Canada

Three more provinces announce plans for COVID-19 child vaccination programs

Parents in Alberta can start booking online COVID-19 vaccination times for their children on Wednesday as three more provinces announced the rollout of similar inoculation programs on Tuesday. Alberta...

Nov 23, 2021

Conservatives say all MPs should vote on vaccination mandate to enter House

OTTAWA - Conservatives say all 338 members of Parliament should be able to vote on whether they must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter the House of Commons. Tory whip Blake RichardsaskedCo...

Nov 23, 2021

Quebec long-term care homes 'forgotten' in COVID-19 planning, ombudswoman says

MONTREAL - Long-term care homes were almost totally forgotten in Quebec's early COVID-19 planning, the province's ombudswoman said Tuesday in a report that called for widespread changes to "humanize" ...

Nov 23, 2021

Woman back in Canada with young daughter after years in Syrian prison camps

OTTAWA - A Canadian woman who spent more than two years in Syrian prison camps is home from Iraq after fighting Ottawa to get an emergency travel document. The woman's lawyer, Paul Champ, says she arr...

Nov 23, 2021

Asylum seekers can use Roxham Road crossing in Quebec as pandemic ban lifted

MONTREAL - An unofficial border crossing in rural Quebec that was used by asylum seekers to enter Canada has reopened after being closed for much of the pandemic. The crossing at Roxham Road, on the C...

Nov 23, 2021

Ottawa clarifies COVID-19 travel exemption on B.C.-U.S. border during floods

OTTAWA - The federal minister of emergency preparedness says border guards have been advised that British Columbia residents can cross into the United States for essential supplies because of flooding...

Nov 23, 2021

Canada must strengthen critical infrastructure for future extreme weather: Blair

OTTAWA - Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says the risk of future storms has to be taken into account as British Columbia rebuilds following massive rainstorms and deadly mudslides. Blair sa...

Nov 23, 2021

Governor General centres 'lifelong journey' of reconciliation in throne speech

OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, the first Inuk person to serve in the role, centred the theme of reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Tuesday's speech from the throne with an introduction - delive...

Nov 23, 2021

COVID-19 recovery top priority in throne speech, but GG provides little detail

OTTAWA - The continuing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic and the work needed to recover are the undercurrents of Liberal plans for this session of Parliament and throughout Gov. Gen. Mary Simon's first...

Nov 23, 2021

Five key take-aways from Tuesday's speech from the throne

OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon officially kicked off a new session of Parliament on Tuesday with a throne speech delivered on behalf of the government. Here are five key take-aways from the speech: 1. ...

Nov 23, 2021