National News

SASKATOON — Chiefs in Saskatchewan sent a message to the provincial government to scrap a controversial bill or the new year could start with blockades.

TORONTO — An Indigenous-led think tank says progress is moving at a “glacial pace" seven years after the final report from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was released.

OTTAWA — A coffee shop in Ottawa's downtown core is looking forward to some more frequent foot traffic once federal workers head back to the office on a more regular basis.

MONTREAL — A snowstorm forced the cancellation of a meeting scheduled today in Montreal between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier François Legault.

A look at news events in November and the first half of December 2022: November 1 - Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. claimed his first American League Gold Glove Award as the league's top defensive player.

A look at news events in October 2022: 1 – Russia vetoed a United Nations resolution calling its Ukraine annexation referendums illegal. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 10-1 with China, India, Brazil and Gabon abstaining.

A look at news events in September 2022: 1 – Health Canada approved Moderna's new COVID-19 booster vaccine. The bivalent vaccine targets both the original strain of the novel coronavirus and the Omicron variant.

A look at news events in August 2022: 2 – Vin Scully, Hall of Fame broadcaster for the Dodgers of Major League Baseball, died at the age of 94.

A look at news events in July 2022: 3 – Historian Irving Abella died at 82. He was the co-author of a seminal book on the Canadian government's refusal to accept Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust.

A look at news events in June 2022: 1 – A jury awarded actor Johnny Depp $15 million in damages in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard. The same jury awarded Heard $2 million in damages in her countersuit against Depp.