Canada

Long-term care still struggles with rampant COVID-19 cases as Omicron wave levels off

OTTAWA - It's difficult to forget the tragic scenes that played out in long-term care homes across the country in the early days of the pandemic as residents died in the thousands, isolated from their...

Jan 28, 2022

Lithium mine takeover by Chinese company did get thorough security review: Champagne

OTTAWA - Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the pending takeover of a Canadian lithium mining company by a Chinese state-owned company was subjected to a thorough national security rev...

Jan 27, 2022

B.C. Crown says documents identified Wednesday could be 'exculpatory' in James case

VANCOUVER - A surprise disclosure temporarily delayed proceedings at the B.C. Supreme Court trial of the former clerk of the legislature, who is accused of misspending public dollars. Crown prosecutor...

Jan 27, 2022

Postal workers can wear their N95s at work — but only with a company mask on top

OTTAWA - Canada Post says its employees will be able to wear N95 masks at work, but only if they wear a disposable medical mask they have provided on top. It has issued new guidance to employees sayin...

Jan 27, 2022

Mayor fears Rocky Mountain coal-mining concerns will be ignored after meeting Kenney

EDMONTON - An Alberta mayor says he's concerned a massive public outcry over coal mining in the province's Rocky Mountains will be ignored after hearing Premier Jason Kenney tell him he remains an "un...

Jan 27, 2022

Organizer of Sunwing party flight says his group was unfairly abandoned by airlines

MONTREAL - The organizer of a controversial Sunwing party flight to Mexico says his group was unfairly abandoned by the airline. James William Awad told reporters at a new conference today that Sunwin...

Jan 27, 2022

Crowd gathers north of Toronto to cheer on trucker convoy heading to Ottawa

TORONTO - A large crowd gathered outside a mall north of Toronto on Thursday as a group of local truckers prepared to join a convoy to Ottawa in protest of the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine ma...

Jan 27, 2022

Bodies of family from India trying to cross into U.S. by foot identified

Officials in Ottawa say they have confirmed the identities of four Indian nationals whose bodies were found frozen in Manitoba near the Canada-U. S. border last week. The High Commission of India has ...

Jan 27, 2022

Four deaths from same family in Richmond, B.C., was an isolated incident, police say

RICHMOND, B.C. - Police say two men and two women who were found dead at a home after a shooting in Richmond, B.C., were from the same family. Sgt. David Lee of the Integrated Homicide Investigation T...

Jan 27, 2022

Biden gave Trudeau same aviator sunglasses as official summit gift, as Putin

OTTAWA - President Joe Biden gave Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the same pair of aviator sunglasses last year he presented to Russian President Vladimir Putin a few months earlier at a summit in Genev...

Jan 27, 2022