Category Archives: National
Yukon to get first Moderna vaccine doses in January, with more in March
WHITEHORSE — Yukon says it will get Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in January.Premier Sandy Silver says the territory will get enough of the vaccine for every adult who wants it.Health minister Pauline Frost says about 50,000 doses are to arrive by
Yukon to get first Moderna vaccine doses in January, with more in March
WHITEHORSE — Yukon says it will get Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in January.Premier Sandy Silver says the territory will get enough of the vaccine for every adult who wants it.Health minister Pauline Frost says about 50,000 doses are to arrive by
CBSA officer says her lack of notes in Meng case ‘weighed’ on her
VANCOUVER — Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou are planning to introduce a new legal argument alleging she was subjected to an abuse of process and should be freed. Meng's legal team has already outlined three branches of arguments to support
Brits fear ‘damage’ if Canadian politicians delay ratification of trade deal
OTTAWA — The British government is concerned and disappointed that Canada's Parliament won't be able to formally ratify the countries' new trade agreement ahead of a Jan. 1 deadline. British trade officials said Thursday they are concerned the delay wi...
Commons passes assisted-dying bill after Conservatives end filibuster
OTTAWA — A bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying was approved Thursday by the House of Commons after the Conservatives ended a days-long filibuster. Bill C-7 passed by a vote of 212-107, with the support of all but
Syrian refugees take citizenship oath on fifth anniversary of first arrivals
OTTAWA — A group of Syrian refugees took the Canadian citizenship oath in an online ceremony Thursday, the fifth anniversary of when the first plane carrying Syrian refugees arrived in Canada as part of the Liberal government's promise to resettle
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Thursday, Dec. 10
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 7:14 p.m. British Columbia has recorded it highest single-day death toll with 28 fatalities from COVID-19. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry calls that tragic, saying all ...
Crackdown on land protests in 2020 infringes on liberties, future activism: experts
TORONTO — Months after a group of Haudenosaunee people set up camp on a construction site near Caledonia, Ont., an provincial court granted Haldimand County an order permanently forbidding people from “interfering” with any public road. A lawyer for th...
Crackdown on land protests in 2020 infringes on liberties, future activism: experts
TORONTO — Months after a group of Haudenosaunee people set up camp on a construction site near Caledonia, Ont., an provincial court granted Haldimand County an order permanently forbidding people from “interfering” with any public road. A lawyer for th...
Yukon releases strategy in response to MMIW national inquiry report
Yukon has released what it says is the first comprehensive response to a national inquiry's report into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The report contained 231 "calls to justice" when it was released in June 2019 after more
