Category Archives: National
Trudeau, Horgan discuss Omicron response, B.C. flooding rebuilding efforts
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will hold a call with all of the country's premiers next week to discuss how governments are keeping citizens safe as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 rapidly spreads. Trudeau's comments came during a
Both sides claim victory after ruling sides with U.S. over Canadian dairy quotas
WASHINGTON — Dairy industry advocates and trade officials in the United States celebrated a rare win over Canada on Tuesday after a panel of arbitrators agreed that America's northern neighbour is denying U.S. producers their fair share of access to
Antisemitism envoy Irwin Cotler says Quebec’s secularism law is discriminatory
OTTAWA — Canada's special envoy on combating antisemitism has sharply criticized as "discriminatory" Quebec's law banning teachers and some other public-sector employees from wearing religious symbols at work. Prof. Irwin Cotler, who was appointed by ...
Canadian health networks feeling strain as COVID-19 hospitalizations rise
Canadians in some parts of the country saw surgeries postponed, access to COVID-19 testing reduced and a return to classes delayed as provinces continued to struggle on Tuesday with a sustained wave of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. Ontario he...
Top CEOs in Canada were paid at second-highest level ever during the pandemic
OTTAWA — Canada's 100 highest-paid CEOs had their second-best year ever in 2020, even as the COVID-19 pandemic left this country in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. “Despite the pandemic being a pretty bad year for most Canadians...
Ottawa announces $40-billion Indigenous child welfare settlement, largest in history
Ottawa announced Tuesdayit had secured agreements in principle to compensate First Nations children harmed by its underfunding of child welfare, revealing for the first time early details about what the historic arrangement will cover. Crown-Indigenou...
Hackers interrupt Zoom news conference held by families of Iran plane crash victims
OTTAWA — Hackers targeted a Tuesday virtual news conference held by lawyers and family members of victims of the Iranian military's downing of a passenger jet two years ago. The family members, along with their legal team, had begun a video
Ontario court awards more than $107M to families over deadly Flight 752 shootdown
OTTAWA — An Ontario court has awarded more than $107 million to families of six victims of the Iranian military’s downing of a passenger jet two years ago. The decision made public Monday follows a May ruling that the missile strikes
Provinces announce new measures as Omicron fuels rise in COVID cases, hospitalization
Provinces are putting new measures in place to deal with an Omicron-fuelled rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, including delaying in-person schooling in Ontario by two weeks and bringing in the military to help Quebec speed up its third-dose ...
Federal documents hint at sweeping economic impact from central bank ‘digital loonie’
OTTAWA — Internal government documents show Finance Department officials believe there could be sweeping implications for the economy if the Bank of Canada ever issued its own cryptocurrency. The Bank of Canada has spent years looking at whether to int...
