Category Archives: National
CSIS warns of increasingly sophisticated state-sponsored activity targeting elections
OTTAWA — The Canadian Security Intelligence Service warns that it sees steady, and in some cases increasing, foreign interference by state actors against Canada. In a report released Thursday, CSIS says it has observed persistent and advanced state-spo...
Conservatives ask auditor general to review tax-change confusion
OTTAWA — The Opposition Conservatives are asking the auditor general to probe the Finance Department's handling of tax changes that left small business owners and family farmers confused for weeks. A Conservative private member's bill approved by Parli...
Two Alberta First Nations want court to allow appeal of decision on coal mine
A second Alberta First Nation wants a court to allow it to appeal a review board's decision that an open-pit coal mine in the Rocky Mountains is not in the public interest. The Stoney Nakoda Nation has filed a request with
Annamie Paul says ‘small group’ of party execs behind court case against Green leader
OTTAWA — Green Leader Annamie Paul sought Thursday to frame a legal challenge from her own party as the work of a "small group" of outgoing executives, as she tries to push past the turmoil still roiling the Greens in
Government docs on porn regulator will take six years to access: Justice Department
OTTAWA — A New Democrat MP's request for documents related to a new regulator that will handle child pornography and exploitive material could take over half a decade for the government to process. In a letter responding to NDP ethics critic
Trudeau says federal security, tax agencies must do more to end Islamophobia
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called out federal security and tax agencies during a national summit on Islamophobia, saying they must do more to put an end to anti-Muslim sentiments in Canada. Speaking to the meeting organized by the governmen...
B.C. premier commits support for tourism industry reeling from wildfires, COVID-19
CASTLEGAR, B.C. — British Columbia's premier is vowing to continue supporting the tourism industry, which was hoping to begin its recovery from COVID-19 just as hundreds of wildfires ignited in the province. John Horgan said Wednesday the B.C. governme...
Judge issues reasons for rejecting new evidence in Meng Wanzhou’s extradition case
VANCOUVER — A B.C. Supreme Court judge says she won't allow proposed new evidence in Meng Wanzhou's extradition case because it doesn't "expressly" support the Huawei executive's claim that the United States' case against her is "manifestly unreliable....
Biden nominates tech exec, political adviser David Cohen as U.S. ambassador to Canada
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has nominated David Cohen, a tech executive who once served as chief of staff to the mayor of Philadelphia, to be his ambassador to Canada. Cohen, a lawyer, lobbyist and fundraiser who currently serves as a
Some Canadians frustrated they still can’t cross U.S. land border
TORONTO — Canadians are expressing frustration at still being unable to drive across the border to the U.S. for a casual visit, even though their fully vaccinated American counterparts will soon be able to do so. The federal government recently said
