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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Organizations that advocate for members of the LGBTQ2 community are calling a court injunction preventing the Alberta government from banning gender-affirming treatment for people under 16 “a historic win.” Egale Canada welcomed the decision in a news release on Friday afternoon. Egale along with a group called Skipping Stone and several Alberta families have argued that gender-affirming care legislation introduced in Bill 26 will cause harm.“As we have long argued, the government should never interfere in the medical decisions of doctors and patients or prevent parents and youth from deciding what medical care is right for them,” Egale Canada said. “Everyone deserves the ability to access...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size North Vancouver RCMP are at the scene outside NDP MLA Bowinn Ma’s constituency office on Friday morning. In a statement, Ma confirmed that a “security incident” has prompted the closure of her office and all meetings and appointments have been cancelled.The incident took place in the early hours of the morning.“Thankfully, nobody was injured, but incidents like this can be quite frightening,” Ma said in a statement.“I appreciate the concern expressed by community members. I am grateful to serve such a caring and compassionate community. I’d also like to thank the officers who responded for their diligence and professionalism. Due to the active police investigation, I will not be able to pr...

U.S. President Donald Trump says his administration is terminating trade talks with Canada, “effective immediately.” Trump said on Truth Social the decision was due to Canada, which he called “a very difficult country to trade with,” moving ahead with a digital services tax on American technology firms that operate in Canada.“Based on this egregious Tax, we are hereby terminating All discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately,” he wrote. “We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period.”The statement comes after Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney had agreed at last week’s G7 leaders’ summit in Alberta to pursue negotiations on a new trade and security deal within 30 days.Pressure ha...

A key portion of NATO members’ new pledge to spend at least five per cent of their GDP on defence includes up to 1.5 per cent committed to infrastructure and other defence-related investments — and it’s broadly defined. Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday after endorsing the spending plan at The Hague during the annual NATO leaders’ summit that critical minerals projects and other areas where Canada is already spending money could help reach that 1.5 per cent.“We’re going to do a more proper accounting of that,” he said. “We have to show that, and we have to be deliberate and strategic about it.”Defence and economic policy experts agree that the NATO agreement is broad enough that it affords allies a lot of wiggle room to justify certain projects as being defence-related. Sto...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size It’s been more than four and a half decades, but an intersection known in popular myth as Canada’s coldest and windiest is finally reopening to pedestrian traffic. The iconic corner of Portage Avenue and Main Street in Winnipeg opens to foot traffic Friday morning, after a long and tumultuous journey, with plenty of controversy, leading up to this point.Portage and Main has played host to some key parts of the city’s history, from indelible moments during the deadly Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, to the Winnipeg Jets signing future Hall of Famer Dale Hawerchuk there in 1981. Looking west on Portage Avenue prior to the opening of the Portage and Main...