Category Archives: National
Federal NDP, unions happy Liberals will include strikes in anti-scab law
OTTAWA — Including striking workers in a proposed anti-scab bill was a “major component” of negotiations while hashing out a confidence and supply agreement with the Liberal government, according to the NDP. The deal promises to introduce a new law by...
Nunavut cabinet minister distances himself from duties after integrity ruling
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut's integrity commissioner has found a cabinet minister breached his duty to remain objective and impartial when he approved his spouse as an acting deputy minister. Human Resources and Finance Minister Adam Lightstone is stepp...
Cooling-off period to provide homebuyer protection in hot market, says minister
VICTORIA — Homebuyers in British Columbia will soon be protected by provincial regulations that include a cooling-off period that allows time to back out of a real estate agreement, the provincial finance minister says. The Property Law Amendment Act ...
Alberta’s Kenney interviewed by RCMP in criminal probe tied to party leadership race
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he has been interviewed by RCMP as part of an investigation into potential criminal identity fraud in the 2017 United Conservative Party leadership contest. “I did an interview at (their) request, once,” Ken...
Experts say Quebec has entered a sixth wave of COVID-19 propelled by BA.2 subvariant
MONTREAL — Quebec has already entered a sixth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic driven by the BA.2 subvariant, two experts said Monday, although it's unclear how severe it will be and whether the rest of the country will follow. While the
Trudeau to visit Williams Lake First Nation following residential school probe
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to visit the Williams Lake First Nation in British Columbia this week after the band said it found evidence that the remains of 93 children could be buried at a
Canada to offer language training, employment assistance to Ukrainians fleeing war
OTTAWA — The government will help Ukrainians arriving in Canada find a job and learn to speak English or French, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Monday. Applications opened March 17 for a program to allow an unlimited number of Ukrainians fleeing...
Zelenskyy briefs Trudeau as ceasefire talks with Russia to resume in Turkey
OTTAWA — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave Prime Minister Justin Trudeau an update Monday on new ceasefire talks with Russia that are being held amid Ukrainian claims of military gains against Russian forces. Zelenskyy told Russian media bef...
N.B. man injured in Russian attack in Ukraine returns home, warns against fighting
FREDERICTON — A New Brunswick man who was injured when Russian missiles hit a Ukrainian military base two weeks ago has returned home and is warning foreign fighters to stay away from the war. Twenty-four-year-old Hunter Francis of the Eel Ground
New emissions plan coming this week more specific than ever, Guilbeault says
OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will show Canadians this week how many greenhouse gas emissions every polluting sector in the country will have to cut if Canada is to hit its latest climate target by the end of the