Canada

Quebec officials say 98 monkeypox cases detected, more than 1,600 vaccinated

MONTREAL - Quebec's Health Department says the province now has a total of 98 confirmed cases of monkeypox. That number reported today is up by eight cases from the 90 reported earlier this week. Monk...

Jun 09, 2022

Russia stealing Ukraine grain and selling it, mining fields: House committee chair

OTTAWA - Kody Blois, chair of the House of Commons agriculture committee, says Russian troops have been pilfering Ukraine's grain stores and selling them on the international market via Syria. The Lib...

Jun 09, 2022

Well over 600,000 voters may be eligible to cast ballot for next Conservative leader

OTTAWA - If unverified membership numbers hold true, the path to becoming the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada is becoming precariously narrow for all but front-runner Pierre Poilievre,...

Jun 09, 2022

Registration opens Friday for first subsidized flights bringing Ukrainians to Canada

OTTAWA - Ukrainians seeking a free commercial flight to Canada subsidized through donations of Aeroplan points will be able to register online as of Friday, but they may have to be quick as initially ...

Jun 09, 2022

Urgent measures must be taken to ensure rights of Canadian children: UN committee

OTTAWA - The United Nations committee on the rights of the child says it has serious concerns about the welfare of Indigenous children in Canada. The committee, which reviewed Canada's progress on imp...

Jun 09, 2022

N.S. mass shooting: Bureaucracy and muddled advice in RCMP's search for helicopter

HALIFAX - The inquiry investigating the Nova Scotia mass shooting has released new details about the Mounties' scramble to find an aircraft to track down the killer on the night of April 18, 2020. Doc...

Jun 09, 2022

Casino supervisor tells court that former MP became agitated over blackjack losses

OTTAWA - A casino supervisor says a former Liberal MP facing breach of trust and fraud charges got so agitated playing blackjack four years ago it prompted him to write up a report about the incident....

Jun 09, 2022

More females, older drug users dying due to unregulated drug market: B.C. coroner

VICTORIA - The coroners service in British Columbia says more females are dying from illicit drug use. It says that while men have historically accounted for nearly 80 per cent of fatalities, more tha...

Jun 09, 2022

Safety board blames improper training for death at Montreal's giant ferris wheel

MONTREAL - Quebec's workplace safety board is blaming deficient safety practices at the ferris wheel in Montreal's Old Port for the death of a worker at the tourist attraction on Christmas Day 2021. T...

Jun 09, 2022

Canada Post says it will have a fully electric fleet by 2040

OTTAWA - Canada Post says it will transform its fleet of vehicles to be fully electric by 2040, spelling out details today on steps it will take to achieve its target. The Crown corporation says the e...

Jun 09, 2022