Category Archives: National
Quebec adopts new bill setting stage new special court for sexual assault victims
Quebec's legislature unanimously adopted a bill Thursday creating a specialized tribunal for cases of sexual violence and domestic assault. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette has said the specialized court is needed because most victims of sexual as...
Gen. Wayne Eyre felt need to respond to predecessor’s letter to senior officers
OTTAWA — Canada’s newly minted chief of the defence staff says he felt he needed to speak up and remind senior military officers who they work for after his predecessor sent them a letter arguing to get back his job
CSIS efforts to derail threats to 2019 election sometimes skirted law: watchdog
OTTAWA — Canada's intelligence service sometimes strayed from the law when trying to disrupt threats from hostile foreign states in the 2019 election campaign, the national spy watchdog has found. In a newly released report, the National Security and I...
Wilkinson says aid program to cut methane emissions will be reconsidered
OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Friday a pandemic aid program to help oil and gas companies cut their methane emissions will be revisited now that the industry is back on its feet. But he said the government is
In one bill, Liberals push sick leave and crack down on health-care worker harassment
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals have introduced a two-for-one piece of legislation that would provide sick leave to almost 600,000 workers, and bring the law down on anyone harassing doctors, nurses and patients. The omnibus bill checks off two issues at...
Montreal mayor says she’s encouraged by Trudeau’s promise to act on gun violence
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says she is encouraged that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agrees the federal government needs to do more to reduce gun violence. Plante made the comments today after meeting with Trudeau briefly this morning at Montreal Ci...
New ‘Omicron’ variant prompts Canada to ban visitors from southern Africa
OTTAWA — Canada is closing its borders to visitors from southern Africa after the discovery of a concerning new COVID-19 variant was detected in the region. The new variant, dubbed Omicron, first emerged in South Africa and coincided with a steep
Ottawa and British Columbia promise co-operation on province’s flooding
VICTORIA — The federal and British Columbia governments have created a joint committee of cabinet ministers to deal with the devastation caused by flooding, while also promising to match donations given to the Canadian Red Cross. Prime Minister Justi...
B.C. grants Cullen Commission six more months to file money laundering report
VANCOUVER — An inquiry commission has received a six-month extension to file its final report into money laundering in British Columbia. A statement from the Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in B.C. says the provincial government has approve...
David Suzuki apologizes for remark on pipelines being “blown up” over climate change
Environmentalist David Suzuki has apologized for comments he made about pipelines being blown up if government leaders don't urgently address climate change. In a statement on Thursday, Suzuki says his comments to CHEK News on Saturday were a result of...