Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland today announced the first steps in a multi-year plan to build a Canada-wide child care system to reduce costs for families and encourage more women with kids to join the workforce. To pay…
What to expect from the federal governments long-awaited…
The federal government's prescription for the COVID-19 pandemic — spending is the best medicine — hasn't varied much since the spring. The finance minister is signalling that approach will continue (if in much smaller doses) in next week's economic…
Moderna to ask U.S., European regulators to OK…
Moderna Inc. said it would ask U.S. and European regulators Monday to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine as new study results confirm the vaccine offers strong protection — ramping up the race to…
CBC News journalists deported from Uganda, despite having…
A CBC News crew was deported from Uganda this weekend, despite following protocols laid out for foreign journalists entering the country. The deportation, which occurred on Friday, happened about a month before the country's elections.…
Senators ponder how far to go to protect…
There was a strong message conveyed to cabinet ministers last week as senators grilled them on the Trudeau government's bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying. We told you so. Ministers were repeatedly…
Lisa Raitt on taking care of her husband…
In the early hours of the morning, Bruce Wood will wake up next to his wife, former Conservative MP Lisa Raitt, and start muttering. "I'll say to myself: 'Please go back to sleep.' But if…
Moderna asking U.S., European regulators to OK its…
Moderna Inc. said it would ask U.S. and European regulators Monday to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine as new study results confirm the shots offer strong protection — ramping up the race to…
Unusable masks, catered meals, redone renos: B.C health…
British Columbia's health minister has ordered an immediate review of alleged misspending by the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) during the COVID-19 crisis. The order comes after CBC News brought forward concerns raised by multiple…
Pandemic steals attention from what climate economist expected…
The Niagara Falls of news releases into any journalist's in-box attest that there is always plenty of contention for the moving spotlight of media attention. As early as March of this year, the Pew Research Institute,…