Category Archives: National
U.S. to mount ‘diplomatic boycott’ of Beijing Olympics; Canada contemplates similar
WASHINGTON — The United States confirmed Monday it won't be sending any diplomatic officials to the Winter Olympics in Beijing next year — and suggested strongly that it would welcome similar displays of international solidarity from countries around t...
Take steps to fend off ransomware attacks, federal ministers urge Canadians
OTTAWA — Citing a dramatic increase in ransomware attacks on organizations — including health providers and vital utilities — federal ministers are urging Canadians to bolster their cybersecurity. In an open letter Monday, the ministers encouraged peop...
Canada to manufacture Merck COVID-19 antivirals if regulator approves
OTTAWA — Canada could become a global manufacturing hub for a potentially game-changing treatment of COVID-19 with the signing of a new agreement to produce Merck Canada's antiviral drug in Whitby, Ont. The company inked a deal with Thermo Fisher Scie...
Indigenous report calls for change in B.C. wildfire response, recovery
An Indigenous-led review of a massive wildfire that destroyed more than 100 homes in British Columbia's southern Interior four years ago has produced 30 calls to action to improve wildfire management and recovery practices. The Elephant Hill wildfire s...
Canadian ambassador to China Dominic Barton tenders resignation
OTTAWA — Dominic Barton has tendered his resignation as ambassador to China after two tense years in which he was praised for helping secure the release of two Canadians from Chinese custody, and criticized for strongly pushing closer trade ties
Federal government will soon hand over more residential school records: Miller
OTTAWA — Canada's Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister says the federal government will soon release a volume of the residential school records it's been criticized for withholding to a national archives centre. Marc Miller also says there's no evidenc...
House of Commons set to get bill from Liberals changing drug, criminal laws
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are expected to introduce a bill in the House of Commons Tuesday that would revive a legislative push to repeal mandatory minimum penalties for drug offences. The government gave a procedural heads-up Friday that a bill
Legault should intervene in ongoing Quebec daycare strike, unions say
MONTREAL — Three major unions representing daycare workers in Quebec joined parents and opposition parties today in asking Premier François Legault to intervene in a strike that's shuttered hundreds of government-subsidized centres across the province....
MPs on finance committee ready for review of Liberals’ latest pandemic aid package
OTTAWA — Opposition MPs are getting ready to review the Liberals' latest package of pandemic aid and grill Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland about myriad economic issues. The 12-member House of Commons finance committee is scheduled to meet Monday to ...
Maxime Bernier, Peoples’ Party of Canada founder, handily holds on to leadership
OTTAWA — Maxime Bernier has easily held on to the leadership of the party he founded. Almost 96 per cent of votes cast in a leadership review were in favour of Bernier staying at the helm of the People's Party of
