Category Archives: National
Canada’s foreign affairs minister to visit Europe for meetings on Ukraine
OTTAWA — Canada’s foreign affairs minister is travelling to Europe for meetings to address the response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Mélanie Joly announced Saturday that she will visit Finland, Germany and Belgium. Joly is to meet with her Finnish ...
Hajdu hopes long-term boil water advisories lifted by 2025, end of Liberal-NDP deal
OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu hopes Canada will be able to lift its remaining long-term drinking water advisories by 2025 — the year a deal between the NDP and the Liberal government is set to expire. Hajdu has declined
Craft beer and wine sectors calling for changes to excise duties in budget
OTTAWA — Canadian craft alcohol producers are hoping excise tax changes are brewing in the federal finance minister’s office. Industry representatives say craft producers need relief from excise duties, which went up automatically on Friday for beer, ...
Green Party of Canada MP Elizabeth May says she has tested positive for COVID-19
OTTAWA — Green Party of Canada MP Elizabeth May says she has tested positive for COVID-19. May says on Twitter that she found out on Thursday and is very sick. She says she isolated herself when she started feeling unwell and doesn't
U.S. authorities issue final order allowing P.E.I. table potatoes back over border
WASHINGTON — Farmers in Prince Edward Island got the all-clear Friday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to resume sending some of the world's most celebrated table potatoes back over the Canada-U.S. border. The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspe...
As Pope Francis prepares to come to Canada, a look at past papal visits
OTTAWA — Standing before a room of nearly 200 Indigenous delegates at the Vatican, Pope Francis apologized Friday for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools. The Pope said he felt shame and sorrow that Catholics caused such profound ha...
Ukrainian MPs ask Canada to provide money for weapons to fight Russia
OTTAWA — Ukrainian legislators are asking Canada to give their country the money it needs to buy heavy military weaponry, warning the only way to secure peace with Russia is by defeating it on the battlefield. Five Ukrainian parliamentarians issued the...
Industry looks to budget for help on supply chain problems, domestic production
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are being asked to muscle space in next week's budget to help Canada become more productive, and lay investments to lure new companies as part of a push to simplify pandemic-strained supply chains. For years, Canadian
April Fools’ Day meets 4/20: U.S. House votes in favour of decriminalizing cannabis
WASHINGTON — Friday on Capitol Hill was more 4/20 than April Fools' Day as Democrats in Congress once again cleared a significant hurdle in their fight to decriminalize cannabis at the federal level in the United States. By a margin of
COVID-19 resurgence likely underway, ‘more bumps’ expected, Tam warns
OTTAWA — Canada's chief public health officer warned Friday that a COVID-19 resurgence is likely underway and encouraged Canadians to be vigilant to help curb the spread of the latest variant. Dr. Theresa Tam said that as of Thursday, daily average