Category Archives: National
NDP strip Niki Ashton of critic roles after recent trip to Greece
A prominent member of the federal New Democrats has lost her cabinet critic positions after travelling to Greece in spite of widespread travel restrictions meant to curb the spread of COVID-19. The party released a statement saying Manitoba member of P...
A new year renews concerns for hospitals grappling with COVID-19, experts warn
OTTAWA — The fraught, often frightening year of 2020 may be over, but experts warn the dawn of a new one doesn't leave behind the troubles caused by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients in multiple Canadian hotspots are
Alberta cabinet minister ‘naive’ in travelling to Hawaii for holiday tradition
EDMONTON — Alberta's municipal affairs minister apologized Friday for vacationing in Hawaii, despite recommendations to stay home, explaining that she wanted to keep up a 17-year family tradition of spending Christmas in the tropical locale.Tracy Allar...
Feds enlist IBM to help design gun buyback program
OTTAWA — The Trudeau government has awarded a contract to IBM Canada to support the development, design and implementation of a buyback program for recently prohibited firearms.The contract is worth almost $1.2 million, according to an award notice pos...
Finance note says lifting lockdowns, restrictions no sure road to economic recovery
OTTAWA — Officials believed in late summer that an economic recovery would not magically happen if lockdowns and public health restrictions disappeared, a newly obtained federal document shows.The internal briefing note says a key to recovery is the le...
Industry, local mayors say they weren’t consulted on B.C. fish farm phase out plan
VANCOUVER — Several Vancouver Island mayors and members of British Columbia's salmon farming industry say a federal decision to phase out fish farming has left them feeling "disposable and discarded."In an open letter to Fisheries Minister Bernadette J...
Quebec changes COVID-19 vaccine strategy, won’t hold back doses for booster shots
MONTREAL — Quebec is accelerating its vaccination rollout by inoculating as many people as possible instead of holding back doses to be given later as booster shots. "All the vaccines that we have received and that we will receive in Quebec
Liberals say testing rules for air travellers land Jan.7, urge people to prepare
OTTAWA — Anyone arriving in Canada starting Jan. 7 will need to have a negative COVID-19 test before boarding a flight, the federal government said Thursday as the Liberals urged vacationers abroad to prepare. Flyers aged five and up will need
Horgan says B.C. will focus on pandemic economic recovery, health reform in 2021
VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan says economic recovery and health-care changes are the British Columbia government's top priorities for 2021 after the COVID-19 pandemic tested people individually and the resilience of the province. Horgan said in a rece...
‘You have to know it’s time to go’: N.S. premier reflects on tragic year, retirement
HALIFAX — When Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil privately decided earlier this year he would retire after 17 years in politics, he had no idea of the challenges he was about to face. Like all Canadian premiers, McNeil had the difficult
