Category Archives: National
Firms with more robots also have more workers overall, Statistics Canada study says
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says domestic firms that invested in robots since the late 1990s have also expanded their human workforces. The findings released Monday show that over two decades, firms that automated some tasks had workforces 15 per cent l...
PEI Progressive Conservatives jump to majority status with byelection win
CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's governing Progressive Conservatives have won a crucial byelection that will transform their minority government into a slim majority. With the election of Zack Bell in the district of Charlottetown-Winsloe, the To...
House of Commons ethics committee makes third try at launching WE-related probe
OTTAWA — The House of Commons ethics committee is making a third attempt at examining conflicts of interest in the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, after two tries to probe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's relationship with WE Charity eac...
Prosecutors oppose release of Quebec woman accused of mailing poison to Donald Trump
MONTREAL — Prosecutors in the United States say a Canadian woman accused of sending a poisoned letter to President Donald Trump is too dangerous to be released. In a memo filed with the Washington D.C. district court on Friday, attorney Michael
No budget yet for Liberals’ promise to plant two billion trees by 2030
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's massive tree-planting promise from the 2019 election has yet to be allocated a single dime. Trudeau pledged a year ago that the government would plant two billion more trees by 2030, or about 200 million
Blanchet seeks to drive values wedge between Quebec and Trudeau government
OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is intensifying efforts to draw a line separating his party's values from those of the Trudeau Liberals, particularly on the fraught ground of free speech. Blanchet said Monday that Justin Trudeau's...
In an unforgettable year, Americans brace for impact as a seismic election day looms
WASHINGTON, Wash. — George Washington's "last great experiment" faces an existential test beginning Tuesday as the polarized voters of an energized, outraged and well-armed body politic finish their declarations on who should be the next American presi...
QuickQuotes: Public figures react to deadly stabbing rampage in Quebec City
Quebec City is reeling after police arrested a suspect in a stabbing incident late Saturday that left two people dead and five others injured. News of the violent attack prompted several politicians, sports teams and other public figures to offer...
Deputy PM Freeland reports COVID-19 test has come back negative
OTTAWA — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says her COVID-19 test has come back negative.Freeland reported the result on Twitter today, less than 24 hours after revealing that she had been tested and was self-isolating because she may have come
Military IDs B.C. reservist as soldier killed in training accident
OTTAWA — A 29-year-old Army reservist from British Columbia has been identified as the soldier killed during a training exercise at a military base in Alberta. The Canadian Armed Forces says Cpl. James Choi of the Royal Westminster Regiment in New
