Canada

Unvaccinated federal employees not granted exemptions to be put on unpaid leave today

OTTAWA - Employees in the core federal public sector who have not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be put on unpaid leave today, unless they were already granted an accommodation. The polic...

Nov 15, 2021

Heavy rain sets off flooding, rock and mudslides in southern B.C.

VANCOUVER - Relentless rain has caused mud and rock slides in several locations in southern B.C., displacing some residents and prompting highway closures. The City of Abbotsford opened a reception ce...

Nov 15, 2021

Doctors lament overnight closure of Montreal hospital ER, dig into pockets to end it

MONTREAL - Dr. Fahimy Saoud spent a recent shift in a west-Montreal emergency room idly sitting and waiting for patients she knew would never come. The urgent care area of the Lachine Hospital, where ...

Nov 15, 2021

Alberta to announce child-care deal with federal government

EDMONTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney are set to announce a deal they've reached on child care during an event in Edmonton today. The federal Liberal government has...

Nov 15, 2021

Clock already ticking on Liberal promise to introduce host of bills in first 100 days

OTTAWA - After getting off to an arguably slow start since winning re-election on Sept. 20, Justin Trudeau's Liberal government appears poised to go into hyperdrive with next week's resumption of Parl...

Nov 15, 2021

Excessive workloads hurting veterans and staff, former case manager alleges

OTTAWA - A former case manager with Veterans Affairs Canada is speaking out about the overwhelming caseloads, lack of support and toxic work environment that she says are putting severely disabled vet...

Nov 14, 2021

Tory brand with racialized communities still hurt by divisive 2015 campaign: MP

OTTAWA - The Conservative MP leading outreach efforts for leader Erin O'Toole says a six-year-old promise to create a 'barbaric cultural practices' hotline still hangs over the party's attempts to reb...

Nov 14, 2021

Canada has no choice but to bar Huawei from 5G mobile networks, security experts say

OTTAWA - As the Liberal government prepares to unfurl its policy on next-generation mobile networks, global security experts say all signs point to the exclusion of Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies ...

Nov 14, 2021

Rare eagle sighting in Atlantic Canada like palm tree in the tundra, expert says

The unusual odyssey of a rare eagle from Russia onto Texas, Quebec and finally Nova Scotia has birdwatchers both puzzled and spellbound. This Steller's sea eagle has trekked almost halfway around the ...

Nov 14, 2021

Green groups greet climate deal with hope, frustration after last-minute compromise

Environmental groups and politicians in Canada are reacting with a mix of discouragement and determination to a last-minute deal reached at the United Nations climate talks. Almost 200 countries have ...

Nov 13, 2021