Health
Liberals block motion to make health minister testify on failed e-prescribing program
OTTAWA — Liberal MP Doug Eyolfson moved to adjourn a health committee meeting on Tuesday, without agreeing to a motion to bring Health Minister Marjorie Michel to testify on...
Budget watchdog says key details missing in Liberal government’s fiscal plans
OTTAWA — Parliamentary Budget Officer Annette Ryan says key details are missing from the federal government’s spending plans and its comprehensive expenditure review. The PBO released four notes on...
Frank McKenna pledges big money to small university
He was one of eight siblings, a poor New Brunswick farmboy who scraped his way into university and went on to a storied political career that saw him touted...
Rebel-fuelled violence derails leftist president's 'Total Peace' plan in Colombia
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA – On Saturday afternoon, the southern stretch of Colombia’s sprawling Pan-American highway was packed with vehicles ferrying farmers and Indigenous villagers. But soon after midday, an improvised...
India, China among main perpetrators of foreign interference, new CSIS report says
OTTAWA — A new report by Canada’s spy agency says that China and India remain some of the main perpetrators of foreign interference and espionage against Canada, at a...
Chief Justice Richard Wagner dismisses request to recuse from Emergencies Act appeal
OTTAWA — Chief Justice Richard Wagner denied a request to recuse himself from the Emergencies Act case Wednesday, saying his 2022 comments about the Freedom Convoy protests have nothing...
Scientists finally identified this weird golden orb found 3 km underwater
A mysterious “golden orb” discovered almost three years ago in the Gulf of Alaska has finally been identified. It’s not an egg, a sponge or the remnant of an...
As Trump readies forced-labour tariffs, Canada hopes for another reprieve
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canadians are tiring of Donald Trump’s favourite word, “tariffs,” but they may need to brace for even more of them. Last month, the United States...
