COVID-19 has sucked the oxygen out of the room on the climate economy
The Niagara Falls of news releases into any journalist's in-box attest that there is always plenty of contention for the moving spotlight of media attention.As early as…
What Canada’s hardest-hit provinces can learn from those that handled COVID-19 best
When epidemiologist Susan Kirkland opened a Halifax newspaper on Saturday, she was stunned. "Three protest rallies planned," the Chronicle Herald headline read, in part. "Oh, no," the…
Geraldo Rivera reveals surprising phone call with Donald Trump
Geraldo Rivera required Twitter to dish on remarks Donald Trump supposedly made throughout a supposed call in between them. "Hello there, I consulted with my pal @realDonaldTrump…
Ontario’s COVID-19 resurgence is threatening Christmas gatherings. Will people adjust their plans?
Ontario's latest COVID-19 modelling data suggests that public health officials could soon be faced with an exceptionally difficult task: convincing weary Ontarians to scale back or cancel…
Parks manager in Kimberley, B.C., quits after months of harassment over pandemic closures
The parks manager in Kimberley, B.C. has resigned following months of bullying after recreational facilities in the city were ordered closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according…
Secrecy, conflicts in Collingwood deals point to holes in Ontario’s integrity rules, judge finds
A tangle of insider relationships among officials and family in the resort town of Collingwood, Ont., led to serious problems in two multimillion-dollar public contracts, a judge…
Historic case in the making as Quebec’s religious symbols ban heads to court
Around 9:30 on Monday morning, on the 17th floor of a drab, black and grey building in Montreal, some of the most basic principles of Canadian democracy…
UPS executive granted special ministerial exemption from Canada’s COVID-19 quarantine
The president of U.S. operations for global shipping giant UPS was granted a special ministerial exemption from Canada's mandatory 14-day COVID-19 quarantine, a CBC News investigation has…
NDP, Liberal cabinet ministers call for emergency debate over mounting N.S. fishery dispute
Four Liberal cabinet ministers called for an emergency debate in the House of Commons after a dispute between commercial fishermen and Mi'kmaw fishers in southwest Nova Scotia…
Feds to meet Indigenous leaders Friday to discuss racism in health system
The federal government is ready to use its financial leverage over the health system to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says.He…
‘They chose the wrong person’: Pierre Laporte’s son reflects on his murder 50 years after October Crisis
It's been almost 50 years since Jean Laporte learned from a television report that his father had been killed by a radical group of separatists trying to…