Category Archives: National
Lametti questions Conservatives’ sincerity in wanting to protect vulnerable
OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti is questioning the sincerity of Conservatives who contend they're holding up a bill on assisted dying because it doesn't do enough to protect vulnerable people with disabilities. Despite a looming, court-imposed ...
CBSA manager told not to take notes after Meng arrest in case of access request
VANCOUVER — A senior manager with the Canada Border Services Agency says she was instructed not to take notes after the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou — an arrest that will be under court scrutiny next year. Nicole Goodman was
Battle lines drawn for first ministers’ meeting on health care
OTTAWA — Premiers aren't expecting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to agree immediately to their demand for at least $28 billion more each year for health care. First ministers are scheduled to meet via conference call Thursday — a long-awaited session t...
Quebec tables bill to give families of missing Indigenous children access to records
QUEBEC — The Quebec government introduced legislation on Wednesday that would allow relatives of Indigenous children who disappeared or died after being admitted to health-care facilities to obtain information about their loved ones.Indigenous Affairs ...
U.S. issues challenge to Canada’s dairy quotas in first test of new trade agreement
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States opened a new chapter Wednesday in the book of trade tensions with Canada, formally complaining that U.S. dairy producers are being unfairly shut out of markets north of the border. An anodyne-sounding "request for...
Quebec government lawyers tell court Bill 21 is not a violation of freedoms
MONTREAL — The Quebec government does not believe its secularism law violates freedom of religion, but rather it serves to frame it, one of its lawyers told a court Wednesday. As those defending the law began final arguments in the court
Gunman behind mass shooting in Nova Scotia had targets in Halifax: search warrants
HALIFAX — Newly released documents suggest the gunman behind the April mass shooting in Nova Scotia had planned to "get" a pair of people in Halifax during his rampage, but the Mounties were warned by his common-law spouse while he
Minks test positive for COVID-19 on B.C. farm where workers sick
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — A COVID-19 outbreak at a British Columbia mink farm likely spread from eight workers to some of the animals, says the province's chief veterinarian. Test results from five mink samples taken from a farm in Fraser Valley have
COVID-19 detected in Yellowknife wastewater, some people asked to get tested
The government of the Northwest Territories says it has found COVID-19 in wastewater in Yellowknife. The N.W.T.'s chief public health officer, Dr. Kami Kondola, says this means there is likely an undetected case of COVID-19 in the capital. The virus ...
Canada and Britain sign agreement for post-Brexit trade, tables legislation
OTTAWA — Canada and Britain say they've signed a deal to keep trade flowing smoothly after the U.K. leaves the European Union at the end of the year.The Liberal government followed up with a bill to implement the deal in
