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Skiers may be safe from COVID-19, but not those working to keep slopes open: experts
Fresh air, blazing speed and spacious alpine terrain makes skiing and snowboarding low-risk activities for COVID-19 transmission, infectious disease doctors say. But the threat is never zero during a ...
Feb 16, 2021
University unions, students and faculty summon Ottawa for more education funding
MONTREAL - Ottawa needs to address the funding and access problems regarding post-secondary education that have been aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a coalition of university faculty...
Feb 16, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Tuesday Feb. 16, 2021. There are 826,924 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 826,924 confirmed cases (35,684 active, 769,92...
Feb 16, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Tuesday Feb. 16, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 1,704 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,272,470 dose...
Feb 16, 2021
Closing arguments in trial of man accused of killing woman in Edmonton hotel room
EDMONTON - Defence lawyers for an Ontario man accused of killing a woman found dead in the bathtub of his Edmonton hotel room are to begin closing arguments today. Bradley Barton is accused of manslau...
Feb 16, 2021
Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry in Nova Scotia slated to resume after 11-month hiatus
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - A provincial inquiry investigating why a former Canadian soldier killed his family and himself is set to resume today in Nova Scotia. On Jan. 3, 2017, Lionel Desmond used a sem...
Feb 16, 2021
Prominent Canadians rally to save Radio Canada International one more time
OTTAWA - A group of prominent Canadians is calling on the CBC to rethink its decision to significantly cut staff and rebrand the globally focused Radio Canada International to focus on domestic news. ...
Feb 16, 2021
Poll finds most Canadians blame federal government for vaccine delays
OTTAWA - The vast majority of Canadians blame Ottawa rather than provincial governments for delays in COVID-19 vaccine delivery, a new poll suggests. Sixty-nine per cent of respondents believe Canada ...
Feb 16, 2021
'Hollow promises': Top coal scientist warns Albertans of contamination from mining
EDMONTON - One of North America's top experts on pollution from coal mines is warning Albertans about the dangers of expanding the industry in the province's Rocky Mountains. "Expansion of coal-mining...
Feb 16, 2021
Spain: Convicted rapper in prominent 'gag law' case arrested
LLEIDA, Spain - A 24-hour standoff between police and a rapper barricaded with dozens of his supporters in a university ended Tuesday with anti-riot officers arresting the artist. Pablo Hasl was escor...
Feb 16, 2021