International delegates attending a UN climate convention underway in Glasgow were reminded of images of homes burning and people fleeing from the Fraser Canyon community of Lytton as a wildfire levelled it in just hours on June 30th. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussed the fate of the village during his opening address to the COP-26 climate convention in Scotland. Trudeau noted an all-time Canadian high temperature of 49.6 degrees Celsius was set in Lytton just one day before the flames broke out. He reminded other world leaders that ``what happened in Lytton can, has and will happen any

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization has expanded eligibility guidelines for booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines.The committee now recommends mRNA boosters to people who received two doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, adults over the age of 70, front-line health-care workers with a short interval between their first two doses, and people from First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities.The latest recommendation says the emerging evidence suggests vaccine effectiveness against asymptomatic infection and mild COVID-19 disease may decrease over time, and a booster could help resto

A neo-Nazi group member has been sentenced to nine years in prison in a case that highlighted a broader federal crackdown on far-right extremists. FBI agents arrested former Canadian Armed Forces reservist Patrik Jordan Mathews and two other members of a group called The Base four days before a pro-gun rally in Virginia in January 2020. Surveillance equipment installed in their Delaware apartment captured Mathews and fellow Base member Brian Mark Lemley Jr. discussing an attack at the rally at Virginia's Capitol in Richmond. The judge who sentenced Mathews to prison concluded that he and Leml

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is embarking on a six-day trip to Europe. He'll attend planned climate discussions at the upcoming G-20 summit and United Nations COP 26 meeting. It's the first time Trudeau will be at a COP meeting since the Paris agreement was signed just weeks after he first became prime minister in 2015.Catherine Abreu, executive director of Destination Zero, says there's been a growing recognition of the disconnect between Canada's climate promises and actual progress.Canada's emissions have risen more than three per cent since 2016, the most of any G-7 nation.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says his caucus has accepted a requirement that members of Parliament be vaccinated against COVID-19 or have a medical exemption to sit in the House of Commons. But he dodged multiple questions from reporters about what will happen with his MPs who are not vaccinated. An all-party committee that governs how the House of Commons operates decided last week to make vaccines mandatory for everyone entering the House precinct who doesn't have a medical exemption. O'Toole says only the House of Commons itself, not the board of internal economy, can determine its com