Canada

Nunavut eases restrictions in some communities; rapid tests coming

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Restrictions are to ease in 15 Nunavut communities starting Monday as COVID-19 cases slowly drop across the territory. Outdoor gatherings in the communities will increase to 15 peop...

Feb 15, 2022

Blockade ends at Alberta-U.S. border crossing after more than two weeks

COUTTS, Alta. - Trucks and other vehicles with horns blaring have rolled out of a southern Alberta town, ending a blockade that paralyzed a United States border crossing for more than two weeks. Prote...

Feb 15, 2022

Study suggests climate change made B.C. floods at least twice as likely

Research from Environment Canada says the catastrophic floods that swamped much of southern British Columbia last fall were at least twice as likely because of climate change. The study concludes that...

Feb 15, 2022

CP NewsAlert: First Nation says 54 graves at former Saskatchewan residential schools

KEESEEKOOSE FIRST NATION - A Saskatchewan First Nation says 54 graves have been found through ground-penetrating radar at the site of two former residential schools. Keeseekoose First Nation says the ...

Feb 15, 2022

Ottawa police Chief Peter Sloly resigns amid protests: councillor

OTTAWA - An Ottawa city councillor says police Chief Peter Sloly has resigned. Riley Brockington tweeted the news today as anti-vaccine mandate protesters continue to clog the downtown core of Canada'...

Feb 15, 2022

Ministers to announce changes to COVID-19 border restrictions today

OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is expected to announce major changes to the border measures designed to counter to the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 at 1 p.m. EST. Currently, th...

Feb 15, 2022

Four dead, search continues for 15 missing from Spanish fishing boat off Newfoundland

HALIFAX - A Canadian rescue ship and aircraft are involved in the search for a Spanish fishing vessel that sank off Newfoundland with the loss of at least four crew members, while another 15 are missi...

Feb 15, 2022

Victims' relatives feel 'deep discouragement' with Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry

HALIFAX - The public inquiry investigating the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives is facing intense criticism from victims' relatives one week before the proceedings are to begin....

Feb 15, 2022

Are vaccine protests in Canada a factor in Vladimir Putin's Ukraine timeline?

WASHINGTON - Joe Biden's administration had two different and seemingly disparate international crises on its hands Friday when Jake Sullivan, the president's national security adviser, strode to the ...

Feb 15, 2022

CCLA warns normalizing emergency legislation threatens democracy and civil liberties

There are some concerns about the federal government's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act to end antigovernment blockades against COVID-19 measures that are being held across the country. The Cana...

Feb 15, 2022