Category Archives: National
Foreign minister Mélanie Joly presses China to help end Russian invasion of Ukraine
OTTAWA — Canada and China disagree on many things but Beijing's buy-in is essential on one key issue — helping end the Russian war on Ukraine, says Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly. Joly told The Canadian Press that is a message
Chelsea Manning barred from Canada due to prior convictions: Immigration tribunal
OTTAWA — Famed whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been barred from Canada by the Immigration and Refugee Boardover her prior convictions in the United States. Manning became an internationally known figure when the former United States intelligence ana...
B.C. coroner wants ‘urgent action’ on safer drug supply six years into OD crisis
VANCOUVER — British Columbia's chief coroner says 9,400 people in the province have died of an overdose from toxic illicit drugs since the government declared a public health emergency six years ago. Lisa Lapointe said urgent action is needed to decrim...
‘Blood sport:’ Observers say purported emails suggest decline of Alberta politics
EDMONTON — Emails suggesting a former Alberta justice minister hired a political fixer to pull the phone logs of a reporter to trace her sources show how the province's politics has deteriorated, observers say. "Current Alberta political culture ... is...
Federal housing budget a good start, more targeted support needed: Housing advocates
OTTAWA — Advocates say while the focus on housing affordability in the federal budget is promising, its measures could go further to help people in the most dire need. Emilie Coyle, executive director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societ...
Federal department questioned quality of 2021 Indigenous census data, documents show
OTTAWA — Federal officials questioned the quality of the 2021 census data for Indigenous communities after collection efforts were hampered by factors including the discovery of unmarked residential school graves, documents show. Briefing notes obtaine...
Unions look for details on federal budget pledge to ease access to training funding
OTTAWA — The head of the Canadian Labour Congress expressed worries on Tuesday that labour groups could be left out of talks over a federal pledge to let workers access skills training programs before they become unemployed. Congress president Bea Brus...
Legault’s CAQ victorious in Quebec byelection as once-dominant parties fall
MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault warned his troops to stay humble on Tuesday after his Coalition Avenir Québec won a Montreal-area byelection the day prior, and as the two once-dominant parties — the Liberals and Parti Québécois — suffered
Treat our families as well as Ukrainians fleeing to Canada: Afghan interpreters
OTTAWA — Afghan interpreters who have made it to Canada say their family members fleeing the Taliban deserve the same treatment as Ukrainians escaping from Russian troops. At a parliamentary committee on Monday, they called on the government to allow ...
Manitoba slows a tax cut, offers some additional health-care spending
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government is planning to move more slowly on a promised tax cut, reduce a handful of other levies and inject some money into a health-care system battered by COVID-19. Tuesday's budget was the first under...