Category Archives: National
Quebec Premier François Legault commits to adding 37,000 daycare spots by 2025
Quebec Premier François Legault is committing to adding 37,000 more daycare spots in the province by 2025 in order to ensure any family that needs a place can get one. Legault's government today tabled a bill and an action plan aimed
Quebec Premier François Legault commits to adding 37,000 daycare spots by 2025
Quebec Premier François Legault committed to adding 37,000 more subsidized daycare spots in the province by 2025, promising that any family that needs a place will be able to get one. Legault's government on Thursday tabled a bill and an action
Q&A: What you need to know about the national proof-of-vaccine document
OTTAWA — All provinces and territories have agreed to conform their proof-of-vaccine documents, or COVID-19 vaccine passports, to a national standard so that they can be used for international and domestic travel. The idea is that the standardized doc...
Canada’s unfair extradition system needs major reform: legal and human rights experts
OTTAWA — Canada's extradition laws need a thorough overhaul to ensure fairness, transparency, and a balance between a desire for administrative efficiency and crucial constitutional protections, say legal and human rights experts. In a report released ...
With hours before deadline, Liberals reshape pandemic aid to businesses, workers
OTTAWA — The federal government has unveiled a $7-billion redesign of pandemic aid for businesses and individuals that kicks in Sunday, which would cut support to almost 900,000 workers and potentially put thousands of jobs at risk in the near-term. Th...
Pfizer will ship millions of vaccine doses for kids as soon as it’s approved: Trudeau
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says as soon as Health Canada approves the COVID-19 vaccine for kids, Pfizer will ship millions of doses to vaccinate children as young as five. Pfizer and BioNTech asked Health Canada Monday to approve the
Feds, provinces agree on vaccine passport for domestic, international travel: PM
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced provinces and the federal government have agreed on a new national vaccine passport for domestic and international travel — and many Canadians already have them in their phones and wallets. Rather than ...
Manitoba churches lose court challenge against COVID-19 restrictions
WINNIPEG — A judge who ruled against seven Manitoba churches that were fighting public health orders says the restrictions were reasonable and necessary to stem the spread of COVID-19. Chief Justice Glenn Joyal of Court of Queen's Bench said the orders...
Alberta inquiry finds no wrongdoing in anti-oilsands campaign despite foreign funds
EDMONTON — Canadian environmental groups were exercising their democratic rights of free speech when they accepted foreign funding for campaigns opposing oilsands development, a public inquiry has reported. However, Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage...
Supreme Court of Canada sides with injured woman in snow-clearing squabble
OTTAWA — A woman will get another chance to sue for damages over a leg injury she suffered while climbing through snow piled by a city's plow, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. Taryn Joy Marchi alleged the City of
