Category Archives: National
Trudeau headed to Europe as G20 leaders meet in person for first time since pandemic
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is flying to Europe later this week touting Canada's climate plan and post-pandemic recovery progress at leaders' summits in Italy and Scotland. Trudeau's six-day trip — the first since September's election return...
$100B global climate finance goal three years behind schedule: report
OTTAWA — The world's wealthiest countries didn't meet a decade-old goal to provide the developing world with US$100 billion in climate aid by 2020 and won't actually get there for another two years, a new analysis showed Monday. The news is
‘Never going to be ashamed:’ Métis, two-spirit NDP MP wants to rebrand Alberta
EDMONTON — Blake Desjarlais says he represents what Alberta is truly about and it's not what the rest of Canada might think. Believed to bethe first two-spirit member of Parliament, the 27-year-old says his ancestry and Métis identity tell a juxtaposed...
Path to Trudeau’s new cabinet hits final stretch ahead of swearing-in ceremony
OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau is poised to conduct a major overhaul of his cabinet Tuesday, crafting a new lineup of ministers intended to signal his government's sense of urgency to deliver on a half dozen priority commitments, including climate change
‘Everybody knows everybody:’ Nunavut voters head to the polls in territorial election
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Campaigning in Nunavut's territorial election is a little like competing against your neighbours and friends, says former premier Paul Quassa. Voters head to the polls Monday to elect their representatives in the territory's sixth le...
Trudeau uses pandemic-plagued supply chains in free trade pitch to ASEAN
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has used the spectre of gnarled global supply chains in his latest bid to a bloc of Southeast Asian nations to win them over on a free trade deal. Trudeau has long sought a trade
Trudeau uses pandemic-plagued supply chains in free trade pitch to ASEAN
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used the spectre of gnarled global supply chains in a bid Sunday to a bloc of Southeast Asian nations to win them over on a free trade deal. Trudeau has long sought a trade deal
Military to support Saskatchewan with up to six critical care nursing officers
The Canadian Armed Forces says it's prepared to support Saskatchewan with up to six critical care nursing officers, who it says will be deployed to intensive care units. The military also says it will provide medical air transport for in-province and
Fire on cargo ship in B.C. under control but not known how many containers burned
VICTORIA — Officials don't yet know how many containers burned aboard a cargo ship in a still-smouldering blaze off the coast of Victoria, a spokesman for the Canadian Coast Guard said Sunday. The flames initially spread to 10 containers after another...
Military arrives in Iqaluit to set up reverse osmosis water purification
IQALUIT, Nunavut — The Canadian Armed Forces says its members have arrived in Nunavut's capital to assist with the city's ongoing water emergency. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted Friday that he had spoken with Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq and t...
