Category Archives: National
Nunavut review board recommends against iron ore mine expansion on Baffin Island
CAMBRIDGE BAY, Nunavut — The Nunavut Impact Review Board is recommending the proposed expansion of an iron ore mine on the northern tip of Baffin Island should not go ahead. Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. is seeking to expand its Mary River
$416 million in disaster funding comes through for homes lost in B.C. wildfires
VANCOUVER — The federal government said it's preparing for what could be a challenging summer of wildfires in parts of the country as several ministers gathered in Vancouver to outline how funds will support those already affected. Emergency Preparedne...
Dutch Princess Margriet honours Canadian general who liberated her nation in WWII
OTTAWA — Princess Margriet of the Netherlands paid tribute to the Canadian who negotiated the surrender of the Nazis in her country in 1945. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greeted the princess with a fist bump at the National Military Cemetery in
CRTC to get new chair as role of broadcast regulator expands
OTTAWA — The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission chair is to be replaced within months and Canadian Heritage is already accepting applications for the $328,000-a-year role. Ian Scott and his broadcasting vice-chair, Caroline Si...
Canadian warship hit with COVID-19 outbreak ahead of overseas deployment
OTTAWA — A Canadian warship has been hit with an outbreak of COVID-19 while preparing for an overseas deployment in the Pacific. HMCS Winnipeg is back home in Esquimalt, B.C., after seven sailors tested positive, only weeks before the ship is
Inukjuak men’s association teaching the next generation of Inuit hunters
INUKJUAK, Que. — Elder Simeonie Ohaituk sits on a caribou skin on the floor of the Unaaq Men’s Association in Inukjuak, Que., pulling and cutting a stretchy, cylindrical piece of sealskin. He makes smooth, even cuts, the length of rope piling
English-language debate ahead of Quebec vote cancelled after premier pulls out
MONTREAL — An English-language leaders debate that was scheduled to take place ahead of Quebec's October election has been cancelled after Premier François Legault refused to participate. Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon also said Friday...
Canadian helping reform Ukrainian military says she’s not surprised by its resilience
OTTAWA — Jill Sinclair has been wracked by a combination of anguish, sickness and anger as well as extraordinary pride as she has watched Ukrainians stand fast in the face of Russia’s invasion of their homeland. One thing she hasn’t
Canada presses for G7 quick-reaction group on cybersecurity after Ukraine invasion
OTTAWA — Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne is pressing G7 countries to establish a quick-reaction group on cybersecurity to help build up resilience to attacks following the invasion of Ukraine. Champagne suggested to a meeting of G7 dig...
Law barring use of extreme intoxication as criminal defence unconstitutional: SCOC
OTTAWA — Canada's highest court has ruled that the law barring the use of automatism, or a state of extreme intoxication, as a defence for some crimes is unconstitutional and called on Parliament to consider new legislation. The Supreme Court of