Category Archives: National
Montreal suburb’s plan to charge for picnic table reservations draws backlash
MONTREAL — A Montreal suburb's plan to charge its citizens to reserve picnic tables in city parks is stirring up debate over how best to manage the increased demand for green space amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A draft bylaw by Dorval
Ontario marks death-toll milestone as Atlantic bubble remains closed by outbreaks
Ontario has marked a grim milestone with the province's death toll pushing past 8,000 accelerated by a deadly third wave of the pandemic as Nova Scotia saw a slight decline in new infections.Ontario officials say 41 more people had died
Ontario marks death-toll milestone as Atlantic bubble remains closed by outbreaks
Ontario has marked a grim milestone with the province's death toll pushing past 8,000 accelerated by a deadly third wave of the pandemic as Nova Scotia saw a slight decline in new infections.Ontario officials say 41 more people had died
Ontario marks COVID-19 death-toll milestone; Alberta brings in more restrictions
Ontario marked a grim COVID-19 milestone Thursday as its virus-related death toll passed 8,000 and Alberta brought in tighter public-health measures to try to get rapidly rising infection rates in hot spots under control. The measures target six cities...
Indigenous tourism group frets for future over funding gap in federal budget
OTTAWA — A group representing thousands of Indigenous-led tourism operators says it doesn't think the recent federal budget will do enough to help the industry avoid collapse. What's more, the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada is on the verge of...
Indigenous tourism group frets for future over funding gap in federal budget
OTTAWA — A group representing thousands of Indigenous-led tourism operators says it doesn't think the recent federal budget will do enough to help the industry avoid collapse. The Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada asked the government for just o...
‘Great champion of Indigenous Peoples,’ B.C. judge, politician, Thomas Berger dies
VANCOUVER — Thomas Berger, a British Columbia politician, lawyer, judge and commissioner whose work led Canada to recognize Aboriginal title to land, has died of cancer at the age of 88. Berger's daughter, Erin Berger, said her dad was active until
Transat AT reaches $700-million aid deal with federal government
MONTREAL — Travel company Transat AT Inc. says it has reached a deal with Ottawa to borrow up to $700 million, nearly half of which will go toward refunding travellers for flights cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic. The reimbursement for customers...
Conservatives say record $8.47M raised so far in 2021 as election possibility looms
OTTAWA — The Conservative Party of Canada says it raised a record $8.47 million in the first three months of 2021. The party says that breaks the record it set back in the first quarter of 2019 when it pulled in
Former UN human rights chief Louise Arbour tapped to review military sex misconduct
OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government is tapping former Supreme Court justice and UN high commissioner for human rights Louise Arbour to lead what it is billing as an independent review of the military’s handling of sexual assault, harassment and
