How parking became a 'hot button issue' for two RCMP detachments in British Columbia

OTTAWA – “Parking is a hot button issue.” So begin two labour decisions ending one-to-three year fights between RCMP members and management about changes to free parking rules in two different detachments in British Columbia. In 2019, RCMP brass and the National Police Federation...

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'They already have all the freaking information': Federal government revives plan to file some people's taxes for them

OTTAWA – The federal government wants the Canada Revenue Agency to start filing taxes for some Canadians, particularly those who are missing out on potentially crucial benefits. It was a short line in Wednesday’s throne speech that took all of eight seconds for Governor General...

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'Canary in the coalmine': Kenney slams Ottawa's decision to review resource projects after C-69 changes

OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney criticized Thursday a recent decision by the federal government to launch environmental reviews of a pair of mining projects, saying it was yet another sign of jurisdictional overreach by Ottawa. As part of a heated rebuke of Prime Minister...

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Liberals boost proposed pandemic benefits to $500 per week, a move that should gain them NDP support

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is boosting its proposed pandemic benefits, a move that should give them the NDP’s support for looming confidence votes on the government’s throne speech. The soon-to-expire Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) — where unemployed people have...

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'A fantasy plan for a mythical country': Jason Kenney says throne speech an attack on federalism

EDMONTON — The federal government’s speech from the throne represents a “full-frontal attack” on Canadian federalism, the constitution and provincial jurisdiction, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney told reporters at a fiery news conference on Thursday morning. The premier, speaking...

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COVID-19 vaccines are being developed at record pace. And that's a serious concern

Vaccines will be the best shot at liberating the globe from COVID-19 , but will enough people cooperate? Or be willing to go first? ...

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Ontario to invest over one billion dollars into expanding COVID-19 testing, contact tracing: Ford

Ontario will invest over $1 billion dollars to dramatically expand testing and contract tracing capacity for COVID-19, Premier Doug Ford has announced. The funds will go towards creating new testing locations as well as increasing case and contact management resources to trace,...

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B.C. teacher files claim, says she caught COVID but hadn't been told about student's positive test

A Vancouver high-school teacher who tested positive or COVID-19 was never contacted by public health officials after a student in her class was confirmed to have the illness, she says. Renee Willock, West Vancouver Teachers Association president, ...

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To galvanize the nation, Justin Trudeau tries the Winger Speech — glib, compelling, meaningless

Last night, live across Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a nationally broadcast address to rouse, galvanize and hearten the nation. He said basically nothing. Persuasive oratory, however, doesn’t demand much in the way of concrete meaning — just a tide of credible emotion and a little argumentative panache. His message lacked clarity,...

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How police confusion and a killer’s duplicity led to ambush of two RCMP officers

While hunting for a Nova Scotia killer who was masquerading as an RCMP officer, a real Mountie was inside his marked cruiser waiting for a colleague. Then he spotted a police car approaching. Const. Chad Morrison was apprehensive. Was this his colleague or the rampaging gunman?...

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