Category Archives: National
Plans to distribute first doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on hold
OTTAWA — Plans to distribute the first 300,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine next week are on hold after Health Canada learned part of them were manufactured at a Maryland facility that messed up the ingredients in
Heritage committee won’t reverse change to Bill C-10 despite public outcry
Days of debate over whether revisions to the Broadcasting Act could undermine Canadian rights and freedoms continued Friday. Liberal and opposition members of Parliament split along party lines while discussing the public outcry sparked by an April 23 ...
Flight cancellations to India delay shipment of man’s body from British Columbia
VANCOUVER — The body of a man that was supposed to be flown home to India from British Columbia just before the federal government stopped flights is now in limbo as his family scrambles to get the remains home. Amrinder Singh,
Liberals fundraise $3.5M in first quarter of 2021, says others pushed for election
OTTAWA — The Liberal Party of Canada says it fundraised around $3.5 million during the first three months of the second year dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. A party spokesperson says the Liberal government is focused on fighting the virus, "while
B.C. First Nation joins calls for Ottawa to step in on review of Alberta coal project
A British Columbia First Nation has joined calls for the federal government to step in on the environmental review of a proposed open-pit coal mine in Alberta's Rocky Mountains. The Ktunaxa First Nation, the first group outside Alberta to ask for
Quebec redirects COVID vaccinations from Olympic Stadium because of weekend protest
MONTREAL — Quebec is redirecting people from the mass vaccination site at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday because of a planned protest in the area against COVID-19 health orders. Health Minister Christian Dubé said Friday on Twitter appointments have ...
Trudeau says review of military sexual misconduct a response to system-wide failures
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday an independent review of the military's handling of sexual misconduct is an attempt to correct a "failing of the entire system." "We have brought in a number of measures. They have all been
Sikh advocacy group says India blocked Canadian website to fund COVID-19 patients
OTTAWA — A Sikh advocacy group says the government of India has blocked a Canadian website that aims to raise funds for COVID-19 patients abroad. Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a lawyer for Sikhs For Justice, said it launched a website Tuesday to
Ontario says federal border measures ‘broken’, Alberta eyes curfew for COVID hotspots
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford scrapped over international border measures Friday while officials in two of Alberta's COVID-19 hotspots sought clarification over a possible curfew being floated to tame that province's surge...
Finance Department says federal deficit hit $282.6 billion in February
OTTAWA — The federal government says it ran a budgetary deficit of $282.6 billion through 11 months of its fiscal year as revenues dropped and pandemic aid continued to flow. The deficit from April to February compares to a deficit of
