Category Archives: National
Exclusion of mental illness in assisted dying-bill slammed by psychiatrists
OTTAWA — The federal bill revising the rules on medically assisted death in Canada has raised the ire of the Canadian Psychiatric Association over the proposed law's explicit rejection of mental illness as grounds for ending a patient's life. The feder...
Canada’s first Indigenous-led coast guard auxiliary patrols B.C.’s rugged coast
VICTORIA — The winds were gusting at 110 kilometres per hour and huge waves were ripping boats from their moorings in Bella Bella, B.C., as a report came in of an overturned vessel with at least one person missing. Robert Johnson
More provinces sign up for rent benefit as Liberals set up promised housing council
OTTAWA — Seven provinces have signed on to a federal rent assistance program created as part of the national housing strategy, newly released documents show. So far, the Liberals have only announced deals with four provinces to deliver the Canada Housi...
COVID-19 cases keep surging in Canada as four provinces report new one-day highs
OTTAWA — Four provinces reported new highs for daily COVID-19 infections on Saturday as the virus continued its siege on some of the country's most vulnerable areas. Health officials in New Brunswick, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta all reported new...
Angst around French language boils over in Quebec, as politicians warn of ‘decline’
MONTREAL — Perennial anxieties around the state of the French language in Quebec have boiled over in the past week, with politicians seizing on a Liberal legislator's initial brush-off of the issue as evidence of indifference to a crisis. Outside of
Canada, Britain ink new trade deal, beating Brexit, incorporating expiring EU pact
OTTAWA — Canada and Britain struck a new trade deal on Saturday, allowing the long-standing partners to trumpet a commercial triumph in the face of the economic devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. The interim deal beat the looming Dec. 31
Trudeau’s efforts to bring rivals onside falters in face of new COVID-19 modelling
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's effort to try and bring rivals onside to help communicate the dramatic implications of rising COVID-19 infections appears to have faltered. While Trudeau stood in front of his home Friday and implored Canadians...
Trudeau’s efforts to bring rivals onside falters in face of new COVID-19 modelling
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's effort to try and bring rivals onside to help communicate the dramatic implications of rising COVID-19 infections appears to have faltered. While Trudeau stood in front of his home Friday and implored Canadians...
A long way from lab bench to bedside: Virus experts urge COVID-19 vaccine caution
Despite recent optimism over reported results from COVID-19 vaccine trials, virologists say there is still a long way from lab bench to bedside. "You would think by this stage of the pandemic we would be leery and skeptical of science by
Vancouver’s climate plan ‘first 10 steps in a journey of 10,000,’ says expert
VANCOUVER — Motorists would have to pay a fee to drive into Vancouver’s downtown core under a plan to slow climate change, but one expert says while city council’s goals are laudable, they could also lead to financial hardship for
