Category Archives: National
Bridge linking Montreal to highway toward Ontario to be closed for safety concerns
MONTREAL — One of the main bridges motorists use to travel from Montreal to Ontario on the Trans-Canada Highway system has been closed for safety reasons. Quebec Transport Minister François Bonnardel said Thursday on Twitter engineers decided to close ...
Bridge linking Montreal to highway toward Ontario to be closed for safety concerns
MONTREAL — One of the main bridges motorists use to travel from Montreal to Ontario on the Trans-Canada Highway system has been closed for safety reasons. Quebec Transport Minister François Bonnardel said Thursday on Twitter engineers decided to close ...
Bridge linking Montreal to highway toward Ontario to be closed for safety concerns
MONTREAL — One of the main bridges motorists use to travel from Montreal to Ontario on the Trans-Canada Highway system has been closed for safety reasons. Quebec Transport Minister François Bonnardel said Thursday on Twitter engineers decided to close ...
General overseeing vaccination campaign urges military, society to be better
OTTAWA — The military officer tapped to manage Canada's COVID-19 vaccination campaign used her first public appearance in her new role to call on the military — and Canadians, in general — to strive to be better. Brig.-Gen. Krista Brodie said
Lone Nunavut MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq opts not to seek re-election
OTTAWA — Nunavut's sole MP says she will not seek re-election when Canadians next go to the polls.In a social media post Thursday, New Democrat Mumilaaq Qaqqaq said that after "weeks of reflection and consultation with friends and family" she
No independent oversight of federal obligation to routinely publish info: officials
OTTAWA — Senior officials acknowledged Thursday there is no independent oversight of the requirement that federal departments proactively publish government records. Justin Trudeau promised in the 2015 election campaign to allow Canadians to request d...
Montreal-area mayor calls on municipal leaders to condemn recent antisemitic acts
Montreal police say they've increased patrols in several neighbourhoods with large Jewish populations as a "preventive" measure after several antisemitic incidents. Police said in an email Thursday they're aware of threats against the Jewish community ...
Impatience, lack of clarity as clock ticks on AstraZeneca expiry date
TORONTO — Impatience and a lack of clarity persisted Thursday over the fate of thousands of doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine set to expire in the coming weeks but answers could be coming within days. Several provinces have stopped giving the
Too early to set a date on loosening travel restrictions: Canada’s transport minister
OTTAWA — Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says he cannot yet commit to a date — or COVID-19 vaccination rate benchmarks — for when so-called vaccine passports will allow Canada to ease travel restrictions. Speaking at a virtual news conference Thursday...
Statistics Canada reminds people to fill out 2021 census, may follow up in person
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is reminding people to fill out this year's census to avoid getting a visit at their door during the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency says later this month, census enumerators will begin calling households that haven't yet submi...
