Category Archives: National
COVID infection rate low in Alberta pilot project for international travellers
CALGARY — The number of positive COVID-19 tests in a pilot project for international travellers at the Calgary airport and a United States border crossing in southern Alberta has been reasonably low after its first six weeks. The program offers Canadia...
Liberals ‘completely unwilling’ to hold political parties to account on privacy
OTTAWA — A leading expert on personal-information law says the Trudeau government is unwilling to hold political parties to the same level of accountability it is demanding of other organizations in its current revamp of the federal privacy regime. Ter...
Uncertain future looms for refugees seeking a pandemic-era fresh start in Canada
OTTAWA — Ali Mansour spent his first two weeks in Canada watching through a window as winter give way to spring and squirrels ran across the lawn. As one of the last refugees to arrive in Canada before the border closed
CSIS spies’ use of geolocation data may have broken law: watchdog report
OTTAWA — Canada's spy agency may have broken the law by using peoples' digital geolocation data without a warrant, a newly released watchdog report says. The report, tabled in Parliament late Friday, says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service's us...
NWT to get vaccine in early 2021; territory sees first cases of COVID-19 in weeks
YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories says five new cases of COVID-19 have been found in Yellowknife, the first in the territory in two weeks.The government earlier this week asked anyone isolating in Yellowknife since Nov. 30 to get tested after
Feds asking court for third extension to deal with revamped assisted-dying regime
OTTAWA — For the third time, the federal government is asking a Quebec court for more time to revamp Canada's assisted-dying law.The request for an extension — to Feb. 26 — comes after the Conservatives held up passage of Bill
Feds asking court for third extension to deal with revamped assisted-dying regime
OTTAWA — For the third time, the federal government is asking a Quebec court for more time to revamp Canada's assisted-dying law. The request for an extension — to Feb. 26 — came Friday after the Conservatives held up passage of
Nightmare on COVID Street: Virus-headed party provocateur stars in new Alberta ads
EDMONTON — Alberta, seeking to heal with hard-edged humour, has launched a COVID-19 advertising campaign starring a fashion-challenged, hard-partying, virus-headed Freddy Kruegeresque super-spreader. The eggnog-slurping social-distance violator is the ...
Ship that sank 52 years ago off B.C.’s coast now polluting marine park
VANCOUVER — A cargo ship that sank off the west coast of Vancouver Island more than 50 years ago is now polluting the waters of a popular marine park. The Canadian Coast Guard says a fuel-like sheen was investigated in September
Commons adjourns without resolving dispute over how it should resume in new year
OTTAWA — The House of Commons has adjourned for a six-week Christmas break without resolving a dispute over how it should resume in the new year. A motion that has allowed the Commons to sit in a hybrid format throughout the
