Category Archives: National
Supreme Court to rule Thursday on whether federal carbon tax is constitutional
OTTAWA — It's make-it-or-break-it time for the federal government's national price on pollution. The Supreme Court of Canada will decide Thursday whether Ottawa's "carbon tax" is constitutional or if the federal Liberals overstepped into provincial jur...
Scandal-scarred Lethbridge, Alta., police force told to fix problems or shut down
EDMONTON — Alberta’s justice minister has given the scandal-scarred Lethbridge Police Service until April 16 to serve up an action plan to fix its problems or face being disbanded. Kaycee Madu acknowledged Wednesday that it’s a tight timeline, but said...
Supreme Court to rule Thursday on whether federal carbon tax is constitutional
OTTAWA — It's make-it-or-break-it time for the federal government's national price on pollution. The Supreme Court of Canada will decide Thursday whether Ottawa's "carbon tax" is constitutional or if the federal Liberals overstepped into provincial jur...
Report into shooting of Indigenous man shows desire for action from RCMP: Marc Miller
REGINA — The federal Indigenous Services minister says Canadians are impatient to see action from the RCMP after a report that said officers in Saskatchewan racially discriminated against the mother of a young Cree man who was shot and killed. Marc
Military ‘playbook’ lacks plan for dealing with cases against defence chiefs
OTTAWA — A new “playbook” being developed to help Canada’s top military commander deal with allegations of misconduct involving senior officers appears to provide little in the way of new direction for how to handle such high-profile cases. The playboo...
Crown says it was reasonable for border screening before Meng’s arrest
VANCOUVER — A lawyer for Canada's attorney general says it was entirely reasonable for border officers to question Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou before her arrest at Vancouver's airport in 2018. Diba Majzub told the B.C. Supreme Court that Meng's arri...
Industry minister foresees biomanufacturing revival, including vaccines — eventually
OTTAWA — Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne sees a future for Canada as a leader in biomanufacturing, including vaccines — but not soon. In a speech at the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal, Champagne says he hopes a COVID-19 vacc...
Industry minister foresees biomanufacturing revival, including vaccines — eventually
OTTAWA — Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne sees a future for Canada as a leader in biomanufacturing, including vaccines — but not soon. In a speech Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal, Champagne said he hopes a COV...
Conservatives call on Liberals to stop payments to Chinese infrastructure bank
OTTAWA — The Conservatives are calling on the Liberal government to stop funding the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank given the ongoing detention and secret trials of two Canadians in China. In a letter Tuesday to Justin Trudeau, Conservative Lead...
COVID-19 weakened environmental rules across Canada, mostly in Alberta: study
CALGARY — Alberta relaxed more environmental rules in response to the COVID-19 pandemic than any other government in Canada, says a study from the University of Calgary. "I didn't find any other jurisdiction that went as far as Alberta did," said
