Category Archives: National
John Horgan says he will work across party lines to find ideas that work for B.C.
VANCOUVER — Premier John Horgan says his majority New Democrat government is open to exploring new ideas that can help shape British Columbia regardless of their political or geographic origins. B.C. followed New Brunswick on Saturday, becoming t...
Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq chief casts doubt on Ottawa’s bid to quell violence over lobster
HALIFAX — The First Nations chief behind a small but contentious fishing fleet trapping Nova Scotia lobster outside the regulated season raised concerns on Sunday about Ottawa's latest bid to quell violent protests by non-Indigenous agitators. Chief Mi...
Canadian provinces hardest hit by COVID-19 reach sobering milestones
MONTREAL — The Canadian provinces hardest hit by the global COVID-19 pandemic released sobering numbers on Sunday, with Quebec's overall case count passing the 100,000 mark and Ontario registering more than 1,000 single-day cases for the first time sin...
Commons showdown highlights tension between politics and science
OTTAWA — Monday's vote on a Conservative motion to launch an in-depth review of the Liberal government's COVID-19 response highlights a key challenge of pandemic politics: how to hold a government accountable for decisions based on science, when the sc...
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Green Leader Sonia Furstenau wins her B.C. seat
Green party leader Sonia Furstenau has been re-elected in her Cowichan Valley riding in the B.C. election. The Canadian Press
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Green Leader Sonia Furstenau wins her B.C. seat
Green party leader Sonia Furstenau has been re-elected in her Cowichan Valley riding in the B.C. election. The Canadian Press
Canadian Press NewsAlert: NDP win majority government in British Columbia
The New Democrats have won a majority government in the British Columbia election as voters have given John Horgan a second term after he took a gamble on calling an election during the COVID-19 pandemic. With just under half the polls
New Democrats turn minority into majority in British Columbia election
The New Democrats won a majority government in the British Columbia election on Saturday as voters rewarded John Horgan with a second term after he took a gamble on calling an election during the COVID-19 pandemic. With more than 80 per
The latest on the British Columbia election
VANCOUVER — 11:35 Election night is coming to a close in B.C. with the results in four ridings likely to be left undecided until the results of mail-in ballots are known. The Liberals hold slender leads in two of the ridings: Abbotsford-Mission
As N.L.’s oil industry sputters, the emotional toll of the cod moratorium looms large
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Dave Mercer spent the early 1990s roaming around Newfoundland and Labrador, trying to get enough hours to qualify for unemployment insurance in an economy levelled by the collapse of the cod fishery. Like many other workers in
