Testing better than travel ban 'whack-a-mole'?
An Ontario infectious disease specialist says there is evidence testing all travellers before and after they arrive in Canada will identify most cases of COVID-19 coming into the country.
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B.C. minister Mike Farnworth views flood damage, promises aid
British Columbia's public safety minister got a first-hand look on Friday, December 3, 2021, of the destruction caused by torrential rainstorms that forced rivers over their banks and ripped away roads and bridges.
Canada’s job numbers heat up, but wages barely budge for servers
The November jobs report for Canada boosted the national workforce well past February 2020 levels when the economy was still untouched by COVID-19. But young women are working more part-time jobs, Statistics Canada said, and a crunch looms in hospitality.
As B.C. storms subside, a massive cleanup looms
The successive storms that brutalized southern British Columbia with floods and slides caused by record amounts of rainfall were declared over on Thursday, December 2, 2021, but now the cleanup and costly rebuild lie ahead, says the public safety minister.
No more federal rebates for Canada's top selling EV, Tesla Model 3
In a notice posted on its website, Transport Canada said the popular car ceased to be eligible for the federal $5,000 electric car rebate program for both its 2021 and 2022 models.
COVID testing chaos at Canadian airports
Confusion has been growing at some Canadian airports that say they want more direction from the federal government since it changed COVID-19 testing rules for travellers.
Federal budget update coming Dec. 14 as inflation pressure rises
Canadians will soon get an update on the health of federal finances and the government's outlook for an economy facing high inflation rates, flooding in British Columbia and the emergence of a new variant of COVID-19.
Guilbeault delays release of climate plan targets until spring
The environment minister says the delay is necessary to allow Indigenous Peoples, provinces and other interested parties to weigh in on what the plan should contain.
New COVID booster guidelines to be issued as Omicron spreads
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is set to release new guidance this morning on the use of COVID-19 vaccine boosters as public health faces down the threat of the Omicron variant.
Internal network breached in Governor General's office
The Office of the Secretary to Gov. Gen. Mary Simon has confirmed its internal network was breached through unauthorized access.
Three years after a landmark report, it’s logging as usual in Nova Scotia’s forests
Only five of 45 recommendations on how to improve forestry practices in the province have been implemented since the Lahey report came out in 2018.
Aussie spy agency saw climate crisis coming 40 years ago — and fretted about its coal cash
In a taste of things to come, a secret Office of National Assessment report worried the "carbon dioxide problem" would hurt the nation’s coal industry.
B.C.’s at-risk old growth still on the chopping block
At least 50,000 hectares of the at-risk forest identified by the province for logging deferrals — an area four times the size of Vancouver — is already approved for logging, has approvals pending or may already be cut down, says the Wilderness Committee.
Hundreds of academics condemn RCMP, governments over Coastal GasLink crisis in open letter
Hundreds of academics have signed an open letter calling for government intervention in the wake of RCMP enforcement of an injunction granted to Coastal GasLink to build a pipeline through unceded Wet’suwet’en territory.
Jason Kenney hires legal counsel after environmentalists threaten defamation lawsuit
The Alberta government has hired a private law firm to defend Premier Jason Kenney after environmental groups threatened him with a defamation lawsuit.