Category Archives: National
Health Minister Patty Hajdu’s remarks disappoint information commissioner
OTTAWA — The federal information ombudsman says she's disappointed by Health Minister Patty Hajdu's comments dismissing the need to bolster access to government records. Hajdu rebuffed a Conservative MP's call Thursday for release of federal records on...
Nunavut NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq takes two-month health leave
OTTAWA — Nunavut's lone MP says she's taking eight weeks away from work on advice from her doctor. Mumilaaq Qaqqaq says she's been dealing with unspecified health problems in the year since she was elected to represent the northern territory. Qaqqaq ha...
Nunavut’s young people ‘should be expecting more’ from government services: advocate
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Basic information about young people who have used government services in Nunavut isn't being tracked because of "complacency and a lack of accountability," says the annual report from the territory's representative for children and ...
B.C. snap election coloured by pandemic recovery, candidate gaffes
VANCOUVER — Voters go to the polls Saturday to determine who will lead British Columbia through the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery, marking the end of a campaign unlike any in the province's recent history. The election has seen the NDP vie
Some facts on British Columbia politics as the province heads to the polls Saturday
VANCOUVER — Voters in British Columbia go to the polls on Saturday. Here's some of what you need to know about B.C. politics: — The NDP formed a minority government in 2017 with support from the Green party after finishing on
Companies warn Tory motion could deter domestic production of PPE
OTTAWA — Canadian companies that answered the government's call to produce ventilators and other desperately needed equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic say they're worried opposition MPs are now demanding disclosure of the contracts they signed with...
American voters living in Canada increasingly being counted in presidential race
OTTAWA — Soon Jenny Wiebe will drive from her Fredericton home to the Maine town where she was born, to retrieve the mail-in ballot her parents are holding for her. The 55-year-old dual Canadian-U. S. citizen said she hasn't decided how
Federal study details workers hit hardest by tax, benefit system for extra earnings
OTTAWA — Newly released documents show Finance Department officials calculated that workers near the bottom of the income ladder are dinged hardest for extra earnings than anybody else, including those at the top. Besides paying more tax, making more m...
For Mi’kmaq fishers, dreams of a peaceful harvest on N.S. waters repeatedly dashed
HALIFAX — Mi'kmaw fisherman Robert Syliboy says he dreams of peacefully trapping lobster off the shores of southwestern Nova Scotia. But the hopes of the 27-year-old from the Sipekne'katik First Nation have been repeatedly dashed by the vandalism and a...
For Mi’kmaq fishers, dreams of a peaceful harvest on N.S. waters repeatedly dashed
HALIFAX — Mi'kmaw fisherman Robert Syliboy says he dreams of peacefully trapping lobster off the shores of southwestern Nova Scotia. But the hopes of the 27-year-old from the Sipekne'katik First Nation have been repeatedly dashed by the vandalism and a...
