Category Archives: National
B.C.’s snap election means 700k ballots will be counted manually, delaying results
VANCOUVER — British Columbia residents won't learn the results of next Saturday's snap election for at least two weeks after polls close thanks to the need to count hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots by hand. Officials with Elections BC sai...
O’Toole and Kenney sit side-by-side for livestream without wearing masks
NOBLEFORD, Alta. — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole praised Alberta Premier Jason Kenney for his province's handling of COVID-19 as the two sat side-by-side during a livestream on Saturday, while neither leader wore a mask. "I'm the easiest guy t...
Chief public health officer calls for continued ‘collective effort’ against COVID-19
TORONTO — Canada's chief public health officer urged residents to continue making a "collective effort" to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday as parts of the country braced for new rounds of restrictions meant to curb the spread of the
N.S. First Nations chief calls for military support after lobster pound fire
A federal promise of more police resources to contain escalating violence in southwestern Nova Scotia fishing communities met with scant approval Saturday, with one First Nations leader calling for military support in the wake of a suspicious fire. Fed...
Liberals propose special committee to examine pandemic-related spending
OTTAWA — The minority Liberal government is attempting to pre-empt opposition efforts to create a special committee to investigate alleged corruption by proposing its own special committee to examine billions of dollars of COVID-19 pandemic-related spe...
First Nations elder alleges she was questioned about alcohol use in Winnipeg hospital
WINNIPEG — A First Nations elder says her symptoms were initially ignored and she was questioned about alcohol use during a stay at a Winnipeg hospital.Sadie North, 72, said she was appalled at some of her treatment during a four-day
Trudeau says feds want fixes, not control, of long-term care system
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has no intention of trying to assert federal jurisdiction over long-term care facilities but still believes there is a role for Ottawa to play in fixing the country's troubled nursing homes. Trudeau is
PM Trudeau says Canada won’t stop calling out China for ‘coercive diplomacy’
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government will not stop standing up for human rights in China — or calling out Beijing for its coercive approach to diplomacy.Trudeau said Friday that includes the situation in Hong Kong, where
N.S., B.C. police watchdogs to probe officers’ destruction of evidence in Assoun case
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's police watchdog agency is asking its British Columbia equivalent to assist in probing whether officers broke the law when evidence was destroyed in the case of a wrongfully convicted man. Felix Cacchione, director of the Serious...
‘A tragedy for Quebec’: Pierre Laporte’s death remembered 50 years later
MONTREAL — At age 91, Marc Lalonde still remembers the shock he felt on Oct. 17, 1970 when Pierre Laporte's body was discovered in the trunk of a car at an airport south of Montreal, a week after he had
