Public health agency trying to find out how many Canadians struggling with long COVID

OTTAWA — Federal agencies are trying to get a handle on how many Canadians may be suffering from long COVID as researchers learn more about the...

Definition of ‘inefficient fossil fuel subsidy’ still elusive in Canada

OTTAWA — Thirteen years ago, as part of a commitment made by all G20 nations, Canada began promising to scrub out all inefficient fossil fuel subsidies...

Canada makes US$99M payment as part of deal to foot more of bill for developing F-35

Ottawa has made a multimillion-dollar payment as part of a renegotiated deal that is expected to see Canada foot more of the bill for developing the...

Bill 96 will harm Indigenous people in Québec. We need more equitable language laws

How prisons are using COVID-19 containment measures as a guise for torture

Newly reported data shows that torture continues in federal prison segregation units. It’s an ongoing feature of Ontario provincial jails too. As critical criminology and policy...

Conservative leadership candidates spar over COVID mandates, trucker convoy, Huawei

OTTAWA — Longtime Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre and Jean Charest, Quebec’s former premier, took turns attacking one another’s political records Thursday in the first unofficial debate...

Canada to investigate sexual violence against women in Ukraine as war crimes

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada will help investigate sexual violence by Russian troops against women and girls in Ukraine.  Speaking in Ottawa...

Record profits for oil companies should be invested in climate action: Guilbeault

OTTAWA — Canada’s big oil companies are making record profits this year and should be using some of that extra cash to invest in things that...

Alberta premier’s caucus foe calls him soft on Ottawa, gets verbal slap in return

EDMONTON — Jason Kenney’s arch-foe in caucus took his fight with the Alberta premier to the floor of the legislature Thursday and received in return a...

Canada’s trade minister, U.S. ambassador vow closer trade ties, despite differences

WASHINGTON — In the grand scheme of a volatile and unpredictable world, the Canada-U.S. trade relationship is healthy and only growing stronger, its two senior curators...