Category Archives: National
Dikes to protect N.S.-N.B. link from flooding expected to cost up to $300 million
HALIFAX — An engineering study says the cost of a decade-long project to save the land link between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick from climate-related flooding will range between $189 million and just over $300 million. The study released Friday sugges...
Convoy protest cost Ottawa $36.3 million, city memo says
OTTAWA — Local leaders in Ottawa are being told that the city's response to the three-week convoy protest last month cost municipal coffers over $36 million. A memo to councillors released by the city says almost all of the $36.3-million bill
Charest says leaders must listen to health experts on lifting federal COVID mandates
OTTAWA — Jean Charest says when it comes to lifting federal COVID-19 mandates, leaders should listen to health experts and not replace that advice with their own judgment. Federal Conservatives and their supporters have long been calling for the remov...
NACI recommends kids get Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, calls Moderna suitable alternative
OTTAWA — The National Advisory Committee on Immunization has released new guidelines that favour giving kids a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine over the newly approved Moderna version. Health Canada approved Moderna's pediatric COVID-19 vaccine for kid...
Canadians cutting back spending on groceries, restaurants as inflation rises: poll
OTTAWA — A new poll suggests Canadians are looking for ways to cut back on spending as their concerns about the cost of living rise alongside headline inflation rates. Four-fifths of respondents to the Leger poll had started or planned to
Two years in, no moving on from COVID-19 for Canada’s exhausted health-care workers
MONTREAL — COVID-19 cases continue to roll into the two Toronto-area hospitals where Eram Chhogala works as a trauma nurse. The numbers have dwindled to a stream instead of a wave, but each is a reminder of what the disease
Brian Jean returns to Alberta legislature as UCP member with anti-Kenney intentions
EDMONTON — Alberta’s newest United Conservative Party member of the legislature returned to the house Thursday to applause but also to an accusation that he is colluding with the Opposition NDP. Brian Jean, co-founder of the UCP, won a byelection Tuesd...
Emergency preparedness ministers say a national flood insurance program is needed
OTTAWA — Federal, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for emergency preparedness are working to launch a new national flood insurance program to protect homeowners in high-risk flood zones. A task force made up of government leaders and r...
MPs told of confusion, panic after Liberals vowed financial crackdown on convoy
OTTAWA — The voice of Canadian credit unions says their members watched people make significant withdrawals after the federal government vowed a financial crackdown on the so-called "freedom convoy." The government's use of the emergency powers in Febr...
Vigil for Saudi activist Raif Badawi calls for reunification with family in Quebec
MONTREAL — Nearly a week after Saudi activist Raif Badawi's release from prison, supporters in Montreal called Thursday for him to be allowed to leave Saudi Arabia and rejoin his family in Quebec. About 30 people held a vigil in downtown
