Canada

Quebec reports 3,300 COVID-19-related hospitalizations, 21 more deaths

MONTREAL - Quebec is reporting yet another jump in COVID-19-related hospitalizations today, saying the figure climbed by 105 in the past 24 hours and now stands at 3,300. The provincial health departm...

Jan 16, 2022

Teen injured but stable after shooting in Montreal apartment, police say

Montreal police say they are investigating after a 14-year-old was shot and injured inside an apartment on Saturday night. They say they received a call around 6 p.m. about gunshots in the city's Vill...

Jan 16, 2022

Poll suggests support for Bill 21 provision may have dropped in Quebec; 55% in favour

MONTREAL - A new poll suggests support may have slipped for a key element of Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21. A web panel survey carried out by Leger for the Association for Canadian Studies...

Jan 16, 2022

'We're getting through this': Nunavut hamlet fighting COVID-19 and TB at same time

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Eric Lawlor was in a meeting about a tuberculosis outbreak in his community in December when he got a call from Nunavut's top doctor telling him a resident had just tested positive ...

Jan 16, 2022

Omicron-specific vaccine likely to come too late to help in this wave: Sharma

OTTAWA - Health Canada's chief medical adviser says variant-specific vaccines can be approved faster than the general ones first issued to combat COVID-19, but one targeting the Omicron strain still l...

Jan 16, 2022

Plan to use crossbows to kill nuisance deer in Nova Scotia town challenged by critics

HALIFAX - Fed up with nuisance deer raiding gardens and colliding with vehicles, a town in central Nova Scotia has hired four crossbow hunters to kill up to 20 of the animals inside town limits. "Ther...

Jan 16, 2022

For some Canadian students, school disruptions have become routine

With classes back in full swing last fall, some Canadian students said it seemed like they were finally settling into a school routine after more than a year and a half of intermittent learning interr...

Jan 16, 2022

Vaccine rules for truck drivers entering Canada come into effect

A COVID-19 vaccine mandate for truckers crossing into Canada from the United States is now in effect, raising worries about future disruptions to the supply chain. As of today Canadian truckers must b...

Jan 15, 2022

Former federal NDP leader Alexa McDonough dies at 77

HALIFAX - Former federal NDP leader Alexa McDonough, a political trailblazer who paved the way for women in politics, died Saturday in Halifax at the age of 77. Her family confirmed McDonough's death ...

Jan 15, 2022

Update on psychedelic therapy drugs a positive step in mental-health care: experts

A doctor and a psychologist say Health Canada's move to allow physicians to request restricted psychedelic drugs for patients as part of their psychotherapy is a positive step toward transforming ment...

Jan 15, 2022