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Aitchison condemns Lewis' Nuremberg email as 'dog whistle' to COVID vaccine critics

Aitchison condemns Lewis' Nuremberg email as 'dog whistle' to COVID vaccine critics

OTTAWA — Conservative party leadership candidate Scott Aitchison is condemning Leslyn Lewis' message to members last week about the Nuremberg Code and medical experimentation as nothing but a "dog whistle" to COVID-19 vaccine critics.
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Federal government announces funds for skills-training programs for 17 organizations

Federal government announces funds for skills-training programs for 17 organizations

CHARLOTTETOWN — The federal government is announcing a $60-million investment in 17 organizations across Canada that help people with learning disabilities remain in the workforce.
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Physician health survey, monkeypox on campus: In The News for Aug. 25

Physician health survey, monkeypox on campus: In The News for Aug. 25

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Aug. 25 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
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'This is a crisis:' COVID compounds health-care worker shortages in the North

'This is a crisis:' COVID compounds health-care worker shortages in the North

YELLOWKNIFE — Health-care facilities across Canada have been grappling with worker shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic, but struggles to recruit and retain staff are nothing new in the North.
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Who 'discovered Canada'? Quebec says French explorer over Indigenous people: survey

Who 'discovered Canada'? Quebec says French explorer over Indigenous people: survey

OTTAWA, W.Va. — Quebecers are more inclined to say Jacques Cartier — or even Christopher Columbus — "discovered Canada," compared to the rest of the country, which points to Indigenous people, a new survey suggests.
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Parliament lit up in blue and yellow to mark Ukrainian Independence Day

Parliament lit up in blue and yellow to mark Ukrainian Independence Day

OTTAWA — Parliament was lit in blue and yellow Wednesday evening as a crowd of several hundred people, many wearing the same colour, marked Ukrainian Independence Day.
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Concern for B.C. sockeye salmon as Fraser River return estimates drop by millions

Concern for B.C. sockeye salmon as Fraser River return estimates drop by millions

VANCOUVER — Optimism over an expected bumper season for wild British Columbia sockeye salmon has turned to distress, after a regulatory body's estimate of returns to the Fraser River dropped by nearly half this week.
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NATO chief's first visit to Canadian Arctic to focus on Russia, climate change

NATO chief's first visit to Canadian Arctic to focus on Russia, climate change

OTTAWA — Canada’s longstanding resistance to NATO’s involvement in the Arctic appears to be thawing amidst warming temperatures and a coinciding increase in Russian and Chinese activity in the region.
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40 residents of Vancouver street camp accept accommodation: BC Housing

40 residents of Vancouver street camp accept accommodation: BC Housing

VANCOUVER — Forty people who were living in a street encampment on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside that is being cleared by city workers have accepted offers of accommodation, BC Housing says.
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Feds try to prevent disclosure of 'sensitive' details in turbine court case

Feds try to prevent disclosure of 'sensitive' details in turbine court case

OTTAWA — The federal government is moving to shield "sensitive or potentially injurious information" from disclosure during a court challenge of its decision to return a turbine repaired in Montreal to a Russian energy giant.
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