Canada

Quebec City residents asked to avoid five swamped ERs amid staff shortages

Quebec City residents are being asked to avoid unnecessary trips to five emergency rooms that are struggling with staff shortages and overcrowding. The Centre hospitalier universitaire de Qubec says s...

Jul 19, 2022

Canada's turbine decision could weaken united sanctions front against Russia: Hillier

WASHINGTON - Retired general Rick Hillier says he fears Canada's decision to return Nord Stream 1 pipeline turbines to Germany will weaken global sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. ...

Jul 19, 2022

Random COVID-19 testing resumes at four major airports; tests to be done offsite

Mandatory random COVID-19 testing resumes today for travellers coming in through Canada's four major airports in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal. But the actual tests will be completed outsid...

Jul 19, 2022

Nova Scotia mass killer accumulated cash through 'illegitimate or suspicious' means

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia mass killer used "illegitimate or suspicious means" to amass cash and enjoy a lifestyle well beyond his reported $40,000 annual income, the inquiry into his 2020 murders has ...

Jul 19, 2022

Trudeau tour begins and wildfires continue to burn: In The News for July 19, 2022

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 Tuesday, July 19, 2022 ... What we are watchin...

Jul 19, 2022

Fisheries report brings hope to Indigenous communities, sparks anger in industry

OTTAWA - A Mi'kmaw lawyer from the community at the centre of a violent backlash over its self-governed lobster fishery says she's "very hopeful" about a new Senate report that calls for the full impl...

Jul 19, 2022

Wildfire threats grow in western provinces, as warmer and drier weather forecast

Canada's western provinces are dealing with a number of wildfires caused by warmer and drier weather. The B.C. Wildfire Service is keeping an eye on the Nohomin Creek Fire, which measures more than 20...

Jul 19, 2022

Trudeau tours B.C. cherry farm, where weather events have affected crop

KELOWNA, B.C. - The prime minister got a first-hand look at how heat and wildfires in British Columbia last year combined with mild temperatures in the earlier months of 2022 have left fruit growers w...

Jul 19, 2022

Trudeau tours B.C. cherry farm, where weather events have affected crop

KELOWNA, B.C. - The prime minister got a first-hand look at how heat and wildfires in British Columbia last year combined with mild temperatures in the earlier months of 2022 have left fruit growers w...

Jul 18, 2022

Ottawa to provide $870 million to support B.C. flood, landslide recovery efforts

VANCOUVER - Canada's emergency preparedness minister says Ottawa is providing $870 million to support recovery efforts after destructive flooding in British Columbia last fall. Bill Blair says the mon...

Jul 18, 2022