Category Archives: National
B.C. floods cause at least $450 million in damage, Insurance Bureau of Canada reports
VANCOUVER — The Insurance Bureau of Canada estimates the insured damage caused by flooding in British Columbia last month at $450 million, calling it the "most costly severe weather event in the province's history." However, the overall costs are expec...
Work is ongoing to end remaining long-term drinking water advisories: Trudeau
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his Liberal government remains committed to ending all long-term drinking water advisories that exist on First Nations, despite not setting a new date to do so. Trudeau discussed the work done up to now
N.W.T. releases plan on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories has released a draft plan on how to respond to calls for justice in the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The 150-page draft lists 95 items the
Five Things from the auditor general’s report on the federal response to COVID-19
OTTAWA — Auditor general Karen Hogan released several reports on the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are five key highlights: Poor quarantine enforcement for international travellers Canada failed to adequately enforce bord...
Erin O’Toole says Bill 21 is a Quebec issue while some of his MPs take tougher stand
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says a Quebec law prohibiting some public servants from wearing religious symbols on the job is an issue to be dealt with by that province alone. Some of his MPs, however, appear to be taking
Feds failed to ensure farms protected migrant workers from COVID-19: Auditor general
OTTAWA — The federal government is failing to ensure agricultural producers are properly protecting migrant workers from COVID-19, according to Canada’s auditor general, including in some cases where there is evidence to suspect health and safety viola...
Auditor criticizes pandemic border measure enforcement, other COVID-19 responses
OTTAWA — The auditor general has found Canada failed to adequately enforce border measures designed to keep international travellers from importing cases of COVID-19 into the country, just as the government reintroduces several stringent rules in respo...
X-Ring effect: Unusual graduation rite linked to COVID-19 outbreak at N.S. university
HALIFAX — An unusual graduation ceremony steeped in tradition is at the centre of a growing COVID-19 outbreak at St. Francis Xavier University in northern Nova Scotia. As of Thursday, 59 infections had been reported among the university community, most...
Federal privacy watchdog warns of growing dangers of ‘surveillance capitalism’
OTTAWA — The federal privacy watchdog is warning Canadians about the growing threat of surveillance capitalism — the use of personal information by large corporations. In his annual report tabled Thursday in Parliament, privacy commissioner Daniel Ther...
Freeland raises concerns about Omicron in push for MPs to quickly pass aid bill
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the need for MPs to approve a new round of pandemic aid has become more important amid fears related to the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Speaking to the House of Commons finance committee, Freeland
