Category Archives: National
Transit lobby group says electrifying Canada’s bus fleets needs $3 billion a year
OTTAWA — A green-transit lobby group says electrifying Canada's fleet of public transit buses will take a lot more money than Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised in his big infrastructure announcement last month. Trudeau's, three-year, $10 billion p...
Extra income support for hard-hit workers may not stick around post-pandemic, PM says
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the more generous benefits being provided to out-of-work Canadians during the pandemic shouldn't be seen as permanent changes to the social safety net. Millions of people have received emergency benefits sinc...
Trudeau says he expects trade deal with UK can be done before 2021
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he expects Canada can make a new trade deal with the U.K. before the calendar hit 2021. Speaking at a digital event hosted by the Financial Times, Trudeau said a deal should be relatively
Study finds climate-changing methane emissions from oilpatch twice as high as thought
Emissions of a potent greenhouse gas from Canada's oilpatch are nearly twice as high as previously thought, says newly published federal research. The findings on methane from Environment Canada researchers could complicate regulatory attempts to nearl...
Assisted-dying bill sparks ferocious debate among Canadians with disabilities
OTTAWA — The determination of two Quebecers with disabilities to decide when their suffering had become intolerable persuaded the federal government to rewrite the law on medical assistance in dying.But now advocacy groups for persons with disabilities...
Canada’s ‘caretaker convention’ offers blueprint for containing an unbridled POTUS
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are strapping in for another two months of Trump-fuelled turbulence, wishing their country had some bedrock principles for how disgruntled leaders ought to behave after losing an election. Canada might have just the t...
Ontario sets another new COVID-19 case record as Manitoba reports deadliest day
COVID-19 continued its record-setting rise across parts of Canada on Wednesday as Ontario reached another new high for daily infections and Manitoba recorded its deadliest day since the pandemic began. Health officials reported nine more deaths and 431...
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):5:15 p.m.Prince Edward Island is reporting one new case of COVID-19.Chief public health officer Heather Morrison said today a man in his 30s tested positive after returning from tra...
Military’s aid in COVID-19 fight noted as pandemic restricts Remembrance Day events
OTTAWA — The sacrifices of Canadians past and present were honoured alongside messages of hope Wednesday as small crowds braved the pandemic to mark Remembrance Day across the country and thousands more paid homage from their own homes. Past ceremonies...
Yukon government says it doesn’t support U.S. permit for exploration in Arctic
WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says it does not support a permit for an oil drilling exploration project in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, although experts fear the United States administration will push ahead with the plan. Yukon
