Author Archives: Greg Fry
B.C. premier defends application fee for freedom-of-information requests
VICTORIA - British Columbia's premier is defending a proposed $25 fee for non-personal freedom-of-information requests despite pushback from groups including one trying to access data on COVID-19 expo...
Oct 21, 2021
COVID-19 law to be prolonged in B.C. as infections persist: government
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is extending several COVID-19-related orders meant to limit the spread of infection as the fourth wave sweeps over the province. The COVID-19 Related Measure...
Oct 21, 2021
With hours before deadline, Liberals reshape pandemic aid to businesses, workers
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is reshaping a suite of pandemic aid programs for businesses and individuals starting this weekend. The federal wage and rent su...
Oct 21, 2021
Annual inflation rate hits 4.4 per cent in September, Statistics Canada says
OTTAWA - The cost to put food on the table and gasoline in the car pushed up the cost of living in September, lifting the annual pace of price increases to a near two-decade high with no clear end in ...
Oct 20, 2021
Truth and reconciliation centre says it's still waiting on residential school records
WINNIPEG - The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says it is still waiting for records from the federal government related to residential schools, despite a comment from Prime Minister Justi...
Oct 20, 2021
Tk'emlúps leaders' open letter set steps for PM to prove commitment to reconciliation
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Senior members of a British Columbia First Nation have issued an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that offers seven immediate steps he could take to show he is serious abo...
Oct 19, 2021
Postelection review to probe where Conservatives bled votes to People's Party, NDP
OTTAWA - The former MP leading the review into the Conservatives' election performance says it will examine how Tories lost votes to Maxime Bernier's People's Party of Canada. James Cumming, an Albert...
Oct 19, 2021
Green Party lays off core staff members amid financial drought, internal strife
OTTAWA - Layoffs are once again hitting the Green Party as party brass look to shave costs at an organization facing persistent financial and political woes. Three senior party officials, who were gra...
Oct 19, 2021
Historic Alberta elections, Quebec government restart : In The News for Oct. 19
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 19 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Oct 19, 2021
NewsAlert: Pfizer officially requests Health Canada approval for kids' COVID-19 shot
OTTAWA - Pfizer has asked Health Canada to approve the first COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11 years old. As soon as the regulator gives the green light, providers will be able to start of...
Oct 18, 2021