Category Archives: National
China Mobile presses court for federal info to help fight national security case
OTTAWA — A Chinese state-owned telecom firm is pressing for disclosure of federal information to help the company fight Ottawa's order that its Canadian subsidiary be sold or shut down on national security grounds. During a Federal Court hearing Wednes...
Quebec details plan to capture, fence in isolated caribou herds to protect them
MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it is moving forward with its plan to capture and fence in animals from two isolated caribou herds in a bid to save them from dying out. Representatives from the Wildlife Department told reporters today
Quebec details plan to capture, fence in isolated caribou herds to protect them
MONTREAL — The Quebec government will deploy helicopters, net guns, specially built traps and tranquillizer darts to capture and fence in animals from two isolated wild caribou herds to save them from dying out, the Wildlife Department said Wednesday. ...
Ottawa and First Nations in P.E.I. sign agreement to establish national park reserve
LENNOX ISLAND, P.E.I. — A pristine chain of islands with white-sand beaches, described as Prince Edward Island's last coastal wilderness, could soon become Canada's next national park. Parks Canada signed a provisional agreement Wednesday with two Firs...
Quebec unprepared for 1st wave of COVID-19 pandemic, leading to long-term care deaths
MONTREAL — Quebec health officials were ill-prepared to weather the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, with no coherent emergency plan and a health system that left vulnerable seniors in the lurch, the province's health and welfare commissioner said ...
PBO report questions need for Liberals’ planned stimulus spending
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving no indications of plans to rein in government spending after a critical report by the parliamentary budget officer questioned the Liberals' case to spend tens of billions in planned stimulus. The Liberal...
COVID-19 antiviral pill incoming as fifth wave’s peak in sight for some provinces
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the first shipment of an oral COVID-19 pill is making its way across Canada but is no substitute for vaccination against the rapidly spreading virus. The entire northern Quebec region of Nunavik is on "red alert"
Annual inflation rate hits 30-year high, upping pressure on Bank of Canada
OTTAWA — Headline inflation in Canada hit a 30-year high at the end 2021 with warnings from economists that the pace of price increases could rise even higher and stirring expectations of a central bank response before the month is
Unvaccinated military face ‘steeper’ challenge than airman who refused anthrax shot
OTTAWA — Unvaccinated military members are in for a tougher fight than a retired airman who was disciplined for refusing an anthrax vaccine 20 years ago, his former lawyer warns. Jay Prober said some in the Canadian Armed Forces who
Feds appear in no rush to conduct overdue parliamentary review of assisted dying law
OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government appears to be in no hurry to complete a legally required parliamentary review of Canada's law on medical assistance in dying, which is already 18 months overdue. Repeated delays have led some critics to conclude
