Category Archives: National
‘Wrong signal:’ Federal ministers protest Saskatchewan’s electric vehicle tax
Two federal ministers have written Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe to protest his plan to bring in a tax on electric vehicles. "This provincial tax on electric vehicles does not benefit the climate, consumers or workers," said Environment Minister Jonat...
‘Wrong signal:’ Federal ministers protest Saskatchewan’s electric vehicle tax
Two federal ministers have written Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe to protest his plan to bring in a tax on electric vehicles. "This provincial tax on electric vehicles does not benefit the climate, consumers or workers," said Environment Minister Jonat...
‘Be prepared and not scared:’ Iqaluit locks down after reporting first COVID-19 case
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut's capital city is under a lockdown after detecting its first case of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. The infection was reported Wednesday night and on Thursday morning all schools, non-essential businesses and gover...
‘Be prepared and not scared:’ Iqaluit locks down after reporting first COVID-19 case
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut's capital city is under a lockdown after detecting its first case of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. The infection was reported Wednesday night and on Thursday morning all schools, non-essential businesses and gover...
‘Be prepared and not scared:’ Iqaluit locks down after reporting first COVID-19 case
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut's capital city is under a lockdown after detecting its first case of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. The infection was reported Wednesday night and on Thursday morning all schools, non-essential businesses and gover...
Political party governing Montreal mulls disarming police and redirecting funds
MONTREAL — The political party governing Montreal is questioning whether all city police need to carry firearms at all times. Projet Montreal adopted a motion during the municipal party's recent convention, calling on the city to “review the need for a...
Political party governing Montreal mulls disarming police and redirecting funds
MONTREAL — The political party governing Montreal is questioning whether all city police need to carry firearms at all times. Projet Montreal adopted a motion during the municipal party's recent convention, calling on the city to “review the need for a...
Father of fallen Canadian soldier of two minds on Biden’s pullout from Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — Jim Davis and his wife Sharon visited Kandahar in 2008, part of a contingent of grieving military families who wanted to see for themselves the desolate place where their loved ones had died in service to Canada's mission
Father of fallen Canadian soldier of two minds on Biden’s pullout from Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — Jim Davis and his wife Sharon visited Kandahar in 2008, part of a contingent of grieving military families who wanted to see for themselves the desolate place where their loved ones had died in service to Canada's mission
Canada negotiating contracts to secure COVID-19 booster shots for next year: Anand
OTTAWA — Canada's procurement minister says she is in the midst of negotiating new vaccine contracts to nail down supplies of vaccine booster shots if they're needed next year. "We are actively planning for 2022," Anita Anand said in a recent
