Canada to require negative COVID test for travellers entering via land borders
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says starting next week, anyone arriving in Canada by land will also need to show a recent negative COVID-19 test.
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Feds to release plan for sustainable development of ocean economy
Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan says Canada can get more out of its marine resources through a strategy that also protects ocean health.
Criteria for quarantine hotels revealed as Ottawa advances new travel rule
Hotel operators seeking to take part in Canada's mandatory three-day quarantine for returning travellers can now access the criteria, though it comes as cold comfort to a battered industry.
Parliamentary committee agrees to investigate allegations against Jonathan Vance
A parliamentary committee has agreed to hold formal hearings into the Liberal government’s handling of allegations of inappropriate conduct by former defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance, which are already the subject of a military police investigation.
World economy will lose trillions if poor countries don't get vaccines: OECD
As the Trudeau government is forced to explain delays rolling out COVID-19 vaccines, some of the world's economic and health leaders are warning of catastrophic financial consequences if poorer countries are shortchanged on vaccinations.
Americans split over decision to impeach Trump as Senate trial begins: poll
When it comes to impeaching Donald Trump, a new poll suggests Americans are just as divided as the United States Senate.
Vaccines before votes, Mr. Trudeau
In the end, what most Canadians want isn’t an election over the COVID vaccination program but an effective and expeditious delivery rollout, columnist Max Fawcett writes.
Senators, human rights groups urge feds to renew Rohingya aid in wake of Myanmar coup
Senators, city councillors, academics and human rights groups who fear Myanmar’s military takeover puts the Rohingya people at greater risk are calling on the federal government to renew the financial aid granted to the ethnic minority that's set to expire next month.
The new green paper sector doesn't need trees
“This concept that we’ve had about things being waste, and no longer of any use, is completely artificial," says the founder and executive director of Vancouver non-profit Canopy.
Alberta reinstates 1976 coal policy after massive public outcry
The Alberta government says powerful public protest persuaded it to reinstate a policy that has kept open-pit coal mines out of the Rocky Mountains for almost 45 years.
The 2022 Winter Olympics should relocate due to China's abuse of Uighurs, MPs say
More than a dozen federal lawmakers from all parties are calling for the 2022 Winter Olympics to be moved outside China, citing a "genocidal campaign" by the state against Uighurs and other Muslim minorities.
No Moderna vaccine doses scheduled this week, with future amounts uncertain
The Public Health Agency of Canada says Ottawa plans to distribute more than 70,000 Pfizer-BiotNTech vaccine doses this week ahead of a major ramp-up, but no Moderna doses are on the schedule.
The fall of Jason Kenney
The Alberta premier's chest-thumping style isn't winning him many friends these days, writes journalist Bruce Livesey.
Alberta will restore some coal-mining policy protections
The Alberta government says it plans to restore some aspects of a policy it revoked last spring that protected a wide swath of the province's foothills and mountains from coal mines.
Spring vaccinations could double in Canada if three more vaccines approved
The number of Canadians vaccinated in the spring could double if Health Canada gives the green light to all three vaccines it is currently reviewing.