Category Archives: National
Ottawa commits $321 million for residential school survivors and communities
OTTAWA — The federal government is committing $321 million in new funding for Indigenous communities and appointing a special interlocutor to propose law and policy changes to better respond to the findings of hundreds of unmarked graves at former resi...
O’Toole warns Canadians not safe in China after court upholds death sentence
OTTAWA — Federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole accused Beijing of using the death penalty for political purposes on Tuesday after a Chinese court upheld the sentence of a Canadian sentenced to death in a drug case. O'Toole also reopened the door
Moderna to build mRNA production plant in Canada within two years
OTTAWA — Massachusetts-based drug maker Moderna will build an mRNA vaccine manufacturing plant in Canada within the next two years, CEO Stéphane Bancel said Tuesday. The company has signed a memorandum of understanding with the federal government that ...
No person had ‘fairer hearing,’ government lawyer tells Meng Wanzhou extradition case
VANCOUVER — There has been no misconduct in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that would justify a stay of proceedings, a lawyer for Canada's attorney general told the British Columbia Supreme Court. Robert Frater told the court Tu...
Group finishes six-week walk to honour children, survivors of residential schools
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — A six-week, 2,000-kilometre walk to honour children and survivors of residential schools that began in Yukon ended Monday in Kamloops, B.C., "ground zero for where the truth broke out," says the man behind the Warriors Walk for
Two more key officials depart Green Party amid staffing upheaval as election looms
OTTAWA — A pair of top officials are departing the Greens as financial strain and internal strife continue to take a toll on the party ahead of a likely election this year. Leader Annamie Paul's interim chief of staff Phil Spidle
How U.S. citizens can make travelling from U.S. to Canada as painless as possible
WASHINGTON — Fully vaccinated U.S. citizens and permanent residents can now enter Canada for non-essential purposes for the first time since March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the two countries to severely curtail travel. Still, there are s...
Meng’s legal team argues for stay in proceedings as remedy to ‘abuse’ in case
VANCOUVER — The only way for the Canadian justice system to protect its integrity after hearing arguments about widespread misconduct in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou is for proceedings to be stayed, her lawyers argued Monday. M...
Liberal government urged not to reinstate top military commander McDonald
OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government is being urged not to reinstate Admiral Art McDonald as Canada's top military commander even though police did not lay any charges after a six-month investigation into an allegation about his conduct. Prime Minis...
UN report ‘must sound death knell’ for fossil fuels as Canada faces climate urgency
OTTAWA — The secretary-general of the United Nations says a new report "must sound the death knell for coal and fossil fuels," raising renewed questions about Canada's climate plan and the long-term viability of its traditional energy sector. The UN sc...
