Category Archives: National
With sovereignty off the table, Quebec Liberals struggling to connect with voters
MONTREAL — Quebec's next provincial election is still more than five months away, but Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade is already on the campaign trail. On Thursday, the official Opposition leader was in Trois-Rivières, Que., a city of 140,000 people h...
Byelection a battle over past and future for BC Liberal leader Kevin Falcon, experts
VICTORIA — A byelection that could put new British Columbia Liberal leader Kevin Falcon back in the province's legislature is a race about the past and future, say both the candidates and political experts. Voters in the upscale Vancouver-Quilchena rid...
Canada eyes new measures to protect economy from national security threats
OTTAWA — New measures to ensure Canada doesn't export sensitive technology to foreign adversaries are among the changes being eyed by Ottawa to bolster the country's economic security. Other possibilities include making it easier to fine companies that...
B.C. man wanting public meeting has ‘death-watch monitors’ on Day 23 of hunger strike
NANAIMO, B.C. — A 68-year-old activist says "death-watch monitors" were ensuring his safety on the 23rd day of a hunger strike over old-growth logging practices in British Columbia. Howard Breen said Saturday that he stopped drinking liquids two days e...
Ex-Guantanamo detainee sues Canada over 14-year detention and torture
A former detainee of Guantanamo Bay is taking legal action against the Canadian government over its alleged role in his 14 years behind bars marked by torture and intimidation. Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Mauritanian who lived in Montreal for under two
Advocates want a feminist spending review as feds insist no social-program cuts
OTTAWA — The Liberal government is insisting that the goal of an upcoming federal spending review is not to slash social programs, while gender-equality advocates want to make sure it is done with women and marginalized people in mind. The federal
Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQ groups and sex workers criticize online hate bill
OTTAWA — Members of the LGBTQ community, Indigenous people and racialized groups fear a proposed law tackling online harm could disproportionately curtail their online freedoms and even make them police targets, responses to a government consultation h...
The race is on to make the final ballot for the Conservative party leadership
OTTAWA — Conservative leadership candidates have until next Friday to submit the paperwork, $300,000 worth of fees and nomination signatures needed to ensure they are on the final ballot. Some have already handed it all in, while others are working to...
City of Ottawa reclaims some of the $558,000 stolen in fraud scam
OTTAWA — The City of Ottawa says it will reclaim at least some of the funds that were stolen after the local Salvation Army homeless shelter was targeted by fraudsters. Last week, city treasurer Wendy Stephanson announced the city had been
Conservative leadership candidates propose ideas that carry some political baggage
OTTAWA — Two thorny ideas have been injected into the race to lead the Conservative Party of Canada: Ending supply management and support for more private health-care options. The ideas were presented this week by individual candidates, and carry some ...