Category Archives: National
Ottawa buys another second-hand icebreaker for the coast guard
OTTAWA — The Canadian Coast Guard is adding a new ship to its fleet, so to speak, as the federal government announced Wednesday it is paying $45 million to purchase a second-hand icebreaker that has been working in the Caspian
Government will hire more staff to address veterans’ backlog, caseloads: minister
OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government is promising to hire more staff to tackle a backlog of requests for assistance and shortage of case managers that is leaving many disabled veterans without the help they need. Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence M...
Annamie Paul hands in resignation as Green leader, and quits the party
Annamie Paul has formally resigned as leader of the Greens and also handed in her membership card, leaving the future of the party up in the air as it attempts to recover from internal strife and repudiation at the polls. Paul
Data breaches in N.L. cyberattack spread, three of four health regions affected
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government revealed Wednesday that more data breaches have been found in the fallout of a cyberattack that has damaged crucial parts of it health-care system. Health Minister John Haggie told reporters t...
New book gives glimpse at how deal came together to release Meng, free ‘two Michaels’
OTTAWA — President Joe Biden's determination to take a hands-off approach to the administration of justice in the United States impeded initial Canadian efforts to pressure the U.S. to negotiate a deferred prosecution agreement with Huawei executive Me...
Trudeau to join Biden, López Obrador in D.C. at first North America summit since 2016
WASHINGTON — Canada, the United States and Mexico are getting the band back together. U.S. President Joe Biden will host Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the White House next week, the first gathering ...
Wide-ranging analysis finds negative overall impacts from coal mining in Rockies
CALGARY — Coal mining on environmentally sensitive slopes of Alberta's Rocky Mountains wouldn't be an overall benefit to the province, a wide-ranging analysis from the University of Calgary has concluded. "The net economic benefit is minimal," said Je...
War veteran Trevor Greene gives experience to Surrey, B.C., Veterans Village project
Canadian war veteran Trevor Greene knows what it's like to navigate treatment after a life-threatening injury, combined with post-traumatic stress, prompting his decisionto take on an advising role at the Legion Veterans Village Centre for Excellence i...
Bank of Canada governor says central bank’s role includes reducing inequality
OTTAWA — The governor of the Bank of Canada has laid down an argument for the central bank’s actions during the pandemic, hours after the country's opposition leader suggested the bank stay in its inflation-targeting lane. The Bank of Canada enacted
Quebec religious symbols ban will apply to English schools until appeal decided
MONTREAL — The Quebec Court of Appeal will not allow the English Montreal School Board to hire teachers who wear religious symbols while an appeal of a lower court decision on Quebec’s secularism law is being decided. The school board had
