Canada

Half of Quebec nursing students fail September licensing exam, probe launched

MONTREAL - Quebec nursing student Jennifer Gunville was left in shock after she found out she had failed her licensing exam. Gunville is among the roughly 50 per cent of nursing students in the provin...

Nov 15, 2022

Bird flu fighters in B.C. face unprecedented challenge, as H5N1 spread across Canada

VANCOUVER - By some measures, the ongoing outbreaks of avian flu in British Columbia pale when compared to the devastating eruption of the disease in 2004 that prompted a cull of 17 million birds. But...

Nov 15, 2022

Auditor general to release report evaluating government action on homelessness

OTTAWA - The auditor general will release reports on Tuesday assessing the government's performance on a range of issues, including reducing chronic homelessness. Other reports will focus on emergency...

Nov 15, 2022

Trudeau pledges cash for infrastructure and making vaccines in developing countries

BADUNG, Indonesia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing funding for developing countries to improve their infrastructure and make COVID-19 vaccines. At the G20 summit in Indonesia, Trudeau say...

Nov 15, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Alberta replaces its chief medical officer of health

EDMONTON - The Alberta government says the province's top doctor has been replaced. On her first day as premier last month, Danielle Smith announced that Dr. Deena Hinshaw would be removed from her po...

Nov 14, 2022

Vancouver police identify suspects who poured maple syrup on Emily Carr painting

Vancouver police say they've identified the suspects who threw maple syrup on an Emily Carr painting and glued themselves to a wall at the Vancouver Art Gallery over the weekend. Sgt. Steve Addison sa...

Nov 14, 2022

U.S Homeland Security concerned about 'Freedom Convoy' in Canada, inquiry hears

OTTAWA - A senior federal public servant says the United States Department of Homeland Security was concerned that major protest blockades in Canada could catch on south of the border. Dominic Rochon,...

Nov 14, 2022

RCMP arrest Hydro-Québec employee allegedly sending secrets to China

MONTREAL - A Montreal-area Hydro-Qubec employee is facing four espionage-related charges after allegedly sending trade secrets to China "to the detriment of Canada's economic interests," the RCMP said...

Nov 14, 2022

Federal government formally bans top echelons of Iranian regime from entering Canada

OTTAWA - Canada's federal government has formally banned the top echelons of the Iranian regime from entering the country. Federal ministers have confirmed that a new designation is now in place under...

Nov 14, 2022

Ontario's top doctor 'strongly' recommends masks, warns mandate on table

TORONTO - Ontario's chief medical officer of health issued a strong recommendation Monday for residents to mask in all indoor public settings in order to protect children from a "triple threat" of res...

Nov 14, 2022