Alberta Premier Issues Trip Order After Learning Of Vacationing Officials
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has ordered all cabinet ministers and senior government officials not to vacation outside Canada after learning of multiple recent trips by party officials… Read more »
January 1: Today in History
Today in History for Jan 1: On this date: In 1622, the Roman Catholic church adopted Jan. 1 as the beginning of the year, rather than March… Read more »
January 2/3: See 2021’s First Meteor Shower
The coming of the new year heralds another celestial event – the Quadrantid Meteor Shower. This annual shower usually runs from the end of December to the… Read more »
Alberta NDP Calls For Cabinet Minister To Step Down Over Report Of Hawaii Vacation
Alberta’s Opposition NDP is calling for Municipal Affairs Minister Tracy Allard to step down over reports she took a vacation to Hawaii despite public-health recommendations against unnecessary travel.
Negative COVID-19 Test Required For Air Travellers to Canada Starting Jan.7
Anyone arriving in Canada starting Jan. 7 will need to have a negative COVID-19 test before boarding and may have to quarantine in a federal facility if… Read more »
Feds Enlist IBM To Help Design Gun Buyback Program
The Trudeau government has awarded a contract to IBM Canada to support the development, design and implementation of a buyback program for recently prohibited firearms. The contract… Read more »
Canada’s Airlines Say Border Testing Could Cause Confusion For Airlines, Passengers
The National Airlines Council of Canada said there are still major issues that need to be addressed as Ottawa plans a COVID-19 testing requirement for air passengers… Read more »
Nova Scotia To Lift In-person Dining Ban In Halifax
Nova Scotia says it will lift the ban on in-person dining in restaurants and bars in the Halifax area on Monday. The province said today that given… Read more »
Rod Phillips Resigns As Finance Minister Following Caribbean Vacation
Ontario’s finance minister resigned from his cabinet position Thursday, hours after returning from a Caribbean vacation amid a provincewide lockdown. Rod Phillips travelled to St. Barts on… Read more »
The Most Popular Names For Babies In New Brunswick In 2020
Olivia and Liam were the most popular baby names in New Brunswick this year. About 5,400 children were born in the province in 2020: 52 per cent… Read more »
Ontario Hits Record 3,328 New COVID-19 Cases, 56 Deaths on Dec 31
Ontario is reporting 3,328 new COVID-19 cases today – a new daily record – and 56 deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there… Read more »
Christmas Trees Are for the Birds: Nature Conservancy Says Keep Old Trees in Backyard
Old Christmas trees belong in the backyard instead of out front on the curb, says the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Andrew Holland, spokesman for the advocacy group,… Read more »
Rod Phillips Return From St. Barts, Will Discuss His Political Future With Ford
Ontario’s finance minister returned from a Caribbean vacation on Thursday amid a provincial lockdown, acknowledging the decision to go on a personal trip during the pandemic may… Read more »
No More Late Fees: Winnipeg Public Library to Move to Fine Free Model
Winnipeg Public Library has announced that it will be moving to a Fine Free model. The library will no longer charge overdue fines on any item but… Read more »
Quebec Liberal Vacationing Down South Called Home by Party Leader as Criticism Mounts
Quebec Liberal member Pierre Arcand is being asked to return home amid mounting criticism over his decision to vacation in the Caribbean. A spokesperson for Liberal Leader… Read more »
Ford Says He Knew of Phillips’ Trip 2 Weeks Ago, Should Have Asked Him to Return Then
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he found out his finance minister was travelling abroad roughly two week ago, and should have pushed then for his immediate return…. Read more »
Atlantic First Nations Building Geothermal Greenhouses to Address Food Insecurity
The Potlotek First Nation in Cape Breton is one of several Indigenous communities in Atlantic Canada that is launching a project to address food insecurity using a… Read more »
Ontario to Release Order, Timeframe for Population Groups to Get COVID-19 Shots
Ontario will lay out the order and timeframe in which specific population groups will be immunized against COVID-19, possibly within the next few weeks. Dr. Dirk Huyer,… Read more »
Air Travellers Will Soon Have to Test Negative for COVID-19 Before Arrival in Canada
All passengers on flights entering Canada will require a negative PCR test three days before their arrival.
Ontario Sets New Record High as Daily COVID-19 Cases Near 3,000 on Dec 30
Ontario is reporting 2,923 new cases of COVID-19 today, the highest daily increase since the start of the pandemic. The province also logged 19 new deaths related… Read more »
Iran Allocates $150K to Families of Ukraine Crash Victims
Iran’s cabinet has created a compensation fund to pay the families of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces… Read more »
Ontario Court Says ‘Wisdom and Efficacy’ of Lockdown Rules ‘Open to Question’
An Ontario court says the “wisdom and efficacy” of the province’s lockdown measures allowing big box stores that happen to sell groceries to remain fully open —… Read more »
Most Popular Baby Names in Nova Scotia in 2020
The favourite baby name for 2020 in Nova Scotia is — Oliver. Nova Scotia’s vital statistics bureau says other top baby names this year included Olivia, Benjamin,… Read more »
Alberta Missed COVID-19 Vaccination Goal but Is Picking up the Pace: Kenney
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the province missed its initial COVID-19 vaccination goal, but it is working as close to around the clock as possible to catch… Read more »