Category Archives: Canada
Federal aid for care home systems needed ahead of second wave, advocates say
OTTAWA - The Ontario Long Term Care Association says the federal government must do more to help provinces prepare nursing and retirement homes for the next wave of COVID-19. Its CEO Donna Duncan is c...
Jun 03, 2020
Trudeau positions Canada as champion of co-ordinated global recovery plan
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will continue today to make the case for a co-ordinated global response to cushion the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world's poorest countries....
Jun 03, 2020
Fermenting ferns? Rare dinosaur stomach fossil opens door to ancient world
Fresh ferns, loaded with spores, lightly dusted with leaves and twigs and perfectly seasoned with locally sourced charcoal. Sound good? It did to an ankylosaur about 110 million years ago, a...
Jun 02, 2020
How proceedings in the House of Commons during pandemic differ from normal
OTTAWA - Canadians who tune in to watch proceedings in the House of Commons during the COVID-19 crisis may wonder why Conservative and Bloc Quebecois MPs continue to accuse the Liberal government...
Jun 02, 2020
Running for Conservative leadership not about ticking boxes: Leslyn Lewis
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis is the only woman in the race, the only immigrant, the only visible minority. Though she could seize on those qualities to differentiate he...
Jun 02, 2020
Liberals to ask MPs to OK $87 billion in new spending, fuelled by pandemic aid
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are asking parliamentarians to approve $60 billion in spending on a key COVID-19 emergency benefit for workers. The Liberals had expected the Canada Emergency Response Be...
Jun 02, 2020
Ontario mulls collection of race-based COVID-19 data; some argue it's essential
TORONTO - The importance of understanding the role race might play in the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted Ontario to look at regulatory changes to make collection of such data provincewide, the governm...
Jun 02, 2020
Fredette presents risk to public safety, correctional documents suggest
ST-JEROME, Que. - A Quebec man found guilty of two murders poses a high risk to public safety as well as a risk of evading authorities, correctional documents filed at his sentencing hearing suggest. ...
Jun 02, 2020
House of Commons can manage virtual voting securely if MPs want it, Speaker says
OTTAWA - House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota says he is comfortable the technology is in place to safely allow MPs to vote remotely during the hybrid Parliament sittings. Rota tells the procedure an...
Jun 02, 2020
Israeli, Chinese policies 'concern' Canada, undermine freedom, says Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has waded into the foreign policies of Israel and China, expressing concerns over separate but controversial positions that he says undermine peac...
Jun 02, 2020