Category Archives: National
Canada will send heavy artillery to Ukraine, Trudeau pledges
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed plans Tuesday to send heavy artillery to embattled Ukraine as Canada levied new sanctions against more than a dozen close associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, including his two daughters. Trude...
One-quarter of Canadians have been infected with COVID-19, poll suggests
OTTAWA — Almost one in four Canadian respondents to a new online survey said they had been infected with COVID-19, while about three in four had not. As the country grapples with its sixth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and less
Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry: federal lawyer defends role of Veterans Affairs
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — A Nova Scotia inquiry investigating why a former Afghanistan war veteran killed his family and himself in 2017 heard Tuesday from a federal lawyer who defended the work of Veterans Affairs Canada. Lori Ward told the inquiry
Veterans group winding down work helping Afghan interpreters get to Canada
OTTAWA — What began as a 30-day fundraising campaign to help Afghan interpreters flee the Taliban turned into a harrowing, chaotic and deeply frustrating eight-month effort for the Veterans Transition Network, and its executive director says it’s time ...
Canada avoided F-35 teething problems, should buy stealth fighter now: test pilot
OTTAWA — A former F-35 test pilot says Canada likely benefited from not purchasing the stealth fighter more than a decade ago, but that the time has come for Ottawa to finally end its waffling and commit to the aircraft. Retired
Events broadcast on Trudeau’s Facebook page must be bilingual: language commissioner
MONTREAL — Events broadcast live on the prime minister's Facebook page must be accessible in French and English, according to the commissioner of official languages, who said the Privy Council Office failed to meet its obligations under Canada's langua...
‘If you show up, I win’: Inside Patrick Brown’s drive for Conservative leadership
OTTAWA — An apology to the Tamil community, improving cricket infrastructure and putting a visa office in Kathmandu are just some of the promises Patrick Brown has made in hopes of becoming the next leader of the Conservative Party of
Prime minister pays tribute to 22 victims on anniversary of Nova Scotia mass shooting
HALIFAX — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is paying tribute to the 22 victims of the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history. Two years ago today, a gunman began a two-day rampage in the small Nova Scotia community of Portapique. In a
Two years after a gunman killed 22 in Nova Scotia, RCMP still under the microscope
HALIFAX — Two years after her father was gunned down by a man disguised as a Mountie, Charlene Bagley remains convinced he would be alive today had the Nova Scotia RCMP issued a provincewide alert early in the killer's rampage. "He
Cyberbreach at Rideau Hall was ‘sophisticated’ intrusion, internal documents reveal
OTTAWA — Newly disclosed documents reveal the breach of an internal computer network at Rideau Hall was described to senior government officials as a "sophisticated cyber incident" in the days before the public was told of the security lapse. Internal ...