Category Archives: National
Supreme Court affirms constitutionality of change to jury selection procedure
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the constitutionality of a key legislative change to the jury-selection process. In a ruling from the bench Wednesday, a majority of the high court said scrapping so-called "peremptory challenges" amounte...
International couples plan reunions in Canada under new travel exception
Alia Youssef and Mohamed El-Sawah have been in a long-distance relationship for the better part of a year, though they live just a 35-minute drive apart. Youssef lives in Windsor, Ont., El-Sawah in a suburb of Detroit, Mich. When the Canada-U.S. b...
West Bank winery wins say on ‘Product of Israel’ case; judge slams other judges
TORONTO — An appeal over wine labelling that threatened to put Middle East politics on trial in Canada's courts has been firmly reined in, with a judge rejecting a dozen groups' bid to weigh in. In his ruling, Federal Court of
Plastics industry says its products are not ‘toxic’, urges govt to rethink label
OTTAWA — The federal government's plan to ban some single-use plastic products by labelling them "toxic" to the environment is defamatory and harmful to the companies that produce them, an industry group said Wednesday. Environment Minister Jonathan Wi...
Calls for homeless camp to be shut in Vancouver park as council considers plan
VANCOUVER — Residents of a Vancouver neighbourhood were comfortable with a few people sleeping overnight in a park before moving on, but Kelsey Mulyk says they weren't prepared for homeless campers to continue occupying 400 tents for more than three
Remembrance Day planners scrambling as COVID-19 upends traditional ceremonies
OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Legion is taking the unprecedented step of discouraging Canadians from attending Remembrance Day ceremonies this year as COVID-19 upends the traditional ways of honouring those who sacrificed their lives for Canada. Legion b...
Halifax police cleared of wrongdoing in high-profile case of alleged racial profiling
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's police watchdog has cleared two officers of wrongdoing following their violent arrest of a Black woman who later alleged she was a victim of racial profiling. The Serious Incident Response Team released a report today saying the...
Canadian defence minister calls out China for ‘hostage diplomacy’
OTTAWA — Canada's defence minister described China’s continued detention of two Canadians as "hostage diplomacy" on Wednesday and urged the NATO military alliance to keep tabs on the increasingly assertive Asian giant. Harjit Sajjan made the comments d...
COVID-19 cases increased 40 per cent in Canada over past seven days, Tam says
The number of daily COVID-19 cases reported in Canada increased 40 per cent in the last week compared to the previous one, chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Wednesday. Canada's average daily count of new COVID-19 cases hit 2,052
Few to use new sickness benefit for COVID-19 diagnosis, PBO suggests in new report
OTTAWA — Parliament's spending watchdog says relatively little of the government's new sickness benefit will go to people who have tested positive for COVID-19. In a report Wednesday morning, the parliamentary budget officer estimated only $50 million ...
