Canada

Concerns raised about feds dealings on First Nations elections amid COVID-19

OTTAWA - The chief of an Ontario First Nation says her community is caught up in bureaucratic and "paternalistic" voting rules that could leave it with a governance gap in the midd...

Apr 03, 2020

Feds urge med students, retirees to volunteer in the fight against COVID-19

OTTAWA - The federal government is seeking volunteers with medical experience to provide backup support in the fight against COVID-19. Health Canada is creating a database of specialized voluntee...

Apr 03, 2020

Canada Infrastructure Bank chief executive Pierre Lavallee steps down

OTTAWA - The federal government says Pierre Lavallee is stepping down as chief executive of the Canada Infrastructure Bank, effective immediately. It says the board has asked Annie Ropar, chief financ...

Apr 03, 2020

Conservative leadership campaigns continue, despite request from party

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidates remain on the campaign trail despite a request from the party to put most of their efforts on pause during the COVID-19 crisis. A recording of a campaign co...

Apr 03, 2020

Projections show between 3,000 and 15,000 could die from COVID-19 in Ontario

TORONTO - The steps the Ontario government has taken so far to limit the spread of COVID-19 have likely saved tens of thousands of lives, public health officials said Friday, but even with further act...

Apr 03, 2020

Feds to offer full-time work to all military reservists as part of COVID-19 response

OTTAWA - The federal government is planning to offer full-time employment to all reservists in the Canadian Armed Forces until the end of the summer. The move is intended to make sure the military has...

Apr 03, 2020

Grassy Narrows signs deal with Ottawa on mercury poisoning treatment centre

OTTAWA - The federal government has signed an agreement with Grassy Narrows First Nation that will see a long-promised treatment centre for residents with mercury poisoning finally built in ...

Apr 03, 2020

Northern residents embrace plan for unique beaded pin honouring COVID-19 workers

DAWSON CITY, Yukon - A made-in-Yukon initiative to celebrate front-line workers fighting COVID-19 is gaining momentum across the North. An administrative assistant at a health centre in Dawson Ci...

Apr 03, 2020

GST credit payments to low-income earners to arrive one month earlier

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will deliver more aid to low-income Canadians through the GST credit a month sooner than planned. The government initially announced the mone...

Apr 03, 2020

Scheer calls for more oversight of government's COVID-19 response

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is calling for the Liberals to be more transparent about their response to the COVID-19 crisis. He wants the government to release all of the data on the spr...

Apr 03, 2020