Canada

Provinces, territories vary on lifting COVID-19 health restrictions

Some areas of the country are easing pandemic restrictions while others are tightening them depending on their perceptions of whether the COVID-19 curve is flattening or has yet to peak. Quebec announ...

Jan 14, 2022

Vulnerable in Vancouver approached to take COVID-19 vaccine for others: authority

A health authority says "vulnerable people" in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside have been approached with offers of payment to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by people attempting to fraudulently get a B....

Jan 13, 2022

Three Canadian regiments without royal patron after Prince Andrew stripped of titles

OTTAWA - Three Canadian regiments were left without a patron Thursday after the Queen stripped Prince Andrew of all his military titles and royal patronages. The disgraced Duke of York was the honorar...

Jan 13, 2022

Delays push cost to rebuild fire-damaged Lytton, B.C., to $102M: insurance bureau

VANCOUVER - Insurance losses from a wildfire that wiped out most of Lytton, B.C., have surged to $102 million. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the amount has risen from an original estimate of $78...

Jan 13, 2022

O'Toole says he opposes Quebec's plan to 'tax and target' the unvaccinated

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says while he respects provincial jurisdiction, he opposes Quebec's plan "to tax and target" those who are unvaccinated against COVID-19. The Tory leader made...

Jan 13, 2022

A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada

A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says the COVID-19 curfew he imposed across the province in December will be lifted on Monday. He told reporters today the...

Jan 13, 2022

Health Canada seven to 10 days from decision on Pfizer antiviral drug

OTTAWA - Health Canada's chief medical adviser says a decision on Pfizer's antiviral treatment for COVID-19 is expected in seven to 10 days. But Supriya Sharma says the department reached out to Pfize...

Jan 13, 2022

Quebec curfew taking toll on women facing violence, people with mental health issues

MONTREAL - The Quebec government said it introduced a curfew as a common sense way to reduce COVID-19 transmission and ease pressure on hospitals, but women facing violence, young people and low-incom...

Jan 13, 2022

Ethics committee summons Duclos, Tam on mobile-phone data collection during pandemic

OTTAWA - The House of Commons ethics committee is calling on the health minister to explain the Public Health Agency of Canada's collection of data from millions of mobile phones to understand travel ...

Jan 13, 2022

Human Rights Watch report cites Canadian shortcomings on Indigenous, climate issues

OTTAWA - A new report says Canada faces serious domestic and foreign policy challenges on various human rights issues. The annual report of the New York-based Human Rights Watch says that while the Tr...

Jan 13, 2022