Category Archives: Canada

Ottawa mayor, local businesses welcome expected return of federal workers to offices
Ottawa's mayor is among those celebrating the return of federal workers to offices. The Treasury Board's decision to stick with hybrid work means public servants will be back to in-person work two to ...
Dec 16, 2022

Progress on TRC calls to action moving at 'glacial pace': Indigenous think tank
TORONTO - An Indigenous-led think tank says progress is moving at a "glacial pace" seven years after the final report from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was released. The Yellowhead Institut...
Dec 16, 2022

Montreal meeting between prime minister and Quebec premier snowed out
MONTREAL - A snowstorm forced the cancellation of a meeting scheduled today in Montreal between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Franois Legault. The leaders were supposed to discuss i...
Dec 16, 2022

Expert says government decision to delay MAID expansion not necessary
OTTAWA - The chair of a federal expert panel on medically assisted death is questioning what the government is hoping to accomplish by delaying the expansion of the assisted-dying regime. Dr. Mona Gup...
Dec 16, 2022

Year in review: A look at news events in November and December 2022
A look at news events in November and the first half of December 2022: November 1 - Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. claimed his first American League Gold Glove Award as the leag...
Dec 16, 2022

Year in review: A look at news events in October 2022
A look at news events in October 2022: 1 - Russia vetoed a United Nations resolution calling its Ukraine annexation referendums illegal. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 10-1 with China,...
Dec 16, 2022

Year in review: A look at news events in September 2022
A look at news events in September 2022: 1 - Health Canada approved Moderna's new COVID-19 booster vaccine. The bivalent vaccine targets both the original strain of the novel coronavirus and the Omicr...
Dec 16, 2022

Year in review: A look at news events in August 2022
A look at news events in August 2022: 2 - Vin Scully, Hall of Fame broadcaster for the Dodgers of Major League Baseball, died at the age of 94. Scully's dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer ...
Dec 16, 2022

Year in review: A look at news events in July 2022
A look at news events in July 2022: 3 - Historian Irving Abella died at 82. He was the co-author of a seminal book on the Canadian government's refusal to accept Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust....
Dec 16, 2022

Year in review: A look at news events in June 2022
A look at news events in June 2022: 1 - A jury awarded actor Johnny Depp $15 million in damages in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard. The same jury awarded Heard $2 million in damages in h...
Dec 16, 2022