Category Archives: National
Joly condemns Israeli police behaviour at Palestinian journalist’s funeral
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is condemning as appalling images of Israeli police pushing and hitting mourners at the funeral of an Al Jazeera journalist who was shot while working in the West Bank. Joly says the behaviour by
Alberta premier dismisses need for big number in leadership review
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he doesn’t need overwhelming support in a leadership review because the pool of voters has been diluted by thousands of angry members bent on destruction. “This is a totally different dynamic,” Kenney said f...
Bloc, NDP support Tory bid to revive committee studying Canada-China relations
OTTAWA — MPs have voted to re-establish a special committee on Canada-China relations. The committee was first set up in 2019 in light of prolonged diplomatic friction with China, with a mandate to examine and review the bilateral relationship, includ...
Calgary and Edmonton city councils make friendly wager on NHL playoffs
CALGARY — The Battle of Alberta has officially started with a friendly hockey wager between the city councils in Calgary and Edmonton, and some elite Canadian soccer players with ties to both cities have also made bets. The Calgary Flames play
Métis leader calls for Queen to apologize for residential schools
The president of the Métis National Council says the Queen should apologize for residential schools to help survivors and their families heal. Cassidy Caron says residential school survivors told her that an apology from the Queen would be important s...
Residential school site searches so far just ‘tip of the iceberg’: Marc Miller
OTTAWA — Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says the searches on the grounds of former residential schools to date are just the beginning. Nearly one year ago, the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Nation announced ground-penetrating radar had found ...
Tory leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre denounces ‘white replacement theory’
OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre, a high-profile contender in the Conservative party's leadership race, onMonday denounced the "white replacement theory," which was believed to be a motive for a mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., as "ugly and disgusting hate-mon...
Canada prepared to send ships to European ports to help export Ukraine’s wheat: Joly
OTTAWA — Canada is poised to send cargo ships to ports in Romania and neighbouring countries to help Ukraine get its wheat to Africa and the Middle East, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Monday. Speaking after meetings with G7 and
Advisory board for next top court judge to include Indigenous Bar Association member
OTTAWA — For the first time, the Indigenous Bar Association has nominated a member of the independent advisory board that will help choose the next Supreme Court justice. The chosen board member, David Nahwegahbow, is an Anishinaabe lawyer whose firm
Military failing to remove barriers to diversifying ranks: ombudsman
OTTAWA — Canada’s military ombudsman is joining the chorus of those accusing the Canadian Armed Forces and Defence Department of failing to address long-standing barriers to recruit and retain more women, visible minorities and Indigenous people. Grego...