Category Archives: National
Kenney says no new taxes as Alberta preps for another tough times pandemic budget
EDMONTON — On Thursday it’s budget day in Alberta, a time that will cruelly and ironically remind residents that last year’s projected eye-popping $6.8-billion deficit was actually the good old days. Since then, that deficit has tripled to $21 billion ...
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Feb. 21, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday Feb. 21, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 49,707 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,451,846 doses given. The provinces have administered doses at...
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Feb. 20, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Saturday Feb. 20, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 49,707 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,451,846 doses given. The provinces have administered doses...
Tam urges need to maintain individual COVID-19 precautions as variant cases mount
Public health officials have identified upwards of 700 cases of contagious COVID-19 variants across Canada, the nation's top doctor said Saturday, a finding she said lends new urgency to her calls to maintain personal COVID-19 precautions. Individual...
Chinese ambassador denounces pending vote by Canadian MPs on Uighur genocide
OTTAWA — China's envoy to Canada is telling Canadian parliamentarians to butt out of his country's internal affairs through their pending vote on declaring a genocide against ethnic Muslim Uighurs in its Xinjiang province. Cong Peiwu, the Chinese ambas...
B.C. health officials call for ‘culturally safe’ vaccination plan for Metis residents
VICTORIA — Health officials in British Columbia say they're working on making the COVID-19 vaccine rollout a "culturally safe experience" for Indigenous Peoples in a health system that has been criticized for its systemic racism.Provincial health offic...
Trudeau to hold first meeting with new U.S. President Biden virtually on Tuesday
OTTAWA — The first face-to-face meeting between Canada's Prime Minister and the newly minted U.S. president will take place early next week, the two countries announced on Saturday amid questions about how the long-time allies plan to address simmering...
Women’s groups in Yukon disappointed ‘unfounded’ sex assault project terminated
Women's groups are angry that talks meant to revive a committee reviewing unresolved sexual assault complaints in Yukon have ended before its findings could be presented. A report outlining how Mounties in the territory investigate sex assaults was to ...
Federal workers paid $819 million to stay home during the pandemic under ‘699’ clause
OTTAWA — More than one in three federal public servants were granted paid time off work during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic, at a cost exceeding $800 million, according to a Treasury Board document. At the onset of
Nine Algonquin nations reject Ottawa land project labeled as “reconciliation” effort
OTTAWA — Nine Algonquin First Nations in Quebec are considering litigation to stop Ottawa from allowing another Algonquin group to build a new suburb on the outskirts of the city. Ottawa city council voted down a motion last week to have
