Category Archives: National
Mounties eye corruption cases involving Canadian firms and new ways of resolving them
OTTAWA — RCMP anti-corruption investigators say they are probing possible shady practices by several Canadian companies operating in parts of Africa, Eastern Europe and South America. Firms involved in mining, infrastructure, aviation, rail, engineerin...
Feds overhauling methane-reduction fund slammed by environment commissioner
OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is overhauling a methane-reduction program that the environment commissioner slammed last fall as poorly designed and a waste of money. The third round of applications for the $675-million onshore ...
Advocate pushes for awareness of anti-Asian racism as new surveys highlight toll
OTTAWA — An advocate is calling on white Canadians to become more aware of anti-Asian racism, as two new surveys highlight the heavy toll of the pandemic on race relations in the country. A recent study led by the University of
27 out of 130 passengers on Sunwing party flight to Mexico back in Canada: Duclos
OTTAWA — Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says about 27 of the 130 passengers on the Sunwing party flight to Mexico have returned to Canada. Duclos told reporters today the returning travellers were interrogated at the border, tested for COVID-...
Bearskin Lake chief says community near ‘breaking point,’ needs urgent federal help
OTTAWA — The chief of Bearskin Lake says the remote northern Ontario community is "almost at a breaking point" after half of its population tested positive for COVID-19, as he renewed his call for immediate federal help. Chief Lefty Kamenawatamin joine...
Canada likely to get to place where provinces mull vaccine mandates: Duclos
OTTAWA — Canada's health minister says he expects the country to reach a time in the COVID-19 pandemic when provinces consider implementing a broader vaccine mandate to counter rising cases. Jean-Yves Duclos told a COVID-19 briefing on Friday that such...
Key sectors facing staffing struggles amid escalating pandemic
With COVID-19's latest wave showing few signs of abating concerns are deepening as more and more workers in vital sectors are sidelined by the pandemic. In Ontario where the number of COVID patients in hospital has ballooned by a factor of
‘Why do I feel so guilty?’ Saskatchewan residents sending rapid tests out of province
Troy Weppler says he turned away from a post office employee in Saskatoon as he shoved a box of COVID-19 rapid tests into an envelope to send to family in British Columbia. "Why do I feel so guilty about doing this?
Statistics Canada says economy added 55,000 jobs in December, unemployment rate 5.9%
OTTAWA — The Canadian economy added 55,000 jobs in December before COVID-19 cases began spiking at the end of the month, prompting public health restrictions that forced many businesses to close or curtail operations. Dominique Lapointe, senior econom...
Keurig to pay $3 million fine for false, misleading claims on recycling of its K-CUPs
OTTAWA — The Competition Bureau says Keurig Canada will pay a $3 million penalty for making false or misleading claims that its single-use K-Cup pods can be recycled. In a statement Thursday the bureau says the company voluntarily reached an agreement
