WATCH: Canada Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino is pushing to bring in a record number of 351,000 new #PermanentResidents in 2021 - the most in a century. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not wanting to scale back on immigration even with closed borders, and record unemployment due to Covid19.
Dr Bonnie Henry confirms BC has its first case of COVID19 linked syndrome in children.
With COVID-19 cases surging to new highs in parts of Canada, the CMA is calling for government action to bolster the health system so that it can handle the possibility of a devastating "twin epidemic."
The Quebec coroner's office confirmed it will investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Joyce Echaquan, a mother of seven who had gone to the hospital in Joliette, Que., northeast of Montreal, complaining of stomach pains.
Conservative party spokesman Cory Hann says human error is to blame: a contractor hired to write the note drafted one version in the event MacKay won the contest, and one for an O'Toole victory.
Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault introduced legislation in the House of Commons today to establish Sept. 30 as a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation for federally regulated workers.
Poet laureate Jenna Lyn Albert triggered the controversy when she read, "Those Who Need to Hear This Won’t Listen," a poem about a personal experience with abortion written by Ottawa-based writer Conyer Clayton.
Former New Democrat MP Fin Donnelly is running for the B.C. NDP in the Coquitlam-Burke Mountain riding held by Liberal Joan Isaacs.