Canada

Health Canada approves updated Moderna vaccine for COVID-19

OTTAWA - Health Canada has authorized the use of an updated Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 for all Canadians over the age of six months. The new vaccine targets the XBB.1.5 variant of the virus that cau...

Sep 12, 2023

Hurricane Lee could arrive in Canada as weak hurricane or strong tropical storm

HALIFAX - The Canadian Hurricane Centre says hurricane Lee could make landfall this weekend anywhere from Maine to southeastern Nova Scotia. The centre in Halifax says Lee will likely approach the Atl...

Sep 12, 2023

In the news today: "Freedom Convoy" trial, Trudeau heads home from India after delays

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... 'Freedom Convoy' Facebook page to be focus Tuesday The Facebook page of the "Fr...

Sep 12, 2023

MP Michael Chong in D.C. to tell U.S. lawmakers about being a foreign meddling target

WASHINGTON - The Conservative MP at the centre of Canada's foreign interference saga is telling his story today to U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Michael Chong, whose tale of Chinese meddling has bee...

Sep 12, 2023

'Freedom Convoy' Facebook page to be focal point of criminal trial Tuesday

OTTAWA - The Facebook page of the "Freedom Convoy" protest is expected to be at the centre of the evidence and legal arguments today as the trial of two prominent organizers enters its sixth day. The ...

Sep 12, 2023

Pre-registration for re-entry flights set to begin for some N.W.T. communities

YELLOWKNIFE - It remains unclear when residents in the Northwest Territories' South Slave region will be allowed to return home, but officials are set to open pre-registration for re-entry flights in ...

Sep 11, 2023

Chinatown stabbing suspect was on day release from psychiatric facility: VPD chief

Vancouver's police chief says the suspect in a triple stabbing at a Chinatown festival over the weekend was on day release from a forensic psychiatric hospital. Chief Adam Palmer told a news conferenc...

Sep 11, 2023

MP Michael Chong testifies Tuesday in D.C. about being a foreign interference target

WASHINGTON - Canadian Conservative MP Michael Chong will be in the U.S. capital Tuesday to tell Capitol Hill lawmakers what it's like to be a target of a Chinese foreign interference campaign. Chong i...

Sep 11, 2023

Settlement in sex-assault lawsuit against Quebec religious order

MONTREAL - A settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit providing compensation for victims of sexual abuse at orphanages and other institutions run by the Frres de Saint-Gabriel religious o...

Sep 11, 2023

Study says fish stocks along Atlantic, Pacific coasts unaffected by marine heat waves

Marine heat waves haven't had a lasting effect on fish populations along Canada's Atlantic and Pacific coasts, says a study showing there is still a chance to act on climate change. The study publishe...

Sep 11, 2023