Category Archives: National
Truth and reconciliation centre says it’s still waiting on residential school records
WINNIPEG — The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says it is still waiting for records from the federal government related to residential schools, despite a comment from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that all federal records have been provide...
Report shows fossil fuel production out of step with government climate commitments
EDMONTON — Governments around the world expect to produce twice as much fossil fuels as their climate commitments would allow, a new international report has found. "When you add up (predictions) for fossil fuel production, they're way higher than what...
Alberta country stars band together on song opposing Rocky Mountain coal mining
EDMONTON — When Alberta country singer Corb Lund wrote a song 12 years ago about a rancher determined to defend the landscape he loves against encroaching development, it was just a campfire yarn. "It was just kind of a story, a
Letter shows minister wanted commanding officer of New Brunswick RCMP replaced
FREDERICTON — The commanding officer of the RCMP in New Brunswick will be replaced at the end of the month, and now a letter has surfaced that suggests provincial Attorney General Hugh Flemming forced him out of the job. In the
Refugee, undocumented health-care workers demand access to permanent resident program
OTTAWA — Refugee claimants and undocumented health-care workers are demanding they be allowed to apply for a government program that would grant them permanent status in Canada. The temporary resident to permanent resident pathway program was announced...
Newfoundland and Labrador to drop the word ‘savages’ from provincial coat of arms
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government is moving ahead with plans to drop the word "savages" from the official description of the Indigenous people depicted on the province's nearly 400-year-old coat of arms. Premier Andrew Furey ...
RBC report says $2 trillion needed to reach 2050 target of net-zero economy
OTTAWA — A new report says the country will need roughly $2 trillion to put the economy on a path to net-zero emissions in 30 years, including government spending on things like skills training and backstops to prod the necessary
Rebel News asks court to quash fines for violating election law on third-party ads
OTTAWA — Rebel News Network is asking a court to quash $3,000 worth of fines levied against the right-wing media outlet by the commissioner of elections. The fines were imposed earlier this year after an investigation by the commissioner's office into
Hybrid Parliament safest to stop MPs becoming ‘vectors’ spreading COVID-19: NDP
OTTAWA — Conservatives say they disagree with a committee of MPs deciding that only fully vaccinated MPs, staff and visitors can enter the House of Commons. Their objection represents the first challenge to Tuesday's ruling by the all-party board of in...
Annual inflation rate hits 4.4 per cent in September, Statistics Canada says
OTTAWA — The cost to put food on the table and gasoline in the car pushed up the cost of living in September, lifting the annual pace of price increases to a near two-decade high with no clear end in
