Category Archives: National
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Saturday, March 27th, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada. The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 27, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 217,025 new vaccinations administered for a total of 4,800,753 doses...
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Friday, March 26, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Friday, March 26, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 217,025 new vaccinations administered for a total of 4,800,753 doses given. Nationwide, 657,212 people or 1.7 pe...
PHAC head says Privacy Act prevents explanation for firing of two scientists
OTTAWA — In defiance of a House of Commons committee, the president of the Public Health Agency of Canada still won't explain why two government scientists were fired 18 months after being escorted from Canada's highest-security laboratory. Iain Stewar...
B.C. is first in Canada to set emissions targets for industries, communities
VICTORIA — British Columbia has set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for most sectors in the provincial economy, including the oil and gas industry. The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change says in a news release B.C. is the first provin...
B.C. is first in Canada to set emissions targets for industries, communities
VICTORIA — British Columbia has set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for most sectors in the provincial economy, including the oil and gas industry. The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change says in a news release B.C. is the first provin...
B.C. is first in Canada to set emissions targets for industries, communities
VICTORIA — British Columbia is the first province in Canada to set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for major sectors of the provincial economy, including the oil and gas industry, says the environment and climate change minister. George Heyma...
No violation of Meng’s charter rights in collection of device serial numbers: Crown
VANCOUVER — A lawyer for Canada's attorney general says RCMP did not need a search warrant to obtain the electronic devices of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou or collect their serial numbers. John Gibb-Carsley told the B.C. Supreme Court Meng's charter ...
Crown lawyer says border officers miscommunicated about note-taking in Meng case
VANCOUVER — A "misunderstanding" lies at the heart of a Canadian border official's belief that she was ordered not to take notes about Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's arrest at Vancouver's airport, a Crown lawyer said Friday. Marta Zemojtel urged a B....
Senior bureaucrat avoids naming names in PMO over Vance allegations
OTTAWA — A senior civil servant wouldn't disclose to a parliamentary committee Friday whom she communicated with in the Prime Minister's Office about a sexual-misconduct allegation against Canada's top military commander. Janine Sherman, a deputy secre...
Fines coming for travellers caught sneaking pot into Canada
OTTAWA — Beginning Monday, travellers could be fined up to $2,000 for trying to slip cannabis into Canada. For more than two years, adults in Canada have been allowed to possess and share up to 30 grams of cannabis, but bringing
