Category Archives: National
Iqaluit residents can drink city water again after 60-day health order
IQALUIT — People in Iqaluit can drink the city's tap water again after 60 days of living under a do-not-consume notice. The notice was lifted Friday by Nunavut's Health Department. Residents of the territorial capital were told on Oct. 12 not to
Canada to U.S. on EV tax credits: ‘No choice but to forcefully respond’ if passed
WASHINGTON — Canada suddenly raised the stakes Friday in its ongoing electric-vehicle feud with the United States, threatening a barrage of retaliatory tariffs and a reversal of certain dairy-related trade concessions if Congress approves a controversi...
Health workers say existing law against intimidation isn’t strong enough: Lametti
OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti said a new law to single out health care workers for special protection from intimidation and threats at work is a response to a need identified by the workers themselves. But at a Senate committee
Canada to U.S. on EV tax credits: ‘No choice but to forcefully respond’ if passed
WASHINGTON — Canada is threatening to take a hard line with the United States if senators approve President Joe Biden's controversial tax credits for electric vehicles. In a letter to key members of the U.S. Senate, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Free...
Legault blames school board after teacher with hijab forced from class under Bill 21
MONTREAL — Premier François Legault said Friday a school board in western Quebec should never have hired a woman who had to be removed from her teaching duties because she wears a hijab. Legault said the province's law restricting religious symbols,
Father of man imprisoned in Syria says there’s no evidence ‘he’s done anything wrong’
OTTAWA — John Letts says he's on a mission to save his son Jack's life, but also to change the way people think about him. Letts, who lives in England, is in Ottawa this week to press federal officials to help
Minister Marci Ien self-isolating after potential COVID-19 exposure
OTTAWA — Marci Ien, minister for women and gender equality and youth, has gone into self-isolation after attending an in-person event on Sunday where she might have come in contact with several COVID-19 cases. Johise Namwira, spokesperson for the minis...
China envoy says Kovrig, Spavor confessed to crimes, warns against rejecting Huawei
OTTAWA — China's ambassador to Canada says Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor confessed to crimes before their release from his country's prisons this past September. Envoy Cong Peiwu also said Friday Canada will pay a price if it blocks Chinese teleco...
Labour groups, opposition parties press Liberals to fix GIS clawback in fiscal update
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are under increasing pressure to fix an issue in the pandemic safety net that has rolled back or cut off benefits to low-income seniors. About 83,000 seniors lost a key income support this year because they
COVID-19 resurgence forecast for Canada, worse if Omicron replaces Delta: Tam
OTTAWA — Canada is forecast to see a resurgence of COVID-19 and it could speed up even more if the Omicron variant replaces Delta, chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Friday. New federal modelling shows that if it's assumed
