Category Archives: National News

National response needed for encampment crisis, evictions must end: federal advocate
Unhoused people have a fundamental right to live in encampments, and that right is violated when authorities tear them down, Canada's housing advocate says. In a piercing report released Tuesday, Mari...
Harvard Media Feb 18, 2024
Sask. Research Council receives $5 million investment from feds to boost supply for critical minerals
Natural Resources Canada announced close to $5 million in funding for the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) to help secure Canada's supply of rare earth elements. SRC received an investment of $4,99...
Harvard Media Feb 17, 2024

Ottawa considers changes to clean-electricity rules after consultations
Ottawa is considering alterations to its proposed clean-electricity regulations after consultations with industry, opening the door to more flexibility for individual power generators. "We can still g...
Harvard Media Feb 17, 2024

Deputy health ministers to consider plan to increase organ donation, transplants
A long-awaited national reporting system on organ donation and transplantation is expected to be in place by the end of the year, a spokeswoman for the Canadian Institute for Health Information says. ...
Harvard Media Feb 14, 2024

Tory MP says he'll apologize to First Nation for 'grossly disrespectful' comments
A Conservative MP says he'll apologize after facing demands that he retract comments he made last week about First Nations burning down water treatment plants because they're frustrated with the Liber...
Harvard Media Feb 13, 2024
Dismantling homeless camps violates human rights, says federal housing advocate
By Sarah Smellie in St. John's Unhoused people have a fundamental right to live in encampments, and that right is violated when authorities tear them down, Canada's housing advocate says. In...
Harvard Media Feb 13, 2024

Teachers and Government Sit Down for Talks to end labour dispute
Negotiators for the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation will be sitting down with the provincial government's bargaining team for the first time in weeks. Teachers have staged rotating strikes, in their ...
Harvard Media Feb 12, 2024

Third-period effort leads Canada over U.S. in Rivalry Series win in Regina
In a must-win situation, goalie Emerance Maschmeyer came up big Friday, backstopping Canada to a 3-0 victory over the United States in Game 6 of the Rivalry Series. Maschmeyer, who plays for Ottawa in...
Harvard Media Feb 10, 2024

Supreme Court upholds Ottawa's Indigenous child welfare act, denies Quebec's appeal
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the federal Indigenous child welfare act is constitutional, affirming that First Nations, Mtis and Inuit have sole authority over the protection of their chi...
Harvard Media Feb 09, 2024

Putin uses Tucker Carlson interview to press his Ukraine narrative, hints at swapping WSJ reporter
Russian President Vladimir Putin used an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson to push his narrative on the war in Ukraine, urge Washington to recognize Mosc...
Harvard Media Feb 09, 2024
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