Category Archives: National
Joe Biden’s debate-rematch quandary: How do you solve a problem like The Donald?
WASHINGTON, Wash. — Viewers might be watching television through their fingers Thursday night — not the latest gory Halloween thriller, but the two men vying to be the next president of the United States. It's the sequel to last month's debate
Feds say 100,000 rapid COVID-19 tests have arrived, being distributed to provinces
OTTAWA — Procurement Minister Anita Anand says the first shipment of rapid tests for COVID-19 has arrived in Canada, but their eventual destinations remain shrouded in mystery. Canada signed a deal late last month with Abbott Diagnostics in the United ...
Officials in Toronto and Montreal strike differing tones on COVID-19 in their cities
Health officials in Toronto and Montreal struck vastly different tones on the state of COVID-19 in their cities on Wednesday, with Toronto's medical officer of health warning the Ontario capital could be following in the footsteps of hard-hit Europe. D...
Canada jumps closer to military-spending target thanks to COVID-19’s economic damage
OTTAWA — Canada has taken a big leap closer to meeting its promise to the NATO military alliance to spend a larger share of its economy on defence thanks to an unexpected assist from COVID-19. New NATO figures released Wednesday show
‘Blacklisted:’ Nova Scotia First Nation pulls commercial lobster boats from the water
HALIFAX — The chief of the First Nation behind a disputed moderate livelihood lobster fishery in Nova Scotia says recent vandalism and the loss of potential sales have cost the band more than $1.5 million — and he wants those
Liberal minority survives confidence vote in the Commons with NDP and Green backing
OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau's minority government survived its most serious confidence test yet Wednesday, but opposition resentment over the Liberals' high-stakes brinkmanship may make it more difficult to avoid defeat in future. New Democrat, Green and I...
Think tank uses UN Security Council appearance to appeal for Canadian’s release
The president of a prominent think tank used a high-level U.N. Security Council meeting Tuesday to appeal for the release of former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig, who has been held by Beijing for nearly two years as part of a
StatCan says annual inflation rate rose 0.5% in September
OTTAWA — Canada's headline inflation measure went up in September by 0.5 per cent compared with a year ago, a better-than-expected increase, but one that experts say won't sway the Bank of Canada's stimulus measures. Economists had, on average, expecte...
Canada’s bill to outlaw LGBTQ2 conversion therapy has global influence: UN expert
OTTAWA — A United Nations expert says proposed Canadian legislation that would ban forcing children or adults into therapy to alter their sexual orientation or gender identity could help further LGBTQ2 rights globally. Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the UN In...
One crisis after another for Trudeau since last federal election one year ago
OTTAWA — One year ago today, Canadians elected to put Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals on a shorter leash, returning them to government but with only a minority of seats in the House of Commons. It has been a year of
