Category Archives: National
Health Canada approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
OTTAWA — Health Canada approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech Wednesday, paving the way for vaccinations to begin countrywide as early as next Tuesday. The department also released its long-awaited detailed vaccination plan, whi...
Program to give residency to ‘guardian angel’ asylum-seekers to open next week
OTTAWA — Some asylum-seekers who toiled on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis earlier this year will be able to apply for permanent residency in Canada beginning Dec. 14. The federal government announced the program for the "guardian angels" worki...
Bank of Canada warns of bumpy economic start to 2021 despite vaccine rollout
OTTAWA — Positive news about vaccine delivery won't be enough to give the economy a shot in the arm to start 2021, the Bank of Canada said Wednesday as it kept its key interest rate on hold and warned rising
Federal tourism efforts to focus on going local to help hard-hit sector, Joly says
OTTAWA — Economic Development Minister Mélanie Joly says federal marketing strategies might need to shift away from attracting foreign visitors to Canada for the foreseeable future, as COVID-19 keeps suppressing travel. She and her international counte...
Lametti plans public consultation on promised criminal conviction review commission
OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is poised to consult Canadians on how to go about creating an independent commission to review possible wrongful convictions for criminal offences. The coming move will be the latest step on a long road toward such
Kovrig, Spavor are ‘inspiring’ and ‘robust’ in Chinese prison, says Canada’s envoy
OTTAWA — Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are physically and mentally well and showing inspiring resilience as they near the end of their second year of imprisonment by the People's Republic, says Canada's ambassador to China. Dominic Barton also says...
B.C. ministers pay tribute to Joseph Arvay, lawyer and civil rights champion
VICTORIA — British Columbia's attorney general paid tribute Tuesday to a lawyer he credited with reforming Canada's legal landscape and fighting for the rights of all Canadians throughout his lifetime. David Eby said the death of Joseph Arvay, 71, who ...
Saga over senator who posted anti-Indigenous letters continues in Senate
OTTAWA — Lynn Beyak, the senator who posted derogatory letters about Indigenous people on her website, once again faces the prospect of expulsion from the Senate. The Senate’s ethics committee recommended in June that Beyak's one-year suspension from t...
FBI wanted Meng’s border exam report, travel history: CBSA airport manager
VANCOUVER — A senior manager with the Canada Border Services Agency at Vancouver's airport says the Federal Bureau of Investigation asked for a copy of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's border exam report and her travel history days after her arrest. Ni...
New Brunswick woman remains stranded a week after storm washed out bridge to home
SUSSEX, N.B. — A New Brunswick woman finds herself still stranded a week after flooding washed out a bridge to her home. Mary Ann Coleman of Waterford, N.B., in the southeast of the province, says she knew there was a
