Supply chain disruptions continue to impact Canada’s cost of living
Statistics Canada reports inflation jumped 4.7 per cent on a year-over-year basis in November, remaining stable from October. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, it rose 0.3 per cent in November....
View ArticleCanada recommends against non-essential international travel
The latest advice from Ottawa to Canadians is to avoid travelling internationally at this time due to a spike in global COVID-19 cases, and the Omicron variant. The federal government reinstated the...
View ArticleCanadians travel plans up in the air after Ottawa advises to avoid...
For Canadians like Phillip Paul, a newly-introduced federal travel advisory means considering cancelling a once-in-a-lifetime trip. “I would almost call it essential because I’m going to visit my...
View ArticleLookahead: Does Canada have a strategy for China?
In today’s Big Story podcast, it will be the biggest foreign policy question of the next year, and so far our government doesn’t have a concrete answer. Canada will not send diplomats to the Beijing...
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NFL’s Seattle Seahawks spreading its wings to Canada
The Seattle Seahawks say they will “explore future opportunities to play a regular-season game in Canada” in a move from the NFL to drive fan growth outside of the U.S. Canada is just one of eight...
View ArticleCanada lifts travel ban against 10 African countries, reinstates PCR test...
Canada has lifted its travel ban against the 10 African countries where the Omicron variant began circulating after it was determined community transmission was happening in several countries around...
View ArticlePoint Roberts shocked Canada bringing PCR test requirement back next week
The return of the PCR test requirement for short border trips is prompting a sense of dread in Point Roberts. Brian Calder is president of the Point Roberts Chamber of Commerce and says the requirement...
View ArticleCanadian provinces grapple with rising, record COVID-19 cases due to Omicron...
Many Canadian provinces grappled with rising COVID-19 cases across the country Saturday, with the Omicron variant compelling many jurisdictions to reintroduce public health restrictions just a week...
View ArticleFederal government stays mum as Manchin says ‘No’ to Biden bill with EV tax...
The Prime Minister’s Office isn’t saying anything about a key U.S. senator’s decision to put President Joe Biden’s controversial electric-vehicle incentives on ice. West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a...
View ArticleCanucks donate food to charities from postponed games
With the NHL icing games due to mounting COVID-19 cases, the Vancouver Canucks have found something positive to do with the pause in play. Canucks Sports and Entertainment donated the food from the...
View ArticleB.C. industry supporting federal challenge to U.S. lumber duties
The B.C. lumber industry is standing behind a new challenge by Ottawa to Washington’s latest shot to hike duties on softwood lumber heading south of the border. The federal government is filing the...
View ArticleNHL officially pulling out of Beijing Olympics due to COVID scheduling...
The NHL has officially announced that players will not participate in the upcoming Winter Olympics. Sources had already speculated players would not be allowed to attend the Games due to COVID-19...
View ArticleIn Christmas message, Trudeau says Canadians can be hopeful amid the pandemic
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there is still reason for Canadians to be hopeful despite the ongoing crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. In his annual Christmas message, Trudeau says that while 2021...
View ArticleTurkey dinners and cancelled plans: Canadians weigh danger of COVID-19 over...
Christmas Day for many Canadians this year means fewer people gathered around a twinkling tree tearing open presents, but others say COVID-19 hasn’t changed their holiday plans. Several provinces have...
View ArticleWhy Canada gets less for more when it comes to building transit
In early September, Conservative candidate Jennifer McAndrew stood outside a suburban Ottawa transit hub in the battleground riding of Kanata-Carleton to make a major campaign promise. “A Conservative...
View ArticleSeveral provinces considering allowing COVID-19 positive health workers to...
Even as some provinces have reported record-high daily COVID-19 case counts, health experts are warning the real infection rate is likely much higher, pointing out that data has been clouded by holiday...
View ArticleOttawa criticizes police raid on Hong Kong news outlet that saw Canadian...
The federal government has added its voice to those criticizing this week’s police raid on a pro-democracy news outlet in Hong Kong in which a Canadian human rights activist and pop singer was among...
View ArticleLiberals eye easing access to maternity, parental leave in EI review,...
The minister in charge of Canada’s federal social safety net for workers says the government is looking at removing rules that make it difficult for some to get their full parental leave as part of a...
View ArticleRemote BC Ferries route near Bella Coola still down after crew got COVID-19
Sailings for the Northern Sea Wolf, which connects remote communities near Bella Coola, has been out of service for over a week. The route was canceled on Christmas Eve after at least one case of...
View ArticleIndigenous leaders to announce child welfare compensation agreement Tuesday
An agreement in principle that will see Ottawa pay billions in compensation to First Nations children harmed by an underfunded child welfare system is set to be announced in Ottawa this week. Sources...
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