Canada

Privacy czar probing complaints about federal public service vaccination requirement

OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog is investigating "a number of complaints" about the government's COVID-19 vaccination requirement for public servants. In a statement today, privacy commissioner ...

Oct 22, 2021

Defence Department vows to examine extremism in Canadian-trained foreign troops

OTTAWA - The Defence Department is vowing to review how the military screens for extremist views in the foreign troops it trains. The move comes after a report found that far-right extremists in the U...

Oct 22, 2021

Iqaluit to provide update on water crisis, hospital continues to postpone surgeries

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The City of Iqaluit is set to provide an update later today on the results of additional water testing. The city's 8,000 or so residents haven't been able to consume tap water for 1...

Oct 22, 2021

Bloc Québécois says Quebec's status as a nation means it must not lose a seat

OTTAWA - YvesFranois Blanchet says Quebec deserves more seats in Ottawa, not fewer, as proposed by Elections Canada. The Bloc Qubcois leader says as Quebec is officially recognized as a nation, it des...

Oct 22, 2021

Canada considers what to do with millions of unused COVID-19 vaccine doses

OTTAWA - Canada must decide what to do with millions of unused COVID-19 vaccine doses now that officials have confirmed they won't be needed to vaccinate children. Roughly 6.6-million doses have been ...

Oct 22, 2021

Not the time to 'freely go wherever,' says Tam as non-essential travel advisory lifts

OTTAWA - Canadians should carefully weigh any future decisions on taking foreign trips even though the federal government has lifted a global advisory asking them to avoid non-essential travel, health...

Oct 22, 2021

Quebec is relaxing COVID-19 restrictions, but dance floors remain empty

MONTREAL - For Montreal DJ Marc-Andr Patry, there's no point performing if people can't dance. "I wouldn't go to the museum for an exhibition and look at a piece of art on the wall if it was 80 per ce...

Oct 22, 2021

Hand-washing, no yelling 'trick-or-treat': Quebec offers up pandemic Halloween rules

MONTREAL - Quebec kids are being asked not to yell 'trick-or-treat' as they go door-to-door for candy and to keep a bottle of hand sanitizer handy this Halloween. The province's Health Department toda...

Oct 22, 2021

People with allergic reaction to COVID-19 vaccine can still get second dose: NACI

OTTAWA - Canada's vaccine advisory committee says it's possible to safely give a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to people who experienced severe allergic reactions to their first shot. The Nation...

Oct 22, 2021

Green Party to drop legal action against Annamie Paul as discussions drag on

OTTAWA - Green Party executives are planning to drop a legal challenge against their leader that brought tensions between senior officials and Annamie Paul to a boil last summer. Two senior party memb...

Oct 22, 2021