Category Archives: National
Blood Services to soon recommend asking donors about sexual activity, not orientation
OTTAWA — Male blood donors will no longer be asked if they have had sex with another man, but — along with women — will be asked in future if they have had multiple sexual partners and anal sex. Canadian
South Korean envoy expects ‘ambitious’ peacekeeping pledges from Canada
OTTAWA — South Korea's ambassador to Canada is expecting the federal government to make some "ambitious" promises when his country hosts a major peacekeeping summit next week. Ambassador Keung Ryong Chang says that expectation is based on Canada's hist...
Testing better than travel ban ‘whack-a-mole,’ infectious disease specialist says
OTTAWA — An Ontario infectious disease specialist says there is evidence testing all travellers before and after they arrive in Canada will identify most cases of COVID-19 coming into the country. McMaster University physician Dr. Zain Chagla is highly...
Two weeks after Trudeau visit, still time to push back on EV tax credit, Ng says
WASHINGTON — Canada still has "runway" to work with in its effort to prevent a proposed U.S. tax credit for electric vehicles from kneecapping the auto industry north of the border, International Trade Minister Mary Ng said Friday. Ng was
Eighty-six per cent of Commons witnesses spoke English in hybrid Parliament: Bloc
OTTAWA — The body in charge of administering the House of Commons is set to look into whether the hybrid Parliament is forcing French-speaking MPs and committee witnesses to speak English. The Bloc Québécois says the issue is "very concerning" and
Loblaw Financial wins Supreme Court case over tax treatment of Barbados subsidiary
OTTAWA — Loblaw Financial Holdings should not have to pay Canadian taxes on income from a subsidiary the company ran in Barbados, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. In a 7-0 decision Friday, the top court said Canadian provisions at
Quebec to announce funding for crime prevention as Montreal police probe shooting
MONTREAL — As Montreal police investigated the latest killing of a youth in the city, the provincial government said Friday it would announce funds for crime prevention programs this weekend. Public Security Minister Geneviève Guilbault offered her con...
Jobless rate drops to 6 per cent in November as number of long-term unemployed falls
OTTAWA — Canada's labour market shook off more of the shock from COVID-19 by adding 153,700 jobs in November, pushing the unemployment rate to a pandemic-era low and sending the share of the core working population with a job to
NACI advises boosters for those over 50, says 18 to 49-year-olds may receive one also
OTTAWA — Canada's immunization advisory panel now strongly recommends everyone at least 50 years old get a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and that it may be offered to all other adults too in response to reports of waning
Federal climate plan to meet new targets will be delayed until March: Guilbeault
OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the new federal climate plan won't be ready until the end of March. The net-zero accountability law passed in June requires the government to make public a greenhouse-gas emissions reduction plan for...
