Category Archives: National
Ottawa will not tolerate another occupation, interim police chief warns biker convoy
Ottawa's interim police chief is warning that the city will not tolerate any sort of longer-term occupation of the capital as hundreds of motorcyclists prepare to descend on the city starting Friday. During a briefing on Thursday, interim chief Steve B...
Canadian Blood Services to end gay ‘blood ban,’ bring in behaviour-based screening
OTTAWA — Health Canada has approved an end to policy that restricts men who have sex with men from donating blood products for three months, a change welcomed by LGBTQ advocates but criticized — including by the prime minister, who
Defence Minister Anita Anand talks Ukraine, Norad with U.S. counterpart at Pentagon
WASHINGTON — Defence Minister Anita Anand's first official visit to the Pentagon proved long on familiar diplomatic bromides Thursday, but offered little public-facing progress on urgent North American military priorities like the war in Ukraine or upg...
Nearly 1,000 Canadian Armed Forces members denied COVID-19 vaccine exemptions
OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces says over three-quarters of the more than 1,300 service members who applied for an exemption from the military’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement have had their requests denied. Vice-chief of the defence staff Lt.-Gen. F...
B.C. raises forest revenue sharing amounts for First Nations in reconciliation move
VICTORIA — First Nations in British Columbia will receive a $63 million increase in forestry income this year as part of a new revenue-sharing model that Indigenous leaders say is an encouraging step toward an expected higher share in the
Liberals plan committee to review secret lab documents — with or without Tories
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are moving ahead on a special all-party, security-cleared committee to review documents related to the firing of two scientists from the national microbiology laboratory — even if the Conservatives continue to rebuff the p...
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to visit counterpart Mary Ng in Ottawa
WASHINGTON — U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai will travel north of the border next week to meet with her Canadian counterpart, Mary Ng. Tai's office says the ambassador will hold two days of meetings May 5-6 with Ng, Canada's international trad...
Mass shooting inquiry in Nova Scotia explores fallout of police impersonation
HALIFAX — Public trust in law enforcement agencies is undermined every time someone is caught impersonating a police officer, the inquiry investigating the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia was told Wednesday. The inquiry has heard the gunman was disgu...
Census shows apartment growth, but supply remains the main issue in B.C.: experts
VANCOUVER — Demand for housing in British Columbia still far outstrips supply, experts say, even as the latest census figures show growth in the number of homes was higher than the increase in population countrywide. Statistics Canada reported Wednesd...
Census data on Canada’s transgender and non-binary population: By the numbers
For the first time, Statistics Canada differentiated between "sex at birth" and "gender" in the 2021 census. Here are some key figures from Wednesday's release of the results. — 1 in 300 Canadians over the age of 15 — 100,815 people