Category Archives: National
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 25,230 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,123,563 doses given. The provinces have administered doses ...
CEO of health authority leaves organization after report into alleged misspending
VICTORIA — The head of a health authority in British Columbia is no longer with the organization following allegations related to misspending on various items including $7 million for respirators that didn't meet provincial standards. Benoit Morin's de...
Judge rejects request for injunction to pause new federal firearms prohibitions
OTTAWA — A judge has rejected a request from firearms owners to suspend a sweeping ban on many gun models while their full arguments against the prohibitions are considered by the court. In her ruling, Federal Court Associate Chief Justice Jocelyne
B.C. health officer seeks injunction against churches violating ban on services
VANCOUVER — British Columbia's provincial health officer and attorney general are asking for a court injunction ordering three churches to follow public health rules banning in-person religious services. The application in B.C. Supreme Court comes afte...
Senators amend MAID bill to put 18-month time limit on mental illness exclusion
OTTAWA — Senators have voted to give the federal government 18 months to expand access to medical assistance in dying to people suffering solely from mental illnesses. They voted 57-21 Tuesday to amend Bill C-7, which proposes an explicit, blanket proh...
Spy chief says China is bent on stealing Canadian secrets, silencing critics
OTTAWA — The head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service warns that China is undermining Canada through its efforts to steal valuable technology and silence critics of Beijing's policies. In a speech Tuesday sponsored by the Centre for Internati...
Polish court rebukes Canadian historian for defaming alleged Nazi collaborator
TORONTO — A Polish court order that an eminent Canadian historian and his co-editor apologize for suggesting a man helped kill Jews during the Second World World has angered Jewish human rights activists in Canada and abroad.They say the ruling
Questions arise over protections from reinstated Alberta coal policy
EDMONTON — Doubts are being raised about the Alberta government's decision to restore a policy that protects the Rocky Mountains from coal mining. Energy Minister Sonya Savage on Monday brought back a 1976 policy that keeps open-pit coal mines out of
‘Bait and switch:’ Questions arise over what reinstated Alberta coal policy protects
EDMONTON — Doubts are surfacing over the Alberta government's decision to restore a policy that protects the Rocky Mountains from coal mining. "I think (it) did a bait and switch and I'm very disappointed," said Kevin van Tighem, a southern Alberta
Quebec announces probe after Montreal man wrongfully arrested in cop-assault case
MONTREAL — Quebec's public security minister announced an investigation Tuesday to determine why a Montreal man was wrongfully arrested, charged and detained for almost a week in connection with an attack on a city police officer. Superior Court Justic...
