Category Archives: National
A timeline of the deadly Halloween-night stabbing in Quebec City
QUEBEC — A timeline of major events in the Halloween-night stabbing in Quebec City. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.---Oct. 31, 10:28 p.m.: Police are called to a scene around the Chateau Frontenac hotel after receiving reports of an
‘It’s unbelievable’: Quebec City residents mourn victims of deadly sword attack
QUEBEC — Residents of Quebec's picturesque capital grappled with grief and shock on Sunday as they mourned the deaths of a beloved neighbourhood hairdresser and a well-respected museum employee slain in what police describe as a deliberate sword attack...
Thousands of new COVID-19 cases in central Canada; Manitoba’s case count stays high
Ontario and Quebec are both reporting more than one thousand new COVID-19 cases, while farther west in Manitoba, officials again reported hundreds of new cases as its capital city gets set for tighter restrictions. Ontario reported 1,015 new cases on S...
Soldier dies during training exercise on Alberta military base: defence department
A Canadian soldier died Saturday after being shot during a training exercise at a military base in Alberta. The soldier suffered a gunshot wound late Friday night while taking part in live fire training at CFB Wainwright, the Department of
N.S. Mi’kmaq chiefs demand stop of alleged federal plans to seize lobster traps
HALIFAX — The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs is alleging the federal Department responsible for fisheries is planning to seize gear and traps from moderate livelihood lobster fisheries in the province.The chiefs condemned the alleged action fro...
N.S. Mi’kmaq chiefs demand stop of alleged federal plans to seize lobster traps
HALIFAX — A group of Nova Scotia Indigenous leaders has levelled harassment allegations at the federal government over an ongoing moderate livelihood fishery dispute, accusing the department responsible for fisheries of planning to seize gear from lobs...
Parks Canada plans first captive breeding program for Jasper National Park caribou
EDMONTON — Caribou herds in Canada's Rocky Mountains are now so precarious that Parks Canada is preparing a plan to round up females from nearly vanished herds and pen them in a captive breeding program to replenish others. The highly invasive
‘We are at risk:’ Leadership sounds alarm as COVID-19 cases surge among First Nations
WINNIPEG — Grand Chief Arlen Dumas shook his head in shock when he saw the line indicating new First Nations infections on a chart during the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs most recent COVID-19 meeting. “Up until today the average was usually
Trudeau government eyes national declassification centre for historical spy documents
OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is looking at ways to pry open Canada's neglected national security vaults, possibly through creation of a centre to declassify historical documents, a newly released memo reveals. But getting federal departments to unse...
Conservatives must take inequality seriously, O’Toole says
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole took aim Friday at what he called financial elites, saying his own party needs to take inequality more seriously and to support ongoing emergency aid. He used the midday speech to a largely business audie...
