Category Archives: National
Study suggests pandemic-induced recession could impact paternity leave take-up rates
OTTAWA — New research suggests a bump in the number of fathers who planned to take time off with a new baby under a nascent national leave program could be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been just over a
With deficit closing in on $400 billion, Liberals detail more spending to come
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are proposing $25 billion in new spending to help Canadian businesses and workers make it through a COVID-19 winter and vowing tens of billions more to help the country recover once the pandemic passes. The government's
Conservatives attack Trudeau’s ‘reset’ but they have ideas for their own
OTTAWA — Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre says building up the Canadian economy after the COVID-19 pandemic can't be achieved without a massive overhaul of the tax system and regulatory regime. And he knows you're already yawning as you rea...
Scientists urge permanent protection of Last Ice Area in Canada’s High Arctic
Derek Mueller, a senior researcher at Carleton University, cut his scientific teeth studying mats of microbes on some of Canada's oldest, thickest and most remote sea ice. "They have some very interesting pigments in their cells to fend off harmf...
NDP leader stoked over ‘epic crossover’ in video gaming sesh with AOC
OTTAWA — Jagmeet Singh committed a grisly slaying in front of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday night. Fortunately, the victim was a video game character, not a human being. The NDP leader squared off against the firebrand member of Congress in "Among...
PMOops: Trudeau’s office releases account of him scolding O’Toole before he does it
OTTAWA — A spokesman for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his office accidentally sent out an account of a phone call with Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole that hadn't happened yet. The premature account of the call Friday said Trudeau chided O'Toole...
A look at what provinces and territories have said about COVID-19 vaccine plans
The federal government is laying plans for the procurement and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, inking contracts with seven potential manufacturers and saying six million doses could arrive in the country in the first quarter of 2021. The most recent...
Sen. Murray Sinclair, former head of TRC, set to leave the upper chamber next January
OTTAWA — Sen. Murray Sinclair is planning to leave the upper chamber at the end of January. The Manitoba senator says he wants to spend more time writing a memoir and to focus on his work as a legal mentor on
News media lobby group asks MPs for rules to get compensation from Google, Facebook
OTTAWA — A lobby group for Canada's newspapers and magazines is asking MPs to enact new rules to help its members negotiate compensation from social-media giants that post content the traditional media produce. News Media Canada wants the government to...
Ford slams anti-lockdown protesters outside his home as ‘buffoons;’ begs them to stop
TORONTO — An angry Premier Doug Ford lashed out on Friday at anti-lockdown protesters outside his home, accusing them of intimidating nearby residents and saying their actions wouldn't sway him. His neighbours, Ford said in offering them a sincere apol...
