Category Archives: National
Freeland appeals to Tories to hurry passage of COVID-19 relief bill
OTTAWA — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is appealing to the official Opposition Conservatives to hasten passage of a COVID-19 relief bill through the House of Commons. The appeal is in a letter from Freeland to Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole...
Freeland appeals to Tories to hurry passage of COVID-19 relief bill
OTTAWA — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is appealing to the official Opposition Conservatives to hasten passage of a COVID-19 relief bill through the House of Commons. The appeal is in a letter from Freeland to Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole...
London’s success housing homeless veterans touted as model for feds to follow
OTTAWA — An Ontario city says it has found a way to quickly and effectively get homeless veterans off the streets in a model that could be replicated in other municipalities. Those involved will note that it may be impossible to
Frustrated with government efforts, business groups push plan to avoid lockdowns
OTTAWA — Frustrations with government efforts to manage the COVID-19 pandemic has led major businesses in this country to decide to take some matters into their own hands to avoid further lockdowns. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is unveiling this mo...
Frustrated with government efforts, business groups push plan to avoid lockdowns
OTTAWA — Frustrations with government efforts to manage the COVID-19 pandemic has led major businesses in this country to decide to take some matters into their own hands to avoid further lockdowns. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce unveiled on Tuesday ...
Singh pledges military deployment in election campaign-style promise
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling for a quicker, clearer vaccination plan that would see Canada's military deployed across the country to speed up provincial COVID-19 inoculation efforts — though the country's top doctor sees little need for...
University unions, students and faculty summon Ottawa for more education funding
MONTREAL — Ottawa needs to address the funding and access problems regarding post-secondary education that have been aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a coalition of university faculty, student and labour groups. Rising tuition coupled ...
Poll finds most Canadians blame federal government for vaccine delays
OTTAWA — The vast majority of Canadians blame Ottawa rather than provincial governments for delays in COVID-19 vaccine delivery, a new poll suggests.Sixty-nine per cent of respondents believe Canada is behind on deliveries due to federal challenges obt...
Prominent Canadians rally to save Radio Canada International one more time
OTTAWA — A group of prominent Canadians is calling on the CBC to rethink its decision to significantly cut staff and rebrand the globally focused Radio Canada International to focus on domestic news. Wojtek Gwiazda, spokesman for the group trying to
‘Hollow promises’: Top coal scientist warns Albertans of contamination from mining
EDMONTON — One of North America's top experts on pollution from coal mines is warning Albertans about the dangers of expanding the industry in the province's Rocky Mountains. "Expansion of coal-mining up the Alberta Rockies chain will absolutely produc...
