Canada

Sen. Josée Forest-Niesing home after month in hospital fighting COVID-19

OTTAWA - A senator who contracted COVID-19 despite being double vaccinated has returned home after a month in hospital. However, Sen. Jose Forest-Niesing is facing a potentially lengthy recovery due t...

Nov 16, 2021

Climate making disasters like B.C. rain more frequent and more intense: scientists

Scientists say climate change is likely playing a role in this week's catastrophic flooding in British Columbia. Highways are blocked and communities have been evacuated after bucketing rain caused mu...

Nov 16, 2021

CSIS info-sharing with RCMP in extremist probe 'very limited,' security watchdog says

OTTAWA - A new security watchdog report says long-standing, systemic problems hampered co-operation between Canada's spy service and national police force on the investigation of an extremist threat. ...

Nov 16, 2021

Health Canada receives submission to approve Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for kids

OTTAWA - Health Canada says it has received a submission from Moderna to authorize use of its COVID-19 vaccine for children aged six to 11. The agency says it will prioritize the review of the submiss...

Nov 16, 2021

The latest news on mudslides and flooding in British Columbia for Nov. 16, 2021

The latest news on mudslides and flooding in British Columbia (all times Eastern): --- 11:35 a.m. Single-lane, alternating traffic is expected to begin moving on the Malahat Highway, the main link on ...

Nov 16, 2021

Joly, Freeland, Ng and Mendicino to take part in summit with Trudeau in D.C.

WASHINGTON - Canada's new foreign affairs minister will be among the federal delegation joining Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the North American Leaders' Summit. Mlanie Joly is in Mexico City for ...

Nov 16, 2021

Police search for possibly armed man spotted in Sept-Îles in northeastern Quebec

SEPT-LES, Que. - Quebec provincial police are asking people in Sept-les, Que., to stay indoors with a manhunt underway after a possibly armed man was spotted. Police say the area where the suspect was...

Nov 16, 2021

Fuel in Iqaluit's water likely from 59-year-old underground tank: engineers

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Engineers say the source of fuel in Iqaluit's water is likely an underground fuel tank built in 1962. The 8,000 people who live in Nunavut's capital haven't been able to drink their...

Nov 16, 2021

Oceana audit says little progress in Canada's fishery management over last five years

HALIFAX - A new report says Canadian fisheries management has "fallen short" over the last five years, with nearly one in five fish stocks still "critically depleted." More than 80 per cent of the cri...

Nov 16, 2021

B.C. mudslides, call to end ban on gay men donating blood: In The News for Nov. 16

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 Nov. 16 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Nov 16, 2021