Category Archives: National
Sinclair calls for independent investigation into burial sites, says RCMP are probing
OTTAWA — Retired senator Murray Sinclair, who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is calling for an independent investigation to examine all burial sites near former residential schools. He told a House of Commons committee Thursday that s...
Canada, allies file notice of claim against Iran for downing flight PS752
OTTAWA — Canada, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom have delivered a notice of claim against Iran over its downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, the four countries said Thursday. Foreign ministers from those countries, who lost cit...
Canadian citizenship oath could help newcomers learn more about Indigenous people
Sharon Nyangweso says she first heard of Indigenous people in Canada when she was eight years old. Her family had just moved to Canada for her mother’s job at the Kenya High Commission in Ottawa. At one of the gatherings,
Provinces consider COVID-19 vaccine incentives to reach people not getting shots
Some leaders are mulling incentives to get COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of hard-to-reach populations as infection rates slowly decline in most of the country as more people are inoculated. "We all want to get back to some sense of normal,
U.S. shares vaccines, including with Canada, as Ottawa pushed to give doses to COVAX
OTTAWA — The United States unveiled details of its first global donations of COVID-19 vaccines Thursday, with plans to ship 19 million doses through the COVAX vaccine-sharing alliance and another six million doses directly to neighbours, including Cana...
Singh demands Trudeau drop legal battle against First Nations children, survivors
OTTAWA — New Democrats are making a renewed push for the federal government to take concrete steps toward reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. In the House of Commons today, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is putting forward a motion that calls on Ottawa
Singh demands Trudeau drop legal battle against First Nations children, survivors
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is making a renewed push for the federal government to take concrete steps toward reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, calling on Ottawa to drop a pair of Federal Court appeals he says represent a "belligerent"
Study suggests fishing gear entanglement stunting growth of endangered right whales
HALIFAX — Scientists are reporting a troubling reduction in the length of North Atlantic right whales, suggesting a key factor in their stunted growth may be the fishing gear many haul around after becoming entangled. "It's just the sheer energy loss
‘Cracks’ appearing as Canadian military faces confluence of challenges: defence chief
OTTAWA — Canada's top military commander says he is starting to see "cracks" as the Canadian Armed Forces faces a confluence of challenges — many of them unprecedented — both at home and abroad. In an interview with The Canadian Press,
Federal government hiking fines for hotel quarantine violators
OTTAWA — The federal government is increasing the fine for air travellers who refuse to quarantine in a designated hotel for three days after arriving in Canada. Travellers who had faced a $3,000 fine if they didn't abide by the requirement
