Category Archives: National
Innovation minister defends ‘superclusters’ following critical report
OTTAWA — Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains is seeking to pump enthusiasm back into the government's "supercluster" program following a report from the parliamentary spending watchdog that says the effort is falling short on its promise. The supercluste...
Report raises ‘serious concerns’ about progress on prison isolation units: minister
OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Bill Blair acknowledges that an independent report raises "serious concerns" about progress on implementing new units for isolating federal prisoners from the general jail population. In response to criticisms of solitar...
Former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer not casting a ballot in U.S. election
OTTAWA — Former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, whose dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship became an issue in last year's federal election, won't be casting a ballot in the upcoming American vote. Scheer had been in the process of renouncing his U.S...
Former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer not casting a ballot in U.S. election
OTTAWA — Former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, whose dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship became an issue in last year's federal election, won't be casting a ballot in the upcoming American vote. Scheer had been in the process of renouncing his U.S...
‘Everyone’s hands are tied.’ Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry delayed until next year
HALIFAX — Lawyers taking part in an inquiry investigating why former soldier Lionel Desmond killed his family and himself in 2017 say hearings won't resume until next year, a delay they say is difficult to comprehend. On Jan. 3, 2021, four
Alberta union leaders launch protest website against Kenney government
EDMONTON — Labour-union leaders are urging Albertans to sign up to protest Premier Jason Kenney’s government through rallies and demonstrations and, if necessary, provincewide general strikes. Gil McGowan, head of the Alberta Federation of Labour, says...
Focus on infrastructure, involve community to fix reserve water issues: observers
The evacuation of a remote Ontario First Nation over the latest development in a decades-long water crisis has highlighted the need to focus on reserve water infrastructure systems as a whole and involve community members in managing them, observers sa...
Long-term care cases made up 80 per cent of Canada’s COVID-19 deaths in first wave
The COVID-19 spread in Canada's long-term care homes during the first wave of the pandemic left the country with one of the highest death rates among countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. A snapshot of Canada's COVID-...
Long-term care deaths surged in COVID-19 first wave, Tam hopeful it won’t repeat
Long-term care deaths accounted for nearly 80 per cent of COVID-19 cases in Canada during the first wave of the pandemic, but the country's chief public health officer thinks a repeat can be avoided amid a new spike in cases. A
Call for action as U.S. reports sharp drop in North Atlantic right whale population
HALIFAX — A conservation group is calling on the Canadian and U.S. governments to take action to protect North Atlantic right whales after new data revealed a sharp decline in the animal's population. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administr...
