Category Archives: National
Alberta COVID deaths pushes Canada past milestone of 10,000 deaths
Canada reached a grim and worrying milestone Tuesday in the COVID-19 pandemic, surpassing 10,000 novel coronavirus deaths. Alberta reported two deaths from COVID-19 to lift the national tally to 10,001. COVID-19 case counts slowed across the country th...
Civil, respectful but still tough: Canada-U.S. trade under a Biden presidency
OTTAWA — Canada coped with nearly four years of Donald Trump rewriting or shredding the international trade rule book. But Canadian hope of a rosy return to rules-based bonhomie with its top trading partner under a Joe Biden presidency might
Top public servant offers to explain redactions to WE Charity documents
OTTAWA — The country's top public servant is offering to testify about controversial redactions to some 5,000 pages of documents the government released on the WE Charity affair. Ian Shugart, clerk of the Privy Council, made the offer Tuesday in a
Trump signs proclamation formally exempting Canadian aluminum from tariffs — for now
WASHINGTON, Wash. — Donald Trump has officially let Canadian aluminum producers out of the national-security doghouse — for now. The U.S. president formally signed a proclamation today exempting Canadian aluminum exports from punitive Section 232...
Canadians support professor’s use of offensive language, in context: poll
OTTAWA — A new survey suggests Canadians are broadly supportive of freedom of speech on university campuses, at all costs. The poll comes as debate continues over a case at the University of Ottawa involving a professor who used one of
Nunavut legislation would create civilian police oversight with cultural adviser
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut is not closing the door on having its own police oversight body and new legislation would allow it to start hiring civilian investigative groups, says the territory's deputy justice minister.A bill that passed second reading ...
Freeland says aid needed, but not infinite, as central bank targets 2022 for recovery
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland laid out how federal spending might be reshaped along a bumpy recovery, saying relief will be targeted and likely greater than what was needed after the last recession a decade ago. The federal government has...
Buffalo Party’s strong showing in Saskatchewan vote a warning to Moe: experts
SASKATOON — Right-wing, pro-independence candidates had a stronger showing in Saskatchewan's election than the Opposition NDP in some rural ridings and experts say that means Premier Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party can't rest easy in victory. The ...
Corrections watchdog urges moratorium on doctor-assisted deaths in Canadian prisons
OTTAWA — Canada's prison ombudsman is calling for a moratorium on allowing medically assisted deaths inside federal correctional institutions, part of a sweeping annual report that also took a closer look at the prevalence of sexual violence behind bar...
COVID-19 death toll surpasses 10,000 as second wave continues to surge
OTTAWA — More than 10,000 Canadians have died due to COVID-19, a grim milestone reached by a pandemic that is far from over. Twenty-eight new deaths reported in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta pushed the death toll to 1,001 on Tuesday. Canada
