Jun 7 2023 — CTV News — The Bank of Canada raised its overnight rate by 25 basis points to 4.75 per cent on Wednesday, its first increase since pausing hikes in January. The central bank’s key interest rate has not been this high since April 2001.
Jun 6 2023 — CTV News — Federal officials are characterizing this year’s wildfire season across the country as “unprecedented,” and a “new normal” driven by, among other things, climate change. “People would say, well, we’ve always had forest fires; what’s new?” Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault told Power Play host Vassy Kapelos. “Well this year the area that’s being burned is ten […]
Jun 6 2023 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — Canada’s special rapporteur on foreign interference David Johnston calls the allegations swirling around his objectivity “quite simply false,” and says he plans to push ahead with his work, launching public hearings next month. Questioned by MPs at committee on Tuesday about his role, his report into election meddling, his decision against a public inquiry, and […]
Jun 5 2023 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — The federal government will be providing $1.5 million to Pride organizations across the country for increased security measures at parades and other events this year, CTV News has learned. The funding, to be announced by Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Youth Marci Ien later today, is being provided to Fierté Canada Pride to […]
Jun 4 2023 — CTV News — A global security breach has resulted in the theft of an undisclosed number of Nova Scotians’ personal information. The provincial government confirmed the theft of information in a Sunday press conference but provided few details about what was stolen and how many people are affected. “Nova Scotians will have questions, and we do, too. Our […]
Jun 4 2023 — CTV News — Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the federal government is not ruling out finding ways to achieve net zero sooner than the existing 2050 goal, but would not say whether there would be a definitive commitment to move up the target. The government’s current target is to hit net zero emissions — the point at […]
Jun 3 2023 — CTV News — The U.S. Ambassador to Canada says America “absolutely wants to have it both ways” when it comes to fighting climate change while pursuing fossil fuel projects. With just days to spare before a potential default crisis, the U.S. Senate passed a deal struck by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to suspend the […]
Jun 2 2023 — CTV News — Notorious serial rapist and killer Paul Bernardo was moved to a medium-security prison in Quebec this week. For a decade, Bernardo has been at Millhaven Institution near Kingston, and before that, he was located at Kingston Penitentiary – both maximum security prisons in Ontario. His new placement is at La Macaza Institution in Quebec, in […]
Jun 1 2023 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh slammed foreign interference special rapporteur David Johnston’s refusal to heed the House of Commons’ call for him to step down as “tone-deaf.” “With all due respect to the service of Mr. Johnston and his previous public service, I believe that his response to the vote on our motion is tone-deaf,” Singh […]
May 31 2023 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s efforts to assure Canadians that his government is adequately addressing the threat of foreign interference took a hit on Wednesday, when the majority of MPs in the House of Commons voted for special rapporteur David Johnston to “step aside,” a call Johnston quickly rejected. Opposition MPs teamed up to pass an […]
May 30 2023 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — Fresh off leading Alberta’s United Conservative Party to a majority victory on Monday night, Premier Danielle Smith says she wants to “reset” her relationship with the federal government, while readying to invoke the province’s sovereignty act over emissions targets, if needed. “I think that we can work collaboratively, and that’s what I’ve asked the prime […]
May 30 2023 — Don Martin — CTV News — She should’ve won big in a walk, leaving the NDP in her dust as the orange-is-the-fade-to-black party. But despite a booming economy and gushing bonanza of oil revenue, Danielle Smith eked out what was a squeaker win by Alberta’s usual landslide standards Monday and promptly declared she was a second coming of a Miracle on […]
May 30 2023 — CTV News — Danielle Smith is still the premier of Alberta, surviving a vigorous campaign and a tight vote Monday against NDP challenger Rachel Notley. Unofficial results at midnight showed Smith’s United Conservative Party elected or leading in about 50 ridings to hold majority control of the province’s 87-seat legislature. “To paraphrase our dear friend Ralph Klein: Welcome […]
May 28 2023 — CTV News — One of the so-called godfathers of artificial intelligence says governments need to move faster on regulations to protect against the dangers of the rapidly advancing technology, before it poses a larger threat to humanity. Yoshua Bengio — who is also the founder and scientific director of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms — told CTV’s […]
May 24 2023 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — The leaders of the two largest federal opposition parties are rejecting Justin Trudeau’s invitation to receive security clearances in order to review the confidential annex of special rapporteur David Johnston’s report, prompting the prime minister to accuse them of hiding behind “a veil of ignorance.” On Tuesday, while pointing to the real threat that foreign […]