Category Archives: National
Canada’s spy service once again admonished by court over duty of candour
OTTAWA — A federal judge blames "institutional and systemic negligence" for the latest instance of Canada's spy service failing to be sufficiently forthcoming about applications for judicial warrants to conduct investigations. In a decision made public...
U.S. warning about travel to Canada mainly for benefit of unvaccinated, CDC head says
WASHINGTON — The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the U.S. told Americans to "reconsider travel" to Canada mainly for the benefit of those not yet vaccinated against COVID-19. Dr. Rochelle Walensky says State Department trav...
Fortin’s lawyers cite Hajdu interview comment in court fight over his firing
OTTAWA — Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin’s lawyers are citing Health Minister Patty Hajdu’s statements during a television interview in May in their fight to prove their client’s removal as head of Canada’s vaccine distribution campaign constituted improper poli...
Anxiety, optimism as many Montreal kids return to class amid COVID’s fourth wave
MONTREAL — Seven-year-old Jayda Watts-Simeon was bouncing up and down with excitement on Tuesday at the chance to be back in school. Wearing a medical mask and carrying a pink backpack covered in images of sloths, the Grade 2 student at
Ottawa pins hopes on Kabul airport reopening as hundreds with links to Canada stuck
Ottawa is pinning its hopes on the Kabul airport soon reopening as thousands of people with links to Canada found themselves stranded in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan on Tuesday following the overnight withdrawal of all American soldiers from the coun...
Tories target Trudeau on economy as new StatCan figures show recent contraction
OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau faced broadsides for his government's efforts to make housing affordable and his handling of the economy that contracted just ahead of the election call. Affordability has already emerged as a key election talking...
U.S. Centers for Disease Control urges Americans to ‘reconsider’ travel to Canada
WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department is now urging Americans to "reconsider travel" to Canada due to what the Centers for Disease Control call "high" levels of COVID-19 infection. The new Level 3 travel advisory, issued today, marks a quick end
Ex-provincial police chief Martin Prud’homme, government reach settlement
MONTREAL — A 29-month dispute between the Quebec government and the former head of its provincial police force has concluded with Martin Prud'homme announcing his retirement. In a statement sent through a public relations firm, Prud'homme says he has c...
Canadian groups look to Pakistan border as U.S. ends flights from Afghanistan
OTTAWA — America's torturous, tragic withdrawal from Afghanistan finally ended Monday, leaving Canadian veterans and refugee advocates weighing several bad choices as they seek to protect hundreds of stranded Afghans still waiting to hear good news abo...
‘They’re being banished:’ Inuit women need their communities, not jail, says advocate
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — It was just six weeks in jail for Jody Blake, an Inuk woman living in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, N.L., but those weeks were long and lonely, and there was no chance of her kids or family
