Canada

Trudeau says too early to comment on Quebec's plan to make unvaccinated pay penalty

MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he needs to see more details before taking a stance on Quebec's plan to levy a financial penalty against people who are not vaccinated against COVID-19. T...

Jan 12, 2022

Women's shelters facing staff shortages amid COVID, high rates of gendered violence

OTTAWA - Women's shelter workers are feeling even more pressure as the latest COVID-19 wave hits Canada, fuelled by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Lise Martin, executive director of Women's...

Jan 12, 2022

Military struggling with shortage of medical personnel as provinces look for help

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says its medical personnel are being stretched to the limit during the pandemic, suggesting it has little to offer provincial health care systems overwhelmed by the ...

Jan 12, 2022

Provincial police identify father, two kids as victims of Quebec house explosion

SAGUENAY, Que. - Quebec provincial police have identified a father and his two young children as the victims of a house explosion on Monday in Saguenay, Que. Police said earlier this week at least two...

Jan 12, 2022

National standards for long-term care must balance safety, quality of life

OTTAWA - The expert spearheading new draft national standards for long-term care says they must strike a difficult balance between residents' safety and their quality of life. The pandemic devastated ...

Jan 12, 2022

Correctional Service settles human rights case for prisoners addicted to opioids

VANCOUVER - The federal prison service says it is making several changes to help prisoners addicted to opioids, including getting them faster access to treatment by eliminating a waiting list that is ...

Jan 12, 2022

Radiologists warn of growing backlog in medical imaging due to COVID-19 pandemic

Radiologists are warning that Canadian hospitals are in serious need of more equipment and staff to deal with medical imaging backlogs that the country was already facing before the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Jan 12, 2022

Quebec no-vax tax, improved addictions services for inmates: In The News for Jan. 12

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 12 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jan 12, 2022

Canadian Civil Liberties Association calls COVID tax constitutionally vulnerable

With COVID-19 cases putting Canada's hospitals at or near capacity, Quebec's unprecedented plan to tax adult residents who refuse to be vaccinated is coming under fire. The Canadian Civil Liberties As...

Jan 12, 2022

Canada has contracts for up to 100 million Pfizer, Moderna doses in 2022

OTTAWA - Federal COVID-19 vaccine contracts mean Canada should get enough doses to give two or three more mRNA shots to every Canadian, every year until at least 2024. But even as the National Advisor...

Jan 11, 2022