Canada

Aitchison condemns Lewis' Nuremberg email as 'dog whistle' to COVID vaccine critics

OTTAWA - Conservative party leadership candidate Scott Aitchison is condemning Leslyn Lewis' message to members last week about the Nuremberg Code and medical experimentation as nothing but a "dog whi...

Aug 25, 2022

Federal government announces funds for skills-training programs for 17 organizations

CHARLOTTETOWN - The federal government is announcing a $60-million investment in 17 organizations across Canada that help people with learning disabilities remain in the workforce. Federal Employment ...

Aug 25, 2022

Physician health survey, monkeypox on campus: In The News for Aug. 25

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Aug. 25 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Aug 25, 2022

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg touring Arctic defence site in Nunavut

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is hosting a second high-profile international visitor this week, with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg arriving in Canada today. They are scheduled to to...

Aug 25, 2022

Who 'discovered Canada'? Quebec says French explorer over Indigenous people: survey

OTTAWA, W.Va. - Quebecers are more inclined to say Jacques Cartier - or even Christopher Columbus - "discovered Canada," compared to the rest of the country, which points to Indigenous people, a new s...

Aug 25, 2022

'This is a crisis:' COVID compounds health-care worker shortages in the North

YELLOWKNIFE - Health-care facilities across Canada have been grappling with worker shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic, but struggles to recruit and retain staff are nothing new in the North. The N...

Aug 25, 2022

Feds try to prevent disclosure of 'sensitive' details in turbine court case

OTTAWA - The federal government is moving to shield "sensitive or potentially injurious information" from disclosure during a court challenge of its decision to return a turbine repaired in Montreal t...

Aug 24, 2022

N.W.T.'s 2022 wildfire season has nearly doubled five-year average for area burned

YELLOWKNIFE - The 2022 wildfire season in the Northwest Territories is shaping up to be one of the most severe in the past five years. "We're well on our way to doubling our five-year average for area...

Aug 24, 2022

Concern for B.C. sockeye salmon as Fraser River return estimates drop by millions

VANCOUVER - Optimism over an expected bumper season for wild British Columbia sockeye salmon has turned to distress, after a regulatory body's estimate of returns to the Fraser River dropped by nearly...

Aug 24, 2022

NATO chief's first visit to Canadian Arctic signals thaw in Ottawa: experts

OTTAWA - Canada's longstanding resistance to NATO involvement in the Arctic appears to be thawing amidst warming temperatures and a coinciding increase in Russian and Chinese activity in the region. P...

Aug 24, 2022