Category Archives: National
Suspected RCMP secrecy breach fallout upgraded to ‘severe’: newly released documents
OTTAWA — New documents show Canada’s cyberspy agency was so alarmed by the potential fallout from an alleged secrecy breach by a senior RCMP employee that it revised a damage assessment to “severe” from "high" in the days after his
Freeland hints at potential hotel quarantines for returning travellers
OTTAWA — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is "looking seriously" at tougher travel measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, including mandatory hotel quarantines for air travellers returning from non-essential trips a...
Canadian provinces push back vaccination plans as Pfizer deliveries grind to a halt
Some provinces were forced to push back vaccination for health-care workers and vulnerable seniors on Monday as deliveries from a major manufacturer ground to a temporary halt. Canada is not due to receive any Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines this week as the ...
Lynn Beyak, who defended ‘good’ of residential schools, retires early from the Senate
OTTAWA — Ontario Sen. Lynn Beyak is leaving the upper chamber three years before her mandatory retirement and defiantly standing by her views on residential schools on her way out.Named to the Senate on the advice of Conservative prime minister
NDP warns of long delays in equal pay for women in federal pay equity rules
OTTAWA — The federal New Democrats say new rules to close a gender wage gap in federally regulated workplaces will take too long to make a difference. The government's pay equity regulations require the likes of banks and telecommunications companies t...
U.S. president signs executive order instituting stringent new Buy American regimen
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden imposed stringent new made-in-America rules for U.S. government spending Monday, adding a caveat likely troubling to Canada: exceptions to those rules will be allowed only under "very limited circumstances." Monday's B...
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Jan. 25, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday Jan. 25, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 15,213 new vaccinations administered for a total of 816,451 doses given. The provinces have administered doses at
A parliamentary pile on over national vaccine rollout kicks off new Commons sitting
OTTAWA — The seats were nearly empty Monday as the House of Commons returned in hybrid form, but the opposition was full of fighting spirit over the Liberal government's handling of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. A new sitting convened after an
‘The system is on alert:’ A look back at the first COVID-19 case in quotes
On Jan. 25, 2020, officials in Ontario announced that a novel coronavirus that had sounded alarm bells around the world had reached Canadian shores. The diagnosis of Canada's first case of COVID-19 marked the start of a period of dramatic
Contaminant from coal mines already high in some Alberta rivers: unreported data
EDMONTON — Some Alberta rivers and streams have already been heavily contaminated by coal mining, unreported government data suggests. The province's plan for large-scale expansion of the industry is fuelling widespread criticism that includes concern...
