Category Archives: National
Mountie with airport knowledge says he warned against arresting Meng on plane
VANCOUVER — An RCMP officer who oversaw a small team based at Vancouver's airport says he dismissed a suggestion the night before Meng Wanzhou's flight landed to arrest the Huawei executive by boarding her plane. Sgt. Ross Lundie said Thursday he...
Public health officers walk fine line between public and politicians, scholars say
EDMONTON — There's a fine line between a public health officer's duty to the people they serve and their duty to the elected officials who appoint them, scholars say. But they add governments should be clear about what's science and what's
Federal Court says class action on COVID-19 airfare refunds a matter for other courts
OTTAWA — The Federal Court has punted consideration of airfare refunds, which customers say they are owed following hundreds of thousands of cancelled flights, to provincial courts. Justice Michael Manson says in a decision today that a proposed class-...
Patients, not doctors, should initiate conversations on assisted dying: Qualtrough
OTTAWA — Disability Inclusion Minister Carla Qualtrough says health practitioners should not be allowed to discuss the issue of assisted dying until a patient asks about it — and she's open to amending the law to make that clear. Her comment
New Brunswick to require all visitors to self-isolate, reports 12 new COVID-19 cases
FREDERICTON — The Atlantic bubble that was pierced Monday when Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador left is now in tatters with New Brunswick's announcement that it is pulling out. Starting Friday, all visitors to New Brunswick — regardle...
Federal task force considers an affordable national flood insurance program
OTTAWA — A new federal task force will look at the possibility of a low-cost national flood insurance program as well as options for moving people who live in areas at highest risk from surging spring waters. The Trudeau government says
Trouble brewing ahead of start to Nova Scotia fall lobster season: Indigenous leader
HALIFAX — The Indigenous leader at the centre of a simmering dispute over Nova Scotia lobster said Thursday the recent seizure of lobster traps in St. Marys Bay by federal officials could lead to big trouble on the water. Chief Mike
Provinces push Freeland to delay bump in CPP premiums in economic update
OTTAWA — Provincial finance ministers have quietly prodded Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to pause planned increases in premiums workers and businesses pay into the Canada Pension Plan. The planned increase on Jan. 1 is part of a multi-year plan ap...
Health Canada expects first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved next month
OTTAWA — The first COVID-19 vaccine could be approved for use in Canada within two weeks, Health Canada's chief medical adviser said Thursday.The department's medicine review team is currently reviewing three COVID-19 vaccines — one from Pfizer and Bio...
Canadians who say they’ve been targeted by foreign agents want co-ordinated response
OTTAWA — After burying his wife after the passenger jet she was aboard was shot down by the Iranian military, Javad Soleimani returned to Canada and began speaking out about the tragedy of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752. Soleimani's wife...
