Canada

Manitoba eyes security changes as threats to politicians appear on the rise

WINNIPEG - Being a politician or public health officer seems to bring much more of a security risk of late - from online threats, to angry crowds at public events, to protests outside family homes. In...

Dec 30, 2021

B.C. marks two years since passing law to adopt declaration on Indigenous rights

VANCOUVER - British Columbia recently marked two years since passing legislation that requires the province to align its laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, t...

Dec 30, 2021

CP NewsAlert: B.C. delays return to class for most students until Jan. 10 over COVID

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is delaying the full return to classrooms in January to allow public health officials to assess the impact of the COVID-19 Omicron variant and give school staff time to im...

Dec 29, 2021

Border agency closes two Atlantic offices due to COVID-19 infections, close contacts

OTTAWA - Canada's border agency said it is temporarily closing two ports of entry in the Atlantic region due to COVID-19. The Canada Border Services Agency said the affected offices are in Bathurst, N...

Dec 29, 2021

Toronto preparing to redeploy hundreds of staff amid COVID-19 surge

City of Toronto officials say they are preparing to redeploy hundreds of staff to support critical and essential services in response to a surge in new COVID-19 cases fuelled by the highly contagious ...

Dec 29, 2021

Conservative MP questions delay in suicide hotline as COVID-19 crisis calls continue

OTTAWA - A Conservative member of Parliament is questioning why a national suicide-prevention hotline approved by the House of Commons last year still does not exist. MPs from all parties voted in Dec...

Dec 29, 2021

CPP premiums are getting a bigger bump than planned. Here's why.

OTTAWA - Jan. 1 is going to feel like Groundhog Day for all those paying into the Canada Pension Plan. Like last year, contributions are going up again by more than originally planned, and the reason ...

Dec 29, 2021

Fire on board Canadian warship could have been avoided: Navy commander

OTTAWA - Royal Canadian Navy commander Vice-Admiral Craig Baines says the fire that broke out on board HMCS Fredericton last month while the frigate was sailing off the coast of Norway could have been...

Dec 29, 2021

Quebec, Ontario set new COVID-19 records as provinces mull easing isolation rules

Ontario and Quebec are both reporting new COVID-19 case records today, as Canadian provinces explore changing isolation rules to keep health systems afloat amid an unprecedented wave of infections. On...

Dec 29, 2021

Nunavut extends lockdown as COVID-19 infections surge in the province

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is extending its "circuit-breaker'' lockdown as a rise in COVID-19 infections pushes the territory's health-care system to a breaking point. The territory's chief public hea...

Dec 29, 2021