Canada

Bring back hazard pay for supermarket workers facing extra risks from Omicron: NDP MP

OTTAWA - Grocery stores are being urged to reinstate hazard pay for workers facing extra health and safety risks from the highly contagious Omicron variant. The federal NDP's critic for economic devel...

Jan 05, 2022

Gaps in U.S. social fabric wider than ever 12 months after Trump-fuelled Capitol riot

WASHINGTON - Twenty years ago, an attack from outside its borders brought the United States together. Twelve months after Jan. 6, 2021, an attack from within continues to tear it apart. Thursday marks...

Jan 05, 2022

Conservatives ask privacy czar to probe pandemic-related use of mobile location data

OTTAWA - A Conservative MP is asking Canada's privacy commissioner to investigate federal reliance on data from mobile devices to understand travel patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter t...

Jan 05, 2022

Ontario excluding student athletes from indoor play a 'disservice': university group

OTTAWA - The group representing university athletics in Ontario says their student athletes not being counted among those allowed to play in indoor facilities is a "disservice" to their abilities and ...

Jan 05, 2022

Air Transat to deny boarding to passengers from Sunwing party flight to Mexico

MONTREAL - Air Transat says passengers who were partying maskless on a recent Sunwing flight from Montreal to Mexico will not be allowed on its planes as they attempt to return to Canada. The airline ...

Jan 05, 2022

Top doctor says Nunavut's COVID-19 outbreak 'testing the limits' of capacity

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Cases of COVID-19 continue to rise across Nunavut, with confirmed or presumptive cases in 14 of the territory's 25 communities. There are 231 active cases of COVID-19 in Nunavut, mo...

Jan 05, 2022

Some overloaded Quebec health-care facilities forced to cancel staff vacations

MONTREAL - Several Quebec health authorities are being forced to cancel employee vacations as the province struggles with staff shortages and rising COVID-19 hospitalizations, and some workers fear th...

Jan 05, 2022

Iain Rankin, former N.S. premier and leader of Liberals, announces resignation

HALIFAX - Former Nova Scotia premier Iain Rankin is resigning as leader of the provincial Liberal party after reflecting on his future over the holiday season. Rankin served as premier of the province...

Jan 05, 2022

Trudeau and Tam to hold first federal update on COVID-19 of the new year

Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam will join Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this morning for the first federal COVID-19 update of the new year. The update follows Trudeau's phone call yesterda...

Jan 05, 2022

Federal COVID update, Ontario tightens health restrictions: In The News for Jan. 5

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. 5 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Jan 05, 2022