Canada

Quebec auditor general concerned about booming telemedicine, quality of care

Quebec's auditor general is concerned that a boom in telemedicine since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic two years ago will have a negative impact on the quality of care offered to the populatio...

Mar 16, 2022

February inflation numbers, preparing for tax season : In The News for March 16

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 March 16 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Mar 16, 2022

B.C. privacy law applies to federal political parties, commissioner's office finds

VANCOUVER - The office of British Columbia's privacy commissioner has found that federal political parties are subject to the province's Personal Information Protection Act,a decision that experts say...

Mar 16, 2022

More Canadians opting for fertility treatment during pandemic: doctors, advocate

More women have undergone fertility treatment during the pandemic, especially if they've been working from home and haven't had to disclose their health challenges to an employer, says the head of a n...

Mar 16, 2022

N.S. fisherman returns to Ukraine to provide aid and transportation to refugees

HALIFAX - Though the air raid sirens shatter his rest, Canadian fisherman Lex Brukovskiy says he's feeling a sense of calm being back in Ukraine to help his war-ravaged homeland. "Sitting back home an...

Mar 16, 2022

Statistics Canada scheduled to released February inflation report

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada say this morning how fast prices rose in February with broad expectations that the annual pace of inflation will rise from January. The annual rate of inflation hit a three-...

Mar 16, 2022

CRA looked to resume collection efforts in full ahead of tax season, documents show

OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of the Canada Revenue Agency was told after the election that the agency planned to go full speed on collecting debts just in time for tax season. The briefing ...

Mar 16, 2022

'Can you imagine?' Ukrainian-Canadians moved by Zelenskyy's plea in Parliament

EDMONTON - A Ukrainian-Canadian man in Calgary says he has been imagining the highrises around him in shambles since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine last month. "I think, 'My God. What if this wa...

Mar 16, 2022

'Complete change in our quality of life': Long COVID a burden for many Canadians

Every morning, Samantha Cover wakes up and braces for what the day will bring. For two years, the mother of four has been living with the post-COVID-19 condition known as long COVID, which has limited...

Mar 16, 2022

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon meets with Queen in person as she marks Platinum Jubilee

OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon met with the Queen for the first time in person in London on Tuesday, congratulating her on her historic 70 years on the throne. Simon and her husband, Whit Fraser, also ...

Mar 15, 2022