Category Archives: National
Documents detail impacts of federal aid on benefits for seniors, families
OTTAWA — Internal government documents are providing the clearest picture yet of the impact that emergency aid is having on federal support to low-income seniors and families. Thousands of benefit recipients have seen a decline in the value of payments...
Remembrance Day gatherings disrupted in British Columbia
The British Columbia branch of the Royal Canadian Legion says it's "unfortunate" that people with political agendas chose Remembrance Day to disrupt those who wanted to honour the sacrifice of military veterans. The legion's B.C./Yukon Command issued ...
Supreme Court of Canada affirms ‘starting-point’ approach to criminal sentencing
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says it is appropriate for appeal courts to set starting-point benchmarks for sentencing offenders in criminal cases. The high court ruling came Friday in the cases of two men who received stiffer penalties when
Alberta deletes Nazi ‘both sides’ reference in decades-old school guidance document
EDMONTON — The Alberta government is deleting a decades-old reference in a curriculum guidance paper that urges teachers to focus on positive and negative aspects of the Nazi Germany regime. Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says the reference has ex...
Trade Minister Ng disappointed, not daunted by US protectionism
OTTAWA — Canada's trade minister says she's disappointed at some of the protectionist measures being pushed by the new Biden administration in Washington, but she's not discouraged from partnering with her country's largest trading partner to strengthe...
Ottawa to allow return of Canadian who spent years in Syrian prison camps: Justice
OTTAWA — The lawyer for a Canadian woman who spent two years in Syrian prison camps said Friday he's trying to help get her home from Iraq after Ottawa agreed to give her an emergency travel document. Lawyer Paul Champ said
Canada, U.S. call to end fossil fuel subsidies as COP26 draft called ‘weasel words’
OTTAWA — Canada's environment minister fended off accusations Friday that UN climate negotiators are resorting to "weasel words" on addressing fossil fuel subsidies. As United Nations negotiators wrestled over a final text in the closing hours of the G...
Canada’s new foreign affairs minister meets in D.C. with U.S. counterpart Blinken
WASHINGTON — Canada won't shy away from defending its national interests when North America's three leaders sit down together next week, Mélanie Joly said Friday as she wrapped up her first stateside visit as the new foreign affairs minister. Joly sai...
Canada withdrawing non-essential staff from Haitian embassy amid security concerns
OTTAWA — Canada is temporarily withdrawing non-essential staff from its embassy in Haiti in response to a spike in gang-related violence in the country and a severe fuel shortage. And while Global Affairs Canada says the embassy in Port-au-Prince does ...
Nova Scotia pays for COVID-19 vaccines for mink, B.C. says no before closing industry
Nova Scotia will help pay for a COVID-19 vaccine for mink, but the British Columbia government says more research is needed to determine if immunization is an option for thousands of animals that will soon be banned from the province. Nova
