Canada

Rise of new opioid highlights unpredictable drug supply: Expert

OTTAWA - A national substance use research organization is warning about a new type of opioid that is increasingly being found in Canada's unregulated drug supply. The Canadian Centre on Substance Use...

May 21, 2022

A year of trauma, catharsis and finally peace for some survivors of Kamloops school

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The nightmares started last May, said Harvey McLeod, chief of the Upper Nicola Indian Band and a survivor of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. They tormented McLeod for m...

May 21, 2022

Bill would give CRTC power over user-generated content, but it won't use it: chair

OTTAWA - The chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says a federal bill would give it power to regulate user-generated content, such as homemade videos posted on YouT...

May 20, 2022

Canada considering smallpox vaccine for monkeypox cases, says Dr. Theresa Tam

OTTAWA - The risk posed by monkeypox is low, but nearly everyone in Canada is susceptible because routine vaccination against smallpox ended decades ago, top public health officials said Friday. Monke...

May 20, 2022

Costs reach $25.6 million for public inquiry into 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia

HALIFAX - The public inquiry into Nova Scotia's mass shooting has already cost $25.6 million to investigate the April 18-19, 2020, rampage - and there are still about five months remaining in its mand...

May 20, 2022

Quebec Halloween sword attacker found guilty of first-degree murder, attempted murder

QUEBEC - A jury has found a man who used a sword to kill and maim victims in Quebec City's historic district on Halloween night 2020 guilty of murder. Carl Girouard, 26, was convicted Friday of two co...

May 20, 2022

U.S. State Department cheers Canada's long-awaited ban on 5G gear from China's Huawei

WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department says it welcomes Canada's decision to ban China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE from its next-generation mobile networks. Innovation Minister Franois-Philippe Cham...

May 20, 2022

Trudeau pledges more action on cybersecurity following decision to ban Huawei from 5G

OTTAWA - A day after the federal Liberals banned Chinese firms Huawei Technologies and ZTE from helping build Canada's 5G networks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says more must be done to secure criti...

May 20, 2022

Kenney stays on as leader, media invited to watch cabinet deliver standing ovation

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he will stay in the top job to maintain continuity and stability in government until a new United Conservative Party leader is chosen. Kenney says it's important to r...

May 20, 2022

Russian vodka, caviar and diamonds on new Canadian sanctions list

OTTAWA - Foreign Minister Mlanie Joly is today announcing a fresh wave of sanctions against Vladimir Putin's regime including a ban on importing Russian vodka, caviar and diamonds. The ban on the impo...

May 20, 2022