Category Archives: National
Child-welfare gaps led to youth suicides, Indigenous group argues at Federal Court
OTTAWA — Children and youth in remote First Nations who have died by suicide are a tragic examples showing Canada's harms toward Indigenous kids was wilful and reckless, lawyers argued in Federal Court Wednesday. Akosua Matthews, representing the Nish...
MPs pass Bloc motion on Quebec nationhood, constitutional change
OTTAWA — Federal lawmakers are acknowledging Quebec's right to unilaterally change the Constitution in line with proposed reforms to the province's language law. In the House of Commons today, a motion from Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet ...
Committee report on Vance allegations at risk as calls mount for minister’s head
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are being accused of letting down victims of military sexual misconduct as a parliamentary committee prepares to rise for the summer without producing a report on the government's handling of allegations involving former d...
Vancouver couple pleads guilty to breaking Yukon COVID rules, travelling for vaccine
WHITEHORSE — A husband and wife who flew to a remote Yukon community to receive early doses of COVID-19 vaccine in January were "cavalier" and "thoughtless," a judge said after the couple pleaded guilty to violating the territory's Civil Emergency
‘Alarming situation’ but help slow in coming for struggling Kashechewan, chief says
TORONTO — Help for the struggling James Bay community of Kashechewan has been slow in coming, as COVID-19 infections surge through overcrowded homes and isolation facilities remain non-existent, Chief Leo Friday said on Wednesday. The virus has attacke...
Groups ask government to prosecute alleged Guatemalan war criminal living in Canada
A man who the Canadian government alleges was an active participant in a massacre that left more than 150 villagers dead in Guatemala is living in Canada and should be prosecuted here, two civil society groups said Wednesday. Pascal Paradis, the
Coalition Avenir Québec boots Claire Samson from caucus over donation to rival party
QUEBEC — The governing Coalition Avenir Québec has dumped one of its members over a political donation she made to a rival party. The party led by Premier François Legault announced late Tuesday it had removed Claire Samson from caucus over
Green Leader Annamie Paul blasts ‘racist,’ ‘sexist’ party execs who sought ouster
OTTAWA — Annamie Paul is firing back against the coterie of party executives who sought to oust her as head of the Greens, calling them out for "racist" and "sexist" accusations as she seeks to defend her leadership and affirm
Trudeau can check out of quarantine hotel after overnight stay from Europe trip
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being allowed to check out from his quarantine hotel roughly 12 hours after checking in. Trudeau's office says he received his negative COVID-19 test Wednesday morning and can now leave the three-star Ottawa lo...
Ottawa to review new steelmaking coal projects in Alberta’s foothills for selenium
The federal government will step in to conduct an environmental review of any new coal project that could possibly release the contaminant selenium. The decision, announced Wednesday, will capture any proposals that emerge from the eight steelmaking co...
