Category Archives: National
Prime minister visits Edmonton, criticizes Alberta’s response to opioid crisis
EDMONTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau criticized the Alberta government Tuesday for not addressing the opioid epidemic in ways that have proven to be effective elsewhere. “As a government, we've continued to push for safe consumption sites," Trudeau...
B.C. mayors dealing with flooding and wildfire damage call on feds to deliver funds
VANCOUVER — British Columbia mayors whose communities were devastated by last year's flooding and wildfires want the federal government to deliver billions of dollars in promised funding as soon as possible. Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun said he was amo...
2012 Quebec election-night shooting ‘unpredictable,’ police witnesses testify
MONTREAL — The provincial police officer charged with the personal security of then-premier-designate Pauline Marois during Quebec's 2012 fatal election shooting testified on Monday that he is satisfied with his team's work that day. Frédéric Desgagné...
Food industry adjusting to large outbreak of avian flu in Canada, around the world
OTTAWA — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says the food industry is making adjustments to maintain supplies of poultry and eggs in the face of a large outbreak of avian flu in Canada and around the world. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency
CRTC given $8.5M for online news regulation as critics question its capacity
Ottawa has earmarked $8.5 million in the budget to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to develop a regulatory regime on digital giants' reuse of online news. But experts are questioning whether the CRTC has the expertise fo...
Liberal government’s budget still lacking in gender-based analysis: advocates
OTTAWA — Despite the Liberal government long styling itself as feminist, advocates say the recent federal budget lacked a sufficient gender-based analysis of its measures. The government passed a bill in 2018 to require it to promote gender equality in...
Mass shooting inquiry: N.S. firefighters take aim at RCMP’s handling of their ordeal
HALIFAX — Convinced there was a killer outside the firehall where he worked, Nova Scotia firefighter Darrell Currie recalled Monday how he was overcome by a deep sense of dread as he hid behind a stack of metal chairs with
Dry cells to be banned for women prisoners suspected of carrying contraband in bodies
OTTAWA — The federal government announced it would ban a controversial form of confinement for inmates suspected of carrying contraband in their vaginas, but critics say the government should reconsider the practice for everyone. Dry cells are essentia...
Mistaken for mass killer, man recalls shot ‘like a sonic boom’ as RCMP fired at him
HALIFAX — David Westlake is an unbelievably lucky man who still wonders what saved him when two Mounties mistook him for a killer and opened fire. On the morning of April 19, 2020, the emergency management coordinator was at the firehall
Trudeau wants more electric vehicles across Canada; does not rule out nuclear power
VICTORIA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he wants to make it easier for more Canadians to drive electric vehicles and he isn't ruling out nuclear power as a cleaner source of energy. Trudeau said electric vehicles help cut pollution, but