Category Archives: National
Fall of the wall: Alberta government takes down plant installation early due to bugs
EDMONTON — The ivy and tropical plants spread across a living wall in the lobby of a landmark Alberta government building are being cut down earlier than planned because of a bug infestation. The United Conservative government had intended to remove
Youths behind climate lawsuit file appeal after Federal Court rejects case
VANCOUVER — A group of 15 young people will try again to have the courts force Ottawa to develop a climate recovery plan after it was denied by Federal Court. The youths have filed an appeal of the court's October decision
Mountie doesn’t recall talk about sharing information about Meng’s devices with FBI
VANCOUVER — An RCMP officer tasked with overseeing the electronics seized from Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou says he doesn't recall a senior officer telling him that he shared information about the devices with American investigators. Const. Gurvinder ...
Keystone XL not the same project John Kerry nixed in 2015, Canada’s U.S. envoy says
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President-elect Joe Biden's new climate envoy may be the same person who nixed the Keystone XL pipeline expansion in 2015, but the project itself has evolved significantly since then, Canada's U.S. ambassador said Tuesday. Bide...
Lack of Canadian vaccine production means others could get inoculations first: PM
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought to reassure Canadians on Tuesday that COVID-19 vaccines will start to arrive in the coming months even as he acknowledged that other nations are likely to start inoculating their citizens first. "One of the...
The latest news on COVID 19 developments in Canada on Nov. 24, 2020
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 7:38 p.m. British Columbia is reporting 941 new cases of COVID-19 today, along with 10 deaths. Health officials say there are 7,732 active cases along with 248 hospitalizations. Pr...
Alberta researcher gets award for COVID-19 mask innovation
Salt that crystallizes with sharp edges is the killer ingredient in the development of a reusable mask because any COVID-19 droplets that land on it would be quickly destroyed, says a researcher who is being recognized for her innovation. Ilaria Rubino...
Champagne warns tough talk on China could hurt efforts to free Kovrig, Spavor
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne warned Monday that tough talk about China could hurt efforts to gain the release of two arbitrarily detained Canadians. Testifying before the House of Commons Canada-China relations committe...
Bill to mandate sexual-assault law training for judges passes House of Commons
OTTAWA — A long-awaited bill that would require judges to commit to take training in sexual assault law has passed unanimously in the House of Commons.The proposed legislation originated as a private member's bill from former interim Conservative leade...
In Halifax, housing advocates fear shortages of shelter adding to the ‘new poor’
HALIFAX — Community legal worker Mark Culligan refers to cases of Nova Scotians facing pandemic-era evictions in a hot housing market as "the new poor." "We're seeing a growth of a new form of homelessness, or housing precariousness," the director of
