Category Archives: National
Divert police funds to community groups, coalition says in decriminalization platform
OTTAWA — A group of organizations, including some that represent drug users and their families, are calling for money to be diverted from police to community agencies that promote safe supply and address mental health concerns. The coalition, which als...
Rapid tests advised by Ontario experts in COVID fight, Quebec sending them for kids
TORONTO — Rapid COVID-19 tests can help stop transmission and could be valuable tools in workplaces and schools, Ontario experts said Thursday, while Quebec announced test kits for kids amid calls for their expanded use. The Ontario science advisory ta...
Former B.C. TV weather forecaster predicts climate catastrophe and hunger for UN
OTTAWA — As a transplanted British Columbian, Jesse Mason views the extreme and shifting weather patterns unfolding in his native province with a high level of concern. First, there was the heat dome that caused record-breaking temperatures this summer...
Biden opens Summit for Democracy: ‘We stand at an inflection point in our history’
WASHINGTON — The free world stands at a historic "inflection point," its values and ideals under existential threat both at home and abroad, President Joe Biden said Thursday as he tried to rally world leaders and citizens alike to the
Three NDP MPs sign petition criticizing B.C.’s NDP government over pipeline protests
OTTAWA — Three federal New Democrat MPs have signed a petition denouncing British Columbia's NDP government for its handling of an Indigenous protest at a pipeline work site and voicing distress at the federal NDP's response. The B.C. RCMP arrested sev...
Quebec committee says Alzheimer’s patients should get access to doctor-assisted death
QUEBEC — A Quebec committee of elected officials says anyone diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease should be able to sign an advance request for medical aid in dying. That is the main recommendation in a multi-party committee report tabled Wednesday looki...
Tories reject proposed compromise to allow MPs to see documents on fired scientists
OTTAWA — The Conservatives have rejected a proposed compromise to resolve a long-running dispute over the disclosure of secret documents related to the firing of two scientists at Canada's highest security laboratory. Conservative House leader Gerard D...
Politicians raise concerns about carbon pricing benefits given to oilsands companies
EDMONTON — Federal and Alberta Opposition politicians want the province to be more transparent about a government program supporting profitable oilsands and other energy companies that say carbon pricing hurts their competitiveness. "We can only make p...
Cracked Cyclones: One military helicopter repaired using reinforcement in the tail
HALIFAX — Repairs have been completed on one of the Canadian military's 19 Cyclone helicopters recently found with cracks in its tail, the Royal Canadian Air Force confirmed Wednesday. The Air Force issued a statement saying Sikorsky Aircraft, the U.S....
Report urges tax sale changes after B.C. woman loses home and $270,000 in equity
VICTORIA — The auction sale of a vulnerable British Columbia woman's home at well below its assessed value of $420,000 over a $10,000 property tax bill is prompting a call for change from the provincial ombudsperson. Jay Chalke said Wednesday that
