Category Archives: National
‘Have to get things under control:’ Manitoba brings back tougher COVID restrictions
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is ordering many businesses to close, limiting hospital visits and capping attendance at religious services after a record daily increase in COVID-19 cases. The province reported 480 new infections Friday. That is mor...
Canadian Rangers deployed to Neskantaga First Nation during water crisis, Miller says
OTTAWA — Canadian Rangers were expected to arrive in Neskantaga First Nation on Friday to help the remote community in northern Ontario as it grapples with a water crisis. Much of the First Nation was evacuated earlier in the month after
Canadians need to cut contacts by a quarter to control COVID-19 outbreak: Tam
New federal projections suggest that Canadians need to cut a quarter of their contacts to keep the COVID-19 outbreak under control, as several provinces wrestle with how far their lockdown measures should go to reinforce that message. The government re...
Fallen construction magnate ordered to pay $2 million after pleading guilty to fraud
MONTREAL — One-time Quebec construction magnate Tony Accurso and several companies tied to him have been ordered to pay $4.2 million after pleading guilty to tax fraud.Quebec's Revenue Department said the sentences were delivered today at a courthouse ...
Fallen construction magnate ordered to pay $2 million after pleading guilty to fraud
MONTREAL — One-time Quebec construction magnate Tony Accurso and several companies tied to him have been ordered to pay $4.2 million after pleading guilty to tax fraud.Quebec's Revenue Department said the sentences were delivered today at a courthouse ...
Lobster dispute: RCMP release images of men near fish plant that was torched
HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia RCMP released images Friday showing two men walking away from a fish plant on the night it burned to the ground amid an escalating dispute over an Indigenous lobster fishery. Yarmouth County RCMP described the men
Five Things about Canada’s foreign-policy end run around Donald Trump
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne was recently pondering Canada's place in the world from his home in Shawinigan, Que., "the command centre of foreign policy, these days," as he called it. "Pax Americana is probably behind u...
Trudeau names former Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner as new consul general in Boston
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is sending former Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner to represent Canada as the country's consul general in Boston.Cuzner was an MP for Cape Breton for nearly 20 years but quit politics before the last federal
Class-action lawsuit in investment case can go ahead, Supreme Court rules
OTTAWA — A class-action suit over personal investments can proceed against a Montreal-based financial services firm, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. Between 2005 and 2007, Ronald Asselin purchased principal-protected term deposits from a Desjard...
Group launches legal action against N.B. government for greater abortion access
FREDERICTON — A national civil liberties group has filed legal notice in the first stage of a suit against the New Brunswick government for lack of access to abortion. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association sent a letter dated Oct. 29 and
