Category Archives: National
Health Canada approves first COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged five to 11
OTTAWA — Indoor birthday parties and maskless classrooms could be nearly within reach for kids now that Health Canada has approved the first COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11. Provinces could begin offering doses as early as next week. Pfiz...
Party members take sides for, against Kenney at United Conservative meeting
CALGARY — A motion that would have made it more difficult to hold an earlier review of Premier Jason Kenney's leadership failed to get enough support Friday at the United Conservative Party annual general meeting. Applause rang out when the motion
Gas rationed, travel restricted in parts of B.C. after storm washes out highways
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government is rationing gasoline and restricting travel in southern parts of the province after an unprecedented storm severed highways and cut supply lines. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said Friday a limit of...
Conservative senators defy O’Toole on expulsion of senator who challenged leadership
OTTAWA — Sen. Denise Batters may no longer be welcome in the Conservatives' national caucus but she's still a member of the party's Senate caucus. Conservative senators have chosen to keep Batters in their fold, notwithstanding party leader Erin O'Tool...
RCMP clear protesters off access road for B.C. pipeline worksite
HOUSTON, B.C. — A British Columbia access road that had been blockaded by Indigenous protesters since Sunday has been cleared by the RCMP and can now be used to bring water and other supplies to more than 500 pipeline workers,
Supreme Court of Canada to examine timing of roadside breath tests
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case that hinges on the time police took to arrange a breath test for a Quebec man. Early one afternoon in April 2017, police got word of someone allegedly
No-win situation for Alberta premier at upcoming UCP meeting: political scientists
CALGARY — Political scientists say Alberta Premier Jason Kenney faces a no-win situation at his party's annual meeting in Calgary this weekend over mounting questions about his leadership. Duane Bratt, a professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary,...
Feds to announce approval of kids’ COVID-19 vaccine, easing of border measures Friday
OTTAWA — The federal government is set to announce Friday that Health Canada has approved the COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11, then later detail plans to ease some of the pandemic-related measures at the border. The federal government
Trudeau calls Three Amigos summit ‘extremely effective,’ but Biden unmoved on EVs
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tried to claim a moral victory Thursday after his day at the White House did little to defuse an escalating continental dispute over President Joe Biden's plans to encourage Americans to buy more electric
Online response rate to census questionnaire hits new high, Statistics Canada says
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says about 84 per cent of completed census questionnaires were filled out online. The agency beat its goal to of having 80 per cent of census questionnaires completed online — an option made available for the first
