Category Archives: National
Quebec Health Department recommends third COVID-19 vaccine dose for immunocompromised
MONTREAL — Quebec is recommending a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine for people who have weak immune systems, who are on dialysis or who have received vaccines not approved in Canada, the Health Department said Monday. The recommendation is based on
Liberals, Conservatives take aim at opposing candidates as campaign hits third week
OTTAWA — Liberals and Conservatives took aim at each other's candidates on Monday, questioning past statements and actions to build a character case about why they, and not their opponent, should be trusted to govern after election day. The Conservativ...
Excerpts from an interview with Manitoba premier as he prepares to leave office
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has said that he plans to step down Wednesday. Here are some quotes from an interview with The Canadian Press: On low polling numbers: "If you govern with a view that you wish to be
A list of milestones in Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister’s political career
WINNIPEG — A timeline of major events in Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister's political career: Sept. 15, 1992: Pallister wins a provincial byelection in Portage la Prairie. He is re-elected in 1995 and elevated to cabinet as minister for government serv...
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister looks back on career before stepping down Wednesday
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister plans to leave office Wednesday and have the Tory caucus choose an interim leader. Pallister, who announced his intention to step down earlier this month, said he has decided to leave well before the Progress...
Montreal mayor invests $5.5 million to boost police resources to fight gun crime
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says the city will invest an additional $5.5 million in its police force in order to help fight gun crime. Plante said today alongside Chief Sylvain Caron that the amount would to dedicated to the effort to
Ongoing protest over old-growth logging on Vancouver Island marks one year
PORT RENFREW, B.C. — In the year since the first camp was set up to prevent old-growth logging around the Fairy Creek watershed on southern Vancouver Island, an expert in Canadian environmental movements says the protests have made a mark
Trudeau climate promises interrupted by angry crowd in Ontario
OTTAWA — An angry crowd of agitators surrounded Justin Trudeau's campaign buses and screamed profanity at the Liberal Leader during a campaign event in Cambridge, Ont., Sunday. The event was delayed more than hour as the throng of people blocked the
‘Clearly discriminatory and systemically racist’: Report on B.C. school board
VICTORIA — A report that found systemic racism in a British Columbia school board and called for a provincewide review is "vindicating," the deputy chief of a First Nation in the province said Saturday. Jayde Chingee said the McLeod Lake Indian
Quebec reports more than 600 new daily COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive day
MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 604 new cases of COVID-19 today, but no additional deaths attributed to the virus. The number marks the third consecutive day that the province has logged more than 600 new daily infections. Public health data shows hosp...
