Category Archives: National
Minister predicts two-year timeline to fulfil promise to get 40,000 Afghans to Canada
OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Sean Fraser predicts that it could take two years to fulfil the government's promise to bring 40,000 Afghan refugees to Canada. The minister said the government is facing challenges in Afghanistan and other countries where...
Hopes for promised return to peacekeeping dashed as Canada pledges money, not troops
OTTAWA — Canada emerged from a high-profile peacekeeping summit in South Korea this week having pledged tens of millions of dollars in new funds to help the United Nations execute its missions around the world. Yet notably absent was any commitment
P.E.I. potato farm reps hand out spuds in Ottawa to highlight export ban to U.S.
OTTAWA — Representatives from Prince Edward Island farms handed out potatoes to the public Wednesday in front of Parliament Hill, to show gratitude to their supporters and raise awareness of the effects of the export ban on Island spuds to
Jewish federal employees form network to combat antisemitism in government service
OTTAWA — Jewish civil servants met the prime minister's special envoy on fighting antisemitism to ask for support dealing with anti-Jewish abuse and slurs in the federal public service. The government officials have formed a support network to provide...
Government launches second phase of skilled refugee pilot program
OTTAWA — The government has expanded a pilot that allows refugees to apply for permanent residency through conventional economic immigration streams by removing some of the barriers that would traditionally have precluded them. The minister hopes to se...
Trudeau announces Canadian officials will boycott Winter Olympics in China
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will join a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing next year, citing extensive human rights abuses by the Communist regime in the host country. The decision comes two days after the
Bank of Canada keeps key interest rate target on hold at 0.25 per cent
OTTAWA — Canada's central bank has sent a warning that increases in the cost of living would continue into next year, but signalled it wasn't yet prepared to pull its key lever to rein in inflation. The annual pace of inflation
U.S., where democracy is under siege, hosts global two-day summit on … democracy
WASHINGTON — The United States — once a shining example of democracy's virtues, now a glaring case study into its hair-trigger fault lines — hosts like-minded countries from around the world Thursday to explore ways of defending the western way
Rebuffing ransomware: How to prevent your organization from becoming a victim
OTTAWA — Cybercriminals have zeroed in on a lucrative tactic, holding the digital files of crucial enterprises hostage until a hefty fee is paid, often in hard-to-trace virtual currency. The federal government says that in the first six months of this
Chinese-controlled firm loses court bid to pause Ottawa’s divestment order
OTTAWA — State-owned China Mobile has lost a court bid for a temporary hold on Ottawa's order that its Canadian affiliate be divested or wound up over national security concerns. In a ruling made public Tuesday, Federal Court Chief Justice Paul
