Category Archives: National
Kenney relieves justice minister of duties, orders investigation into police call
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has relieved Justice Minister Kaycee Madu of his duties after it came to light that Madu called Edmonton’s police chief about a traffic ticket. Kenney says while all parties agree Madu never asked Chief Dale
Synagogues told ‘be vigilant’ after Texas hostage siege; Toronto police boost patrols
OTTAWA — Jewish community leaders have advised Canadian synagogues to increase their level of vigilance in case of a copycat attack following a hostage taking at a Texas synagogue this weekend. Police in Canadian cities including Toronto have also inc...
B.C. premier ‘feeling better every day’ after treatment for throat cancer
VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier John Horgan says he is "less robust" but he's feeling better every day after completing 35 radiation sessions for throat cancer. Horgan posted the update on Twitter, saying he is "so grateful" for the compassion
Quebec may never get the full story behind COVID-19 care home deaths, coroner warns
Quebec coroner Géhane Kamel said Monday that grieving families may never get the full story behind the thousands of deaths that occurred in long-term care homes during the first wave of COVID-19. Kamel expressed shock that after a yearlong investigatio...
Nishnawbe Aski Nation calling on Ottawa, Ontario to better fund fire services
TORONTO — An organization representing First Nations in northwestern Ontario is calling on the federal and provincial governments to provide better fire prevention and protection funding in Indigenous communities after three children died in a house fi...
China’s claim that Omicron came from Canadian mail dismissed as ‘ludicrous’
OTTAWA — A claim by Chinese health authorities that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was introduced to a resident of Beijing through a piece of regular mail from Canada was dismissed Monday as being ludicrous and comical. A Chinese state-controlled
Iqaluit sets up filling station with river water after complaints of fuel smell
IQALUIT, NUNAVUT — The City of Iqaluit has set up a water-filling station after traces of fuel were found in the Nunavut capital's drinking water last week for the second time in recent months. Iqaluit residents reported smelling fuel in their
Health Canada approves Pfizer antiviral but supply issues expected
OTTAWA — Health Canada approved Pfizer's antiviral treatment for COVID-19 Monday which could help cut pressure on the health-care system by preventing high-risk patients from ending up in the hospital. But limited supplies of Paxlovid mean the Public H...
Study suggests Alberta First Nations people tend to get lower level of emergency care
EDMONTON — Hospital emergency rooms in Alberta are likely to assess complaints from First Nations people as less urgent than those from other patients, even when their problems are the same, says a new study that looked at millions of
Canada approves Pfizer COVID drug as hospitalizations rise and kids return to school
Health Canada added another tool to its pandemic-fighting arsenal Monday, approving Pfizer's antiviral treatment for COVID-19 as the rapid spread of the Omicron variant continued to tax the country's health-care system and millions of students returned...
