Category Archives: National
Montreal blue-collar workers allege systemic racism on the job, seek compensation
MONTREAL — Blue-collar workers employed by a Montreal borough say they're seeking compensation from the city after a pair of reports earlier this spring revealed allegations of widespread discrimination against Black and other racialized employees. Cel...
RCMP to provide update soon on investigation into wildfire in Lytton, B.C.
LYTTON, Calif. — RCMP have set up three security checkpoints around Lytton, B.C., and they say there will be an update soon on the investigation into the cause of the fast-moving wildfire that destroyed most of the village. Supt. Ray Carfantan
If an election were called, how much fight do Conservative premiers have left?
OTTAWA — Few would disagree that living through a global pandemic for the past 16 months has been draining. That no doubt includes the country's premiers, who were repeatedly forced to make tough calls on closing schools and shuttering large
B.C. urged to help rebuild Lytton to prevent great destruction from future fires
The wildfire-ravaged village of Lytton, B.C., could be rebuilt to set a new North American standard in resilience to better protect people and property from similar disasters fuelled by climate change, a forestry researcher says. Lori Daniels, a profes...
Taliban victories prompt fresh questions, soul searching for Canadian veterans
OTTAWA — The shaky video pans right to left, looking down on a village with mountains in the background before turning to a green river valley with destroyed buildings in the foreground. A man is speaking over the wind and
Harper urges global powers not to negotiate with incoming Iranian regime
Governments around the world should shun Iran's incoming president based on his long-standing record of human rights abuses, a former Canadian prime minister argued Saturday in a speech to an international conference on the state of the middle-eastern...
Finance minister says Canada is committed to proposed global corporate tax rate
VENICE, Italy — Canada stands firmly behind a two-pillar plan to enact sweeping reforms to the global corporate tax system and limit multinational companies' capacity to shop around for lower tax rates, the country's finance minister said Saturday. Ch...
Pre-election spending limits on party ads don’t apply without fixed voting day
OTTAWA — Canadian party leaders worked their way around the country this week, in what some see as a sure sign the pandemic is near its end, but also as proof that a federal election is on its way. But with
A look at Quebec’s vaccine-passport system expected as of September
Quebec has announced its intention to impose a vaccine-passport system beginning in September that would require people to prove they are vaccinated to access non-essential businesses — such as bars and gyms — in parts of the province where COVID-19
Quebec businesses want vaccine passport system to be simple, not a burden
MONTREAL — Business owners say they are happy Quebec's vaccine-passport system will allow them to operate during potential COVID-19 outbreaks, but they worry the health order will become burdensome and another source of conflict with clients. The provi...
