Oct 27 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Transport Canada isn't always following up when it finds safety violations in the movement of dangerous goods and still doesn’t have the full picture of the companies and locations it is supposed to be monitoring, Canada's interim environment commissioner said Tuesday. Andrew Hayes's fall environment audits included an update on Transport Canada's progress […]
Oct 23 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — More than 4.6 million people have arrived in Canada since the border closed last March but fewer than one-quarter of them were ordered to quarantine — the rest were deemed "essential" travellers and exempted from the requirement. Canada began to limit foreign travel in March, first asking Canadians themselves to avoid non-essential travel […]
Oct 23 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — More than 4.6 million people have arrived in Canada since the border closed last March but fewer than one-quarter of them were ordered to quarantine — the rest were deemed "essential" travellers and exempted from the requirement. Canada began to limit foreign travel in March, first asking Canadians themselves to avoid non-essential travel […]
Oct 23 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — More than 4.6 million people have arrived in Canada since the border closed last March but fewer than one-quarter of them were ordered to quarantine — the rest were deemed "essential" travellers and exempted from the requirement. Canada began to limit foreign travel in March, first asking Canadians themselves to avoid non-essential travel […]
Oct 21 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Procurement Minister Anita Anand says the first shipment of rapid tests for COVID-19 has arrived in Canada, but their eventual destinations remain shrouded in mystery. Canada signed a deal late last month with Abbott Diagnostics in the United States to buy 7.9 million ID Now tests, which can produce results on the spot […]
Oct 21 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Procurement Minister Anita Anand says the first shipment of rapid tests for COVID-19 has arrived in Canada, but their eventual destinations remain shrouded in mystery. Canada signed a deal late last month with Abbott Diagnostics in the United States to buy 7.9 million ID Now tests, which can produce results on the spot […]
Oct 20 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canada's chief public health doctor is worried about the amount of false information being floated about the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Theresa Tam says when false information is spread — either intentionally or not — it does not help public health officials ensure the public has the information they need to make the right […]
Oct 20 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canada's chief public health doctor is worried about the amount of false information being floated about the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Theresa Tam says when false information is spread — either intentionally or not — it does not help public health officials ensure the public has the information they need to make the right […]
Oct 20 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canada's chief public health doctor is worried about the amount of false information being floated about the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Theresa Tam says when false information is spread — either intentionally or not — it does not help public health officials ensure the public has the information they need to make the right […]
Oct 16 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has no intention of trying to assert federal jurisdiction over long-term care facilities but still believes there is a role for Ottawa to play in fixing the country's troubled nursing homes. Trudeau is pushing the provinces to agree to harmonize minimum standards for long-term care so that […]
Oct 16 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has no intention of trying to assert federal jurisdiction over long-term care facilities but still believes there is a role for Ottawa to play in fixing the country's troubled nursing homes. Trudeau is pushing the provinces to agree to harmonize minimum standards for long-term care so that […]
Oct 15 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — An Ontario nuclear power company is getting $20 million from Ottawa to try to get its new small modular reactor in line with Canada's safety regulations.The grant to Terrestrial Energy in Oakville, Ont., is the first investment Canada has made in small modular reactors, or SMRs. It comes just weeks before Natural Resources […]
Oct 15 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — An Ontario nuclear power company is getting $20 million from Ottawa to try to get its new small modular reactor in line with Canada's safety regulations.The grant to Terrestrial Energy in Oakville, Ont., is the first investment Canada has made in small modular reactors, or SMRs. It comes just weeks before Natural Resources […]
Oct 15 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — An Ontario nuclear power company is getting $20 million from Ottawa to try to get its new small modular reactor in line with Canada's safety regulations.The grant to Terrestrial Energy in Oakville, Ont., is the first investment Canada has made in small modular reactors, or SMRs. It comes just weeks before Natural Resources […]
Oct 15 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Combating online hate is one of the main efforts getting a financial boost from Ottawa's anti-racism strategy, with more than a dozen projects receiving federal funding Thursday. Diversity Minister Bardish Chagger listed 85 projects that will share $15 million from the strategy's anti-racism action program, and nearly one-fifth of that money will be […]