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Canada must stay vigilant against COVID-19, including with border testing: Freeland
WASHINGTON - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is pouring cold water on the idea of letting travellers enter Canada without a COVID-19 test. Freeland says Canada needs to remain vigilant against...
Oct 14, 2021
Montreal says it will end state of emergency in place since start of COVID pandemic
Montreal is not renewing the state of emergency that has been in place since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The city said today in a news release that starting Friday, it will instead be in "...
Aug 23, 2021
Wildfire, shifting winds force evacuation of northern Quebec communities
MONTREAL - Residents of two northern Quebec communities are the latest to be hastily evacuated as a result of the province's wildfires. Officials in Chibougamau and the nearby Cree community of Ouj&ea...
Jun 07, 2023
Moscow-held regions of Ukraine vote whether to join Russia
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Voting began Friday in Moscow-held regions of Ukraine on referendums to become part of Russia, Russian-backed officials there said. The Kremlin-orchestrated referendums, which hav...
Sep 23, 2022
Quebec adopts law making oath to King optional for elected members.
Quebec's legislature has passed a law putting an end to the requirement that members swear an oath to the King. The Coalition Avenir Québec government had tabled a bill on Tuesday making the oa...
Dec 09, 2022
Ottawa appeals court decision finding its use of Emergencies Act was unreasonable
Ottawa has filed to appeal a Federal Court decision that found its invocation of the Emergencies Act in response to the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests was unjustified. The government is asking the Feder...
Feb 24, 2024
New details emerge about proposed payment to Manitoba Metis Federation
WINNIPEG - The former board chairman of Manitoba Hydro criticized Premier Brian Pallister on Thursday and defended a planned $67-million payment to the Manitoba Metis Federation. “What we need i...
Mar 22, 2018
In the news today, May 28
Five stories in the news for Monday, May 28 --- ONTARIO LEADERS GET BACK ON THE ROAD AFTER DEBATE The leaders of Ontario’s three main political parties have a full day of campaigning ahead, afte...
May 18, 2018
O'Regan and Grassy Narrows fail to meet proposed agreement on health facility
OTTAWA - The federal government failed to reach a planned agreement Wednesday on a specialized health facility with a northern Ontario First Nation plagued by mercury contamination. Ottawa had expecte...
May 31, 2019
Northerners applaud funding for long-awaited road through Arctic tundra
Two federal announcements this week are expected to kick-start a long-awaited road into the heart of the Canadian Arctic that would lower grocery costs for northern families and unlock billions of dol...
Aug 17, 2019