Category Archives: National
Canada to welcome 45,000 refugees this year: Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino
Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced plans to expedite applications and increase the number of refugees to Canada at a news conference Friday. This year, the country will increase the number of protected persons admitted from 23,500 to 45,000...
Vaccine deliveries enough to fully vaccinate all eligible Canadians by end of July
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise of a two-dose fall is looking a lot more like it will become a two-dose August. Trudeau says Canada is on track now to have a total of 68 million doses delivered by the
Maxime Bernier’s defamation lawsuit should be tossed, says lawyer for Warren Kinsella
OTTAWA — A prominent political commentator is asking a court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit from a former member of Parliament who is now leader of a fringe federal political party. A lawyer for Warren Kinsella argued Friday in Ontario Superior
First Nations child-welfare hearings wrap after week of arguments
OTTAWA — Lawyers wrapped up arguments today in a Federal Court case focused on how to compensate First Nations children unnecessarily taken from their families due to Canada's discriminatory policies. Ottawa challenged two Canadian Human Rights Tribuna...
Quebec Conservatives recruit ex-CAQ Claire Samson as party’s first legislature member
QUEBEC — Former Coalition Avenir Québec member Claire Samson, dumped by the governing party's caucus earlier this week, has switched sides to the Conservative Party of Quebec. Samson made the move official Friday at a news conference alongside Conserva...
Nova Scotia drops course that asked pupils to list benefits of residential schools
HALIFAX — Responding to complaints from an Indigenous girl and her mother, the Nova Scotia government has scrapped a high school correspondence course that asked students to list the advantages of the residential school system. Malaika Joudry-Martel an...
Trudeau defends Sajjan, accuses Tories of slandering embattled defence minister
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending embattled Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan after the latter was censured by the House of Commons. Trudeau says Sajjan has spent his life serving Canada in different roles, including as a police officer ...
Trudeau defends Sajjan, accuses Tories of slandering embattled defence minister
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau voiced his support for Harjit Sajjan on Friday after opposition parties banded together in the House of Commons to censure the embattled defence minister. The prime minister used part of his opening statement duri...
Ottawa to send more help to Kashechewan as First Nation fights COVID-19 outbreak
More help is on the way for a First Nation gripped by an outbreak of COVID-19 in northern Ontario, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged Friday. Canadian Rangers, nurses and paramedics have already been sent to Kashechewan First Nation, where roughly ...
‘No more limits’: Alberta to lift all remaining COVID-19 public health restrictions
EDMONTON — Alberta will become the first province or territory to remove all COVID-19 restrictions when it lifts its remaining public health measures on July 1. Premier Jason Kenney announced Friday that the province had reached the vaccination thresh...
