Category Archives: National
Trudeau warns of more Russia sanctions amid Moscow military build up near Ukraine
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Russia may face further Western sanctions as a consequence of its military build up on the Ukrainian border. And Trudeau strongly suggests today that Canada will renew its modest commitment of 200 Canadian Fo...
Trudeau warns of more Russia sanctions amid Moscow military buildup near Ukraine
OTTAWA — Russia may face further Western sanctions as a consequence of its military buildup on the Ukrainian border, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday. And Trudeau appeared to confirm that Canada will renew its modest commitment of 200 Canad...
Government extends repayment deadline to emergency business account to 2023
OTTAWA — Businesses struggling under yet another round of lockdowns and capacity restrictions will have an extra year to repay emergency interest-free loans issued by the federal government, but business groups say that might not be enough breathing ro...
Quebec Opposition unconvinced province will impose penalty on unvaccinated
MONTREAL — Quebec's announcement that it would tax unvaccinated residents sparked strong reaction and pushed Canadian premiers to take a position on it, but the province's official Opposition says it's unconvinced the government will go ahead with its ...
Women’s shelters facing staff shortages amid COVID, high rates of gendered violence
OTTAWA — Women's shelter workers are feeling even more pressure as the latest COVID-19 wave hits Canada, fuelled by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Lise Martin, executive director of Women's Shelters Canada, said shelters are overwhelmed in p...
Military struggling with shortage of medical personnel as provinces look for help
OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces says its medical personnel have been stretched to the limit during the pandemic, suggesting it can offer little help to provincial health care systems overwhelmed by the Omicron variant of COVID-19. A growing number o...
Radiologists warn of growing backlog in medical imaging due to COVID-19 pandemic
Radiologists are warning that Canadian hospitals are in serious need of more equipment and staff to deal with medical imaging backlogs that the country was already facing before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Dr. Gilles Soulez, president of the Canadian ...
PM needs more info on Quebec’s no-vax tax, Ottawa struggles to deliver rapid tests
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday he needs more information before he can say whether he supports Quebec’s anti-vaccination tax, as Ottawa struggled to make good on its promise to deliver COVID-19 rapid tests. Trudeau said Quebec has reassur...
Correctional Service settles human rights case for prisoners addicted to opioids
VANCOUVER — The federal prison service says it is making several changes to help prisoners addicted to opioids, including getting them faster access to treatment by eliminating a waiting list that is hundreds of people long. The Correctional Service o...
Canada has contracts for up to 100 million Pfizer, Moderna doses in 2022
OTTAWA — Federal COVID-19 vaccine contracts mean Canada should get enough doses to give two or three more mRNA shots to every Canadian, every year until at least 2024. But even as the National Advisory Committee on Immunization is now suggesting
