The May long weekend is here, and this year Canadians are certainly going to be celebrating differently. Due to social distancing requirements and closures from the COVID-19 pandemic, many familiar activities like group camping or big fireworks displays won’t be happening for Victoria Day this year. Canadians are being advised to stay closer to home […]
Click:flange machining OTTAWA — A large number of Canada’s national parks and historic sites will partly reopen for daytime visitors next month but Canadians should plan to go only to those fairly close to home, Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Thursday. Canada shut down all 46 national parks and 171 national historic sites on March […]
VICTORIA — Students in British Columbia can go back to school June 1 on a part-time, optional basis with no pressure on parents to send their kids to class, says Premier John Horgan. B.C. has managed to flatten the COVID-19 curve and the province is about to start lifting restrictions on some businesses and activities next […]
The Conservative party just missed a golden opportunity to broaden its tent. Today marks the last day leadership candidates can sell party memberships. These members will select the next leader of the party — sometime late this summer. Why cut off membership on May 15 when the ballots won’t be counted until Aug. 21? Good […]
OTTAWA — Canada’s national environment agenda is the latest thing to be upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, as plans for both beefing up national climate targets and banning some plastics are likely to be delayed. Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told The Canadian Press this week that the government remains firmly committed to its environmental promises, […]
OTTAWA — A federal wage subsidy for employees in businesses hit hard by COVID-19 will last at least through the summer and the federal government is asking companies to rehire laid off staff — many of whom have received aid from an emergency benefit that has gone over budget. The $73-billion Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy […]
When will the coronavirus outbreak be over in Canada? It will likely not truly be over until after there is a second wave of infections. Public health and government officials are well aware of a recent new spike of cases in countries like China and South Korea, and see it as proof that initially flattening […]
WASHINGTON — Canada and the United States are both “very comfortable” with their mutual ban on non-essential cross-border travel, but Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland won’t say if the Americans want to extend the restrictions beyond June 21. Recent media reports suggest the U.S., fearing the importing of COVID-19 cases, wants an indefinite timeline for […]
NATCHITOCHES, LA — A Louisiana woman has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and kidnapping after the severely burned 6-month-old baby boy was discovered along railroad tracks in Natchitoches Parish. Felicia Marie-Nicole Smith, 25, who is believed to have abducted the child from a mobile home park earlier this month, was arrested Monday. Natchitoches […]
An epidemic of Rocky Mountain spotted fever transmitted by brown dog ticks that began in Mexico in 2008 has not been contained and researchers warn that it may be spreading into the United States. According to a study in the CDC’s Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, the risk to humans of catching the disease is heightened […]