Category Archives: National
Unvaccinated federal employees not granted exemptions to be put on unpaid leave today
OTTAWA — Employees in the core federal public sector who have not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 were to be put on unpaid leave Monday, unless they were already granted an accommodation. The policy could potentially leave more than 1,000 worker...
Doctors lament overnight closure of Montreal hospital ER, dig into pockets to end it
MONTREAL — Dr. Fahimy Saoud spent a recent shift in a west-Montreal emergency room idly sitting and waiting for patients she knew would never come. The urgent care area of the Lachine Hospital, where she's spent the last 12 years of
Alberta premier snipes at Trudeau as province signs on to $10-day child-care deal
EDMONTON — Alberta has signed on to Ottawa’s $10-a-day child-care program, but not before Premier Jason Kenney dismissed the federal contribution as recycled provincial money and accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of playing favourites. “This agreem...
Clock already ticking on Liberal promise to introduce host of bills in first 100 days
OTTAWA — After getting off to an arguably slow start since winning re-election on Sept. 20, Justin Trudeau's Liberal government appears poised to go into hyperdrive with next week's resumption of Parliament. The Liberals promised more than a dozen init...
Tory brand with racialized communities still hurt by divisive 2015 campaign: MP
OTTAWA — The Conservative MP leading outreach efforts for leader Erin O'Toole says a six-year-old promise to create a 'barbaric cultural practices' hotline still hangs over the party's attempts to rebuild relationships with racialized communities today...
Excessive workloads hurting veterans and staff, former case manager alleges
OTTAWA — A former case manager with Veterans Affairs Canada is speaking out about the overwhelming caseloads, lack of support and toxic work environment that she says are putting severely disabled veterans at risk. “It’s hard to put your head down
Canada has no choice but to bar Huawei from 5G mobile networks, security experts say
OTTAWA — As the Liberal government prepares to unfurl its policy on next-generation mobile networks, global security experts say all signs point to the exclusion of Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies from the long-awaited blueprint. The development of ...
Green groups greet climate deal with hope, frustration after last-minute compromise
A last-minute deal reached at the United Nations climate talks Saturday drew a mix of discouragement and determination from environmental groups and politicians in Canada. Almost 200 countries accepted the contentious climate compromise aimed at preser...
COP26 to accelerate climate action already underway in Canada, experts say
The delegates are trickling home and Glasgow's streets are clearing of protesters. Now, experts say, the real work begins of putting meat and bone to the pledges and commitments made by world leaders to keep global warming below catastrophic levels. "T...
Quebec builds fences around caribou as experts decry lack of habitat protection
MONTREAL — The Quebec government’s decision to fence in another endangered caribou herd and to kill any wolves that approach the animals is worrying environmentalists, who say the province is again delaying a long-promised plan to re-establish the spec...
