Category Archives: National
N.B. government employees ordered to stop making Indigenous land acknowledgments
FREDERICTON — Citing a series of legal actions and land claims initiated by First Nations, the New Brunswick government has ordered employees to stop making territorial or title acknowledgments in reference to Indigenous lands. The order was included i...
CDC says people with mixed-dose COVID-19 vaccinations will be eligible to enter U.S.
WASHINGTON — It's the news nearly four million Canadians have been waiting to hear: people who received doses of two different COVID-19 vaccines will qualify as fully vaccinated when the U.S. reopens its land borders to non-essential travel next month....
Trudeau to unveil new cabinet Oct. 26, Parliament to return Nov. 22
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will unveil on Oct. 26 the roster of cabinet ministers who will shepherd his government into a third mandate focused on finishing the fight against COVID-19 and rebuilding the pandemic-ravaged economy. His ministe...
Ottawa eyes tasking airport security with vaccine verification for travellers
OTTAWA — Airport security agents may soon be screening more than your luggage. The federal government is mulling handing responsibility for verifying passengers' vaccination status to airport officers, rather than airlines — which hope to skip the head...
Closing submissions in B.C. money laundering inquiry include call to work together
VANCOUVER — The commissioner of British Columbia's public inquiry into money laundering was urged to look to future efforts to combat the crime rather than point blame at how hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal cash poured into provincial
Hope hinges on emergency: Homeless shelter in central Alberta on brink of closure
RED DEER, Alta. — When a central Alberta city renewed its state of local emergency in response to rising COVID-19 cases, workers at an emergency shelter were overcome with relief. It meant they wouldn't be evicted from their temporary shelter in
Top doctor brings in more rules for northern B.C. as COVID spreads
VICTORIA — New restrictions for British Columbia's northern health region are being put in place in an attempt to stop the rapid spread of COVID-19 through those who are unvaccinated. Personal gatherings indoors and outdoors are restricted to only tho...
B.C. school once slated to be built on cemetery offers reconciliation hope: advocate
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — The relocation of the construction of a secondary school in New Westminster, B.C., once planned to be built over a cemetery not used in a century, is an example of reconciliation in action, an advocate says. New
Canadians among biggest energy users even as world moves toward net zero emissions
OTTAWA — Canadians are — and will remain — among the biggest consumers of energy over the next decade even as policies ramp up to make the country more energy-efficient, a global energy forecast suggests. The International Energy Agency's World Energy
Extendicare leaving Saskatchewan following province’s deadliest COVID-19 outbreak
REGINA — Extendicare, a national private long-term care provider, is ending its contract with the government of Saskatchewan after the province's deadliest COVID-19 outbreak happened in one of its homes. Scott Livingstone, head of the Saskatchewan Hea...
