Canada

Trudeau, Horgan discuss Omicron response, B.C. flooding rebuilding efforts

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will hold a call with all of the country's premiers next week to discuss how governments are keeping citizens safe as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 rap...

Jan 04, 2022

Federal transport minister asks for investigation into Sunwing party flight to Mexico

MONTREAL - Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says he has asked Transport Canada to investigate reports of "unacceptable" behaviour on a recent Sunwing Airlines flight to Cancun, Mexico. Videos ...

Jan 04, 2022

A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada

A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Calls are growing for the Ontario government to make COVID-19 tests available to children attending the daycares, with parents saying the lack of access...

Jan 04, 2022

Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard's sex assault trial postponed again due to COVID-19

TORONTO - Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard, the frontman for the band Hedley, has once again seen his sexual assault trial postponed as a result of COVID-19 restrictions. Hoggard was initially set to s...

Jan 04, 2022

Both sides claim victory after U.S. complaint about Canada's dairy quota practices

WASHINGTON - Arbitrators have issued their final report into U.S. complaints about how Canada is interpreting North American trade rules around dairy imports - and both countries are claiming victory....

Jan 04, 2022

Antisemitism envoy, Irwin Cotler, says Quebec's secularism law is discriminatory

OTTAWA - Canada's special envoy on combating antisemitism says Quebec's law banning teachers and some other public-sector workers from wearing religious symbols at work is "discriminatory" and authori...

Jan 04, 2022

Calls grow for inmate releases as COVID-19 cases climb in Canada's jails and prisons

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Calls are growing for governments to release inmates in provincial jails and federal prisons as outbreaks of COVID-19 driven by the Omicron variant spread through the country's corr...

Jan 04, 2022

Top CEOs in Canada were paid at second-highest level ever during the pandemic

OTTAWA - Canada's 100 highest-paid CEOs had their second-best year ever in 2020, even as the COVID-19 pandemic left this country in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. "Despite the...

Jan 04, 2022

Families of Flight 752 victims to discuss court decision awarding $107M in damages

OTTAWA - Family members of some of the victims of the Iranian military's downing of a passenger jet two years ago, along with their legal team, are holding a news conference today to discuss a court d...

Jan 04, 2022

Multiple provinces delay in-person learning as COVID cases and hospitalizations rise

Ontario is joining the list of provinces delaying in-person schooling in the new year, as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise across the country.Monday's announcement by Ontario Premi...

Jan 04, 2022