Category Archives: National
Curfew now in effect across Quebec; heavy police presence expected
MONTREAL — Police cars with flashing lights were out in force in the streets of Montreal on Saturday night as a curfew meant to curb a rising tide of COVID-19 cases took effect across Quebec. The measure went into effect at
Alberta’s NDP hold a commanding 15 point lead in polls
Alberta’s New Democratic Party is surging ahead in opinion polls, leading incumbent Premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party by 15 points. 41% of Albertans were likely to vote for former Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP if an election were to be
Whale families bring along calf on return trip to traditional feeding grounds in B.C.
ALERT BAY, B.C. — Two northern resident killer whale families brought along a baby as they returned for the first time in 20 years to their traditional winter foraging grounds in British Columbia waters. Jared Towers, a scientist with the Fisheries
Approved COVID-19 vaccines not enough to inoculate all Canadians by September: Anand
OTTAWA — Federal procurement minister Anita Anand says Canada will do "whatever it takes" to get more vaccine doses delivered to Canada faster but there hasn't yet been any change to the number of doses Canada is expecting to receive
New work permit being offered to keep more international students in Canada
OTTAWA — International students are being offered a new work permit by the federal government in a bid to convince more to settle here permanently. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says former students who hold post-graduation work permits that hav...
All but five senators say they haven’t travelled abroad during pandemic
OTTAWA — All but five of Canada's 93 senators say they have not travelled outside the country in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eighty-eight senators say they've been following public health guidelines to refrain from international travel in bid t...
Canada’s Conservatives under fire for promoting “election rigging” conspiracy theories echoing Trump
The Conservative Party of Canada is coming under heavy criticism for promoting conspiracy theories about “election rigging” a day after riots incited by similar statements by US President Donald Trump left five people dead. A fundraising page on the official
Democracy takes work, Trudeau says in condemning ‘violent rioters’ incited by Trump
OTTAWA — Canadians and their elected leaders have a shared responsibility to protect and defend the principles of democracy, which need constant tending to remain strong, Justin Trudeau said Friday. It was only the prime minister's latest repudiation ...
Canada’s first case of South African COVID-19 variant found in Alberta
Canada's first case of a new, more infectious variant of COVID-19 that surfaced in South Africa was found in Alberta on Friday, the same day two Atlantic provinces tightened their boundaries and Ontario warned tough new measures may be on
As American aftershocks persist, Trudeau says riot ‘incited by current president’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Aftershocks shuddered through America's political and cultural bedrock again Friday as shaken lawmakers forged ahead with plans to make Donald Trump the first U.S. president to be impeached a second time. The ongoing implosion of th...
