Canada

Trudeau, Freeland push back at Biden on COVID-19 holiday gatherings

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is pushing back at U.S. President Joe Biden's televised message to vaccinated Americans that they can gather safely for the holidays despite the spread of the Omicron v...

Dec 22, 2021

Agriculture Minister Bibeau announces emergency food funding top-up

OTTAWA - The federal government is spending another $30 million to help people at risk of going hungry, bringing total funding to $330 million. The top-up of the Emergency Food Security Fund will prov...

Dec 22, 2021

Ottawa loosens eligibility requirements on pandemic relief for businesses, workers

Canada's federal government offered a lifeline to businesses struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic by expanding eligibility for two benefit programs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and several member...

Dec 22, 2021

Military procurement chief stands by naval helicopters despite recent problems

OTTAWA - The Defence Department's top procurement official says he would feel safe flying on one of the military's new naval helicopters despite the fleet's rash of recent problems. Assistant deputy m...

Dec 22, 2021

Amazingly preserved fossil egg shows dinosaur, bird links: scientists

Scientists say an amazingly well-preserved fossil egg adds more evidence to the close links between dinosaurs and modern birds. Darla Zelenitsky from the University of Calgary has just published a pap...

Dec 22, 2021

New COVID restrictions, legal battle over coal hearing costs: In The News for Dec. 22

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 Dec. 22 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Dec 22, 2021

Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says rising case counts deeply concerning

The rapid spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant is prompting more provinces to reinstate and tighten public health restrictions, with new regulations taking effect this week. Quebec reported a record...

Dec 22, 2021

Despite dissent, O'Toole poised to end 2021 where he started it — as Tory leader

OTTAWA - If the Conservative Party of Canada were a person, it would have reached the age where it could vote and legally drink in half the provinces. Like many 18-year-olds, the party is deciding its...

Dec 22, 2021

'Peril or promise': Long-term solution needed to help homeless in Alberta cities

The twinkling of festive lights in reds, greens and golds in Alberta's two major city centres is little comfort for thousands of unhoused people trying to survive another winter cold spell. On a frigi...

Dec 22, 2021

Halifax Regional Police say young boy fatally shot in Dartmouth, N.S.

DARTMOUTH, N.S. - Halifax Regional Police say a young boy has died after being shot. Police say in a release that officers responded to a report of a shooting Tuesday afternoon in Dartmouth, N.S. They...

Dec 21, 2021