Category Archives: National
B.C. First Nation finds 93 possible burial sites at former residential school
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — A First Nation in British Columbia says a preliminary geophysical investigation has identified 93 "reflections" that could indicate the number of children buried around the site of a former residential school. Chief Willie Sellars...
Attitude on carbon tax rebate defined by politics, not facts, survey suggests
Rebates on carbon taxes haven't helped Canadians warm to them, a new survey suggests. Results published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change say that not only did rebates fail to make much difference to public opinion, Canadians don't underst...
Federal government investigating cyberattack amid tensions with Russia
OTTAWA — Federal cybersecurity agencies confirmed Monday a recent cyberattack against Global Affairs Canada amid escalating tensions over a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine. The federal government is not saying who it suspects was behind the Jan. ...
Slow down trucker vaccine rule, business groups say as PM, Tories trade barbs
OTTAWA — Business leaders are urging Ottawa to ease vaccine mandates for cross-border truckers to relieve the congested supply chain with the United States, while Liberals and Conservatives sparred over the extent of the problem and how to resolve it. ...
Kids’ vaccine rate still low despite rampant spread of Omicron variant
OTTAWA — The timing of the Omicron outbreak in Canada may have hurt the uptake of pediatric vaccines at a time when kids need them most. Child-sized doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine were approved for children aged five to 11 on
Spending a ‘marked departure’ from former B.C. legislature clerk’s duties, Crown says
VANCOUVER — A book on beekeeping, a wood splitter and a cushion decorated with the Union Jack and the words "God Save the Queen," are among the items that a special prosecutor alleges former B.C. legislature clerk Craig James improperly
Saskatchewan eschews more COVID-19 rules, Ontario saw high absences in some schools
Saskatchewan's premier said his government will refrain from imposing new COVID-19 restrictions in a shift toward learning to live with the virus Monday, just as new StatCan data illustrated the human toll of the pandemic and Ontario revealed many of
Montreal’s Chinatown, threatened by development, to be granted heritage status
MONTREAL — The shrinking heart of Montreal's Chinatown will be granted heritage status by the province to protect it from excessive development and gentrification, municipal and provincial officials announced Monday. Culture Minister Nathalie Roy told...
Nunavut signs $10-a-day child-care deal with federal government
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut has become the latest jurisdiction to sign onto the federal government's $10-a-day child-care program. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the deal of $66-million over five years Monday with Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok ...
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin opts for trial by judge only in sexual assault case
The senior military officer once tasked with overseeing Canada's COVID-19 vaccination drive is opting to have his sexual assault case tried by a Quebec judge without a jury present. A lawyer for Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin announced the decision during a bri...
