Canada

Dentists see pandemic stress in patients with more grinding, cracked, broken teeth

VICTORIA - Stress and anxiety connected to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is revealing itself in people's mouths, say dentists who report increasing cases of patients with cracked, broken and damaged t...

Dec 18, 2021

Housing for displaced flood victims high priority as military wraps B.C. assistance

VANCOUVER, Wash. - The mayor of a British Columbia community devastated by last month's floods says finding winter housing for displaced residents is his top priority with recovery efforts underway. P...

Dec 17, 2021

Girl, 10, coming to Canada killed at Taliban checkpoint

A 10-year-old girl who was approved to come with her family to Canada from Afghanistan was killed when gunfire erupted at a Taliban checkpoint. Eleanor Taylor of the group Aman Lara, an organization t...

Dec 17, 2021

A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada

A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada and the restrictions being brought in to try to stem the spread of the Omicron variant: - Canada is bringing back a requirement for everyone entering the c...

Dec 17, 2021

Infant dies of COVID-19 in Montreal, hospital says baby was born healthy

MONTREAL - An infant has died of COVID-19 at a Montreal hospital. The Sainte-Justine children's hospital says the baby, who was less than two months old, died of the disease on Thursday. The hospital ...

Dec 17, 2021

Quebec woman who murdered stepdaughter must spend at least 13 years in prison

TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - A Superior Court judge has sentenced a Granby, Que., woman convicted of murdering her seven-year-old stepdaughter to life in prison with no chance of parole for 13 years. During ...

Dec 17, 2021

Capacity limits, parties cancelled as B.C. tries to hold back Omicron spread

VICTORIA - British Columbia is placing restrictions on events and gatherings until the end of January in an effort to limit the fast-spreading COVID-19 Omicron variant. Measures range from limits on v...

Dec 17, 2021

Northwest Territories loosens COVID-19 isolation requirements, increases testing

YELLOWKNIFE - Northwest Territories parents with partially vaccinated children no longer need to self-isolate for COVID-19 when they return from travel. N.W.T. chief public health officer Dr. Kami Kan...

Dec 17, 2021

Manitoba judge to rule on battle over Progressive Conservative leadership

WINNIPEG - A judge is to rule today in a fight over the leadership of Manitoba's governing Progressive Conservatives. Shelly Glover, who finished a close second in the party's Oct. 30 leadership race,...

Dec 17, 2021

Justin Trudeau shares father's dislike of clause allowing override of charter rights

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shares his late father's disdain for the constitutional "notwithstanding clause" and he's not ruling out asking the Supreme Court to weigh in on Quebec's pre-emp...

Dec 17, 2021