Category Archives: National
Chinese envoy urges Canada to approve Huawei for 5G, says concerns are U.S. ploy
OTTAWA — China’s ambassador to Canada is calling on the federal government to ignore “invented” warnings from the United States about Huawei and allow the Chinese telecom giant’s participation in this country’s 5G networks. Ambassador Cong Peiwu made t...
Conservatives push for all-party committee to examine Canada’s Afghanistan response
OTTAWA — Conservatives will push for a vote on a new all-party House of Commons committee to look back at Canada's plan for the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban and the response to the humanitarian crisis that followed. Leader Erin
‘This is beyond my expectations,’ Champagne says of Canadian biomanufacturer rebound
OTTAWA — Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne says Canada's biomanufacturing sector has rebounded beyond his initial expectations in the last several months, as a Canadian drug maker stands poised to bring positive results from the first pla...
Most Canadians support strong border measures amid new Omicron COVID-19 variant: poll
OTTAWA — Since the announced detection of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, a new poll suggests Canadians bracing for the worst. More than four in five respondents to an online survey by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies said they
O’Toole mum on vaccination status of four absent Conservative MPs
OTTAWA — Four Conservative MPs have been absent from the House of Commons since it passed a motion tightening the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, with Leader Erin O'Toole refusing to say why. On Nov. 26, the Liberals and New Democrats voted
Canadian traveller forced to stay in quarantine facility after negative COVID-19 test
Lennard Skead says he felt like he’d been put in jail for a crime he didn’t commit when he returned to Canada from South Africa on Thursday. Skead, who lives in Brandon, Man., said he wasn't allowed to leave a Toronto
Military’s water purification system up and running again in Iqaluit
IQALUIT, Nunavut — The Canadian Armed Forces says its water purification system in Iqaluit is up and running again after it was down for two weeks. The military has been in the Nunavut capital of 8,000 residents since Oct. 23 to
B.C. moves to recovery management phase after floods; most military leaving province
VICTORIA — British Columbia is shifting into repair and recovery mode following devastating floods and landslides caused by record rains that crippled transportation links, deluged agricultural operations and forced the evacuations of thousands of peop...
Tributes to victims on 32nd anniversary of Montreal’s Polytechnique mass shooting
MONTREAL — Fourteen beams of light pierced upward through the foggy night sky on Montreal's Mount Royal Monday as the city ended a day's worth of ceremonies to honour the 14 victims of the École Polytechnique shooting. The sombre events marking
Travellers who’ve forgotten to use ArriveCan app can now give details at the border
OTTAWA — Travellers who can't access the government's ArriveCan app, or simply forget to fill it out, may start to receive some clemency at the border after Canada's public safety minister gave new instructions to border officials to allow people
