Category Archives: National
N.S. Mi’kmaq to start season with scaled-down plans for fishery in St. Marys Bay
INDIAN BROOK, N.S. — A Mi'kmaq community is scaling back plans for a lobster harvest in southwestern Nova Scotia next week after Ottawa threatened to pull traps that aren't licensed by the Fisheries Department.Sipekne'katik Chief Mike Sack told reporte...
Military deployed to help Manitoba; Trudeau supports search for COVID-19 origin
Members of the military are being deployed to Manitoba where surging COVID-19 cases have overwhelmed hospitals, while the prime minister has put his support behind international efforts to understand how the global pandemic began. "I know there are a l...
Human Rights Watch says families of Flight 752 victims harassed, intimidated by Iran
OTTAWA — A human rights group says in a new report that Iran has harassed families of passengers killed aboard Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752. Human Rights Watch says from last fall until January, it spoke with 31 family members of
UN agency begins probe into Belarus’s ‘forced diversion’ of journalist’s flight
OTTAWA — A United Nations agency is launching an investigation into Belarus's arrest of a dissident journalist after his flight was diverted on dubious pretences last Sunday. The governing body of the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organiz...
Rising interest rates could dampen stimulus impact from federal budget, PBO says
OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer is pouring cold water on the economic fires from the government's latest spending plan, saying that an expected rise in interest rates should temper the amount of stimulus from the Trudeau Liberals' budget. The...
Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear challenge of 2015 Alberta election call
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear a challenge of the former Alberta government's decision to call an election in 2015. A general election was held in Alberta in 2012 and based on the province's Election Act, the next
Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal of sentencing in mosque shooter case
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to review the sentencing of a man who went on a deadly shooting spree at a Quebec City mosque. The examination of Alexandre Bissonnette's case is expected to determine the constitutionality of
Montreal patios are reopening but bar and restaurant owners say they lack staff
MONTREAL — Karoline Gagnon worked as a bartender or bar manager for 25 years in Montreal and while she says she had often considered changing careers, the money and the freedom that lifestyle offered were too tempting. But more than a
Trudeau delivers apology to Italian Canadians for internment during WW2
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally apologized on Thursday for the internment of Canadians of Italian descent during the Second World War, saying the community has carried the weight of the unjust policy for generations. He told the House o...
Battle over independence of military judges expands to include Appeal Court
OTTAWA — A landmark legal battle over the independence of judges responsible for overseeing military courts martial has gone meta with new questions over the autonomy of a judge hearing the case. The Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada hearing revolve...
