Tag Archives: National

Placing an entire city under quarantine to prevent the spread of a virus is inconceivable, unenforceable and ineffective - and in Canada would be against the law, experts say. Steven Hoffman, a profes...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Passenger Transportation Board has granted long-awaited licensing approvals to ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft for service in the Lower Mainland and Whistl...

MONTREAL - Quebec's health minister says there will be at least one day of public consultations on expanding medical assistance in dying after an outcry over a plan to potentially extend it to th...

MONTREAL - While Prince Harry is shaking up the British monarchy, Canada's Supreme Court is being asked to throw out a law that modified the rules governing succession to the throne. Tw...

OTTAWA - The New Democrats are planning to bring forward legislation to implement a national, universal pharmacare program. NDP House Leader Peter Julian is set to table a private member's bill a...

REGINA - The owner of a Regina oil refinery where workers are locked out in a contract dispute says there has been a discussion with the union about returning to the bargaining table. But Fe...

MONTREAL - Fernand Daoust, a long-time Quebec union leader best known for his time with the Quebec Federation of Labour (FTQ), has died at 93. The cause of death wasn't made public but ...

TORONTO - A new trial has been ordered for a man convicted of first-degree murder after Ontario's highest court found that some recently implemented changes to the jury selection process should n...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - There's hope in St. John's, N.L., that the daily concerns of life - and death - will slowly begin returning to normal over the weekend. Thursday marked the provincial capital's...

ST-HENRI-DE-TAILLON, Que. - Provincial police say the search is resuming today for five missing snowmobilers from France who disappeared in frigid waters while riding off trail in the provin...