Canada

Toronto health authorities investigate first suspected monkeypox case

Toronto Public Health says it is investigating Ontario's first suspected case of monkeypox. Health officials say the case is a man in his 40s who had contact with someone who had recently travelled to...

May 21, 2022

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he won't run in upcoming party leadership race

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney quashed speculation on his immediate political future on Saturday when he explicitly stated he would not be running in the race to pick a new leader for his Uni...

May 21, 2022

Croupiers at Montreal Casino launch unlimited strike as negotiations hit impasse

MONTREAL - Croupiers at the Montreal Casino have launched an unlimited general strike today. Their union says in a statement there is an impasse in negotiations over their collective agreement and the...

May 21, 2022

'Still going': Some RVers say high gasoline prices could keep them closer to home

With gasoline prices hitting all-time highs, Jeff Redmond says he's planning to stay closer to home when RV camping this summer. The owner and general manager of Bucars RV Centre in Balzac, Alta., say...

May 21, 2022

U.S., Canada, other APEC delegates walk out on Russian speaker

BANGKOK (AP) - Delegates from the United States, Canada, and three other nations staged a walkout Saturday when a representative from Russia began his opening remarks at a meeting of trade ministers o...

May 21, 2022

Rise of new opioid highlights unpredictable drug supply: Expert

OTTAWA - A national substance use research organization is warning about a new type of opioid that is increasingly being found in Canada's unregulated drug supply. The Canadian Centre on Substance Use...

May 21, 2022

A year of trauma, catharsis and finally peace for some survivors of Kamloops school

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The nightmares started last May, said Harvey McLeod, chief of the Upper Nicola Indian Band and a survivor of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. They tormented McLeod for m...

May 21, 2022

Bill would give CRTC power over user-generated content, but it won't use it: chair

OTTAWA - The chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says a federal bill would give it power to regulate user-generated content, such as homemade videos posted on YouT...

May 20, 2022

Canada considering smallpox vaccine for monkeypox cases, says Dr. Theresa Tam

OTTAWA - The risk posed by monkeypox is low, but nearly everyone in Canada is susceptible because routine vaccination against smallpox ended decades ago, top public health officials said Friday. Monke...

May 20, 2022

Costs reach $25.6 million for public inquiry into 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia

HALIFAX - The public inquiry into Nova Scotia's mass shooting has already cost $25.6 million to investigate the April 18-19, 2020, rampage - and there are still about five months remaining in its mand...

May 20, 2022