Canada

B.C. seeks forfeiture of $2.8M condo owned by alleged COVID-19 violator

VICTORIA - A civil action has been filed in British Columbia Supreme Court that could see the owner of a condo in Vancouver stripped of his property after allegedly violating COVID-19 restrictions. Th...

Sep 29, 2021

Quebec nurses pan government's bonus offer, say real issue is mandatory overtime

MONTREAL - Sandra Gagnon said she received an excited phone call from her mom last week, after Quebec Premier Franois Legault said he would give full-time nurses a $15,000 bonus to keep them from quit...

Sep 29, 2021

Gun-control group urges Trudeau to name new minister to advance Liberal promises

OTTAWA - An influential voice on gun control says it is time for a new cabinet minister to usher in the re-elected Liberal government's promised firearm measures. In a letter to Prime Minister Justin ...

Sep 29, 2021

National advisory committee recommends booster for seniors in long-term care

OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says seniors in long-term care homes need a COVID-19 vaccine booster immediately to protect them from the virus. The new guidance was released ...

Sep 29, 2021

Native Women's Shelter splits with Quebec youth protection agency, citing racism

MONTREAL - The Native Women's Shelter of Montreal said Tuesday it has suspended meetings with health officials overseeing the province's English-language youth-protection system because of the agency'...

Sep 28, 2021

Trudeau says moving on vaccine mandate for federal workers, travellers priority No. 1

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government's first priority postelection will be to move ahead with plans to require travellers to be fully vaccinated before getting on a plane or trai...

Sep 28, 2021

B.C. judge denies injunction extension over Fairy Creek logging

VICTORIA - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has denied a forest company's application to extend an injunction against blockades by people opposed to the logging of old-growth trees in the Fairy ...

Sep 28, 2021

Canadian Conference of Bishops pledge $30M for survivors of residential schools

OTTAWA - The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops is pledging to fundraise $30 million for projects to help residential school survivors heal from their trauma. President Raymond Poisson says it wa...

Sep 28, 2021

Family of Canadian Uyghur advocate held in China upset, outraged he remains detained

OTTAWA - The wife of a Canadian Uyghur advocate imprisoned in China for 15 years says she is disappointed that her husband was not part of a deal that freed Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig. Huseyin ...

Sep 28, 2021

33 trapped miners safe after rescue, 6 more on long trek out of mine near Sudbury

Thirty-three of 39 miners who were trapped underground in northern Ontario since Sunday have returned safely to the surface, the workers' union said Tuesday as a rescue operation continued. United Ste...

Sep 28, 2021