Economy, Law & Politics

Pandemic crisis sidelines provincial policies

As province copes, once-pressing government business gets relegated to the back burner

Apr 6, 2020 12:00 AM Read more >

Financial support available tomorrow; feds considering direct support for students

Canada-U.S.-3M dispute over respirator masks continues

Apr 5, 2020 9:00 AM Read more >

Refugee border restrictions to remain in place

Rights groups wanted refugees allowed into Canada from New York during pandemic

Apr 4, 2020 10:01 AM Read more >

Trudeau announces COVID-19 funding for women's shelters, homeless

Trudeau dismisses possibility of retaliation to Trump's attempts to ban mask exports to Canada

Apr 4, 2020 7:55 AM Read more >

City of Vancouver lays off 1,500 workers during pandemic, fears loss of $200 million in revenue

Staff cuts spurred by closure of facilities, suspension of parking enforcement, city manager says

Apr 3, 2020 3:59 PM Read more >

B.C.'s COVID-19 death toll rises to 35, from 1,174 infections

Four deaths have been recorded in the past 24 hours, including three at seniors' care homes, where there have been a total of 176 infections

Apr 3, 2020 3:08 PM Read more >

North Shore First Nations taking pipeline expansion to Supreme Court of Canada

Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Coldwater Band seek to appeal to Canada’s top court

Apr 3, 2020 1:47 PM Read more >

Ontario projects 1,600 COVID-19 deaths by end of April; trajectory 'not quite as good' as B.C.'s

Ontario has released its projections for the province’s COVID-19 spread, saying that it will see about 1,600 deaths and 80,000 cases by the end of the month if the current pace is maintained.

Apr 3, 2020 10:36 AM Read more >

Crown, defence seek to continue Meng extradition case despite pandemic

Pandemic may prompt judge to reconsider broadcast ban, lawyer says

Apr 3, 2020 10:30 AM Read more >

Canada, U.S. travel ban causing major disruptions at border crossings

The decision last month to close the Canada-U.S.

Apr 3, 2020 10:24 AM Read more >