Category Archives: National
Canadian military’s new plan to fight misconduct includes culture officers, training
OTTAWA — The acting commander of Canada’s Armed Forces says the military’s new plan to fight misconduct will include posting "culture officers" on warships, developing training workshops with survivors, and launching a restorative justice program in th...
Saskatchewan premier says Ottawa has rejected province’s carbon pricing plan
REGINA — Premier Scott Moe says Ottawa has rejected Saskatchewan's plan for replacing the federal carbon price with one of its own, while the Liberal government is saying any proposed changes simply have to wait. Moe announced that the province would
Privacy law applies to Google results, judge says in ‘right to be forgotten’ case
OTTAWA — A federal judge says the results of Google searches are covered by the law governing how companies handle personal information, a victory for people seeking a digital "right to be forgotten." Privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien referred the m...
Group behind church court challenges hired private investigator to follow judge
WINNIPEG — A group supporting multiple churches across the country in court challenges against COVID-19 public health orders has admitted to hiring a private investigator to follow a Manitoba judge. "I accept full responsibility and sole responsibility...
Canada to donate 17.7M doses of AstraZeneca and raise money for global vaccination
OTTAWA — Canada will donate nearly 18 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to poorer countries, but is keeping millions of extra doses of mRNA vaccines for potential boosters as the World Health Organization is urging more generosity to stam...
Ottawa adds national security risk assessments to federal research funding
OTTAWA — The federal government is setting new guidelines that work national security considerations into funding criteria for university research in a bid to shield intellectual property from foreign actors. Effective immediately, research projects mu...
Bank of Canada names Carolyn Rogers as new senior deputy governor
OTTAWA — Carolyn Rogers, a familiar regulatory face in Canada and abroad, is coming home later this year to become second-in-command at the Bank of Canada. Rogers has spent the past two years as secretary-general of an international regulatory body ove...
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, July 12, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 5:45 p.m. Alberta is reporting a total of 90 COVID-19 cases over the last three days: 31 on Friday, 29 on Saturday and 30 on Sunday. There are 624 active cases, with
Canada to reach 55M vaccine doses by week’s end, catching up to U.S. on second doses
OTTAWA — Canada is expecting vaccine shipments to keep rolling in this week as the country inches closer to matching the percentage of people in the United States fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The federal government expects another 1.4 million do...
Two police watchdogs now mandated to probe domestic violence, experts say more needed
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's new police oversight agency has become just the second in Canada with an explicit mandate to investigate allegations of domestic violence committed by officers, a crime that experts say is too often kept
