Category Archives: National
Procurement minister defends shipbuilding plan amid challenges
OTTAWA — Canada's procurement minister is defending the federal government's nearly $100-billion plan to build new coast guard and naval ships as delays, cost overruns and other emerging difficulties raise fresh questions about its long-term viability ...
Ukrainians who’ve fled to Canada can now apply for government income support
OTTAWA — Ukrainians who have fled to Canada due to the Russian invasion of their home country will begin receiving financial support from the federal government in the next five days, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Thursday. Prime Minister Justi...
Afghan MP forced to flee homeland pleads with Canada to do more to help refugees
OTTAWA — A member of Afghanistan’s Parliament forced to flee her homeland after the Taliban takeover last year is pleading with Canada to do more to help bring Afghan refugees to safety. Canada promised to resettle at least 40,000 Afghan refugees
Institutions, police unprepared for convoy protest: chief who resigned amid criticism
OTTAWA — Canada’s institutions and police services were unprepared for the scale of the “Freedom Convoy” protest, says Ottawa’s former police chief, who resigned amid heavy criticism of the force’s handling of the demonstration. Peter Sloly said Thursd...
Prime minister signs historic land claim settlement with Alberta First Nation
SIKSIKA, Alta. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the chief of a southern Alberta First Nation have signed a historic land-claim settlement which the federal government says is one of the largest of its kind in Canada. Trudeau and Marc Miller,
Celebrations held across Canada to mark Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Ottawa landmarks, including Parliament's Peace Tower, the Senate and the Prime Minister's Office, will be illuminated in purple Thursday evening to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. Also in Canada’s capital city, a beacon will be lit — one of 1,500 ac...
Ontario Progressive Conservatives to form second majority government
TORONTO — Doug Ford and the Ontario Progressive Conservatives sailed to a second majority government Thursday with a campaign focused on roads and rebuilding to chart a course out of the pandemic, producing a victory so sweeping it toppled two
Ottawa, First Nations declare new National Wildlife Area in N.W.T.
YELLOWKNIFE — A vast northern wilderness that has for centuries been a cultural sanctuary for northern Indigenous people has become Canada's latest National Wildlife Area. Edehzhzie, more than twice the size of Banff National Park, comprises more than ...
Google contacts each MP over fast-tracking of online news bill through Commons
OTTAWA — Google has taken the extraordinary step of writing to every MP and senator expressing fears that the online news bill is being rushed through Parliament without proper debate or consideration. In its letter, Google warns that the bill needs
Order of nuns that staffed B.C.’s residential schools to pass records to B.C. museum
VICTORIA — The order of nuns that staffed numerous residential schools and 10 hospitals in British Columbia over more than 160 years is handing over ownership of its archives to the Royal B.C. Museum. The museum and Sisters of Saint