Category Archives: National
Pfizer increases spring vaccine schedule, adds five million doses to June shipments
OTTAWA — Canada's promised spring supply of COVID-19 vaccines grew Tuesday with millions of additional doses now expected to arrive from three different suppliers before Canada Day. But the news was tempered by ongoing concerns about the Oxford-AstraZe...
U.S. case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou breaks international law: defence
VANCOUVER — American authorities are violating international law by bringing fraud charges against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that have no connection to the United States, a defence lawyer argues. Gib van Ert told a British Columbia Supreme Court ju...
Diversity of background on committee tapping into views on Alberta coal mining
EDMONTON — The Alberta government has tasked a five-member committee with finding out how people feel about open-pit coal mining in the Rocky Mountains and their eastern slopes. Here's a description of committee members as provided by the Alberta Ener...
Quebec coroner’s inquest begins into deaths at long-term care homes during first wave
JOLIETTE, Que. — A coroner's inquest into long-term care deaths in Quebec during the COVID-19 pandemic's first wave opened today with testimony describing staff shortages and employees moving from one facility to another. The first day of the inquest b...
Alberta announces five-member coal consultation committee, online survey
EDMONTON — Alberta has struck a "fiercely independent" five-member committee to assess how people in the province feel about coal mining in the Rocky Mountains. Energy Minister Sonya Savage said the committee is expected to report by mid-November. Coal...
Apology issued after newspaper editorial compares COVID restrictions to Holocaust
MOOSE JAW, Sask. — The owner of a newspaper in Saskatchewan has apologized for an editorial that compared COVID-19 restrictions to the Holocaust. Glacier Media says in a statement that the March 24 editorial published in Moose Jaw Today did
Restrictions imposed to curb COVID-19 in B.C. as new cases strain the system
VICTORIA — British Columbia has taken a step backwards in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing the province to impose circuit breaker measures for the next three weeks to slow the rapid spread of the virus, says the provincial
Opposition MPs express anger as Liberal House leader, not PM aide, testifies on WE
OTTAWA — A parliamentary hearing on the federal government’s now-dead deal with WE Charity threatened to devolve into chaos on Monday after the Liberals sent a cabinet minister to answer questions on behalf of one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s
Canada should be ready to weather any export issues to deal with China: O’Toole
WINNIPEG — Federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says Canada has to work closely with its allies to counterbalance China's actions while recognizing that could mean risks to Canadian exports. O'Toole spoke Monday to Winnipeg's business community at...
Denis Coderre says he’s running again against Valerie Plante for mayor of Montreal
MONTREAL — Denis Coderre says he's running again against the woman who made him a one-term mayor in 2017. Coderre announced his run Sunday on the popular talk show "Tout le monde en parle," where he introduced his new book, "Retrouver
