Canada

Owner of Quebec care home where 47 died during pandemic testifies at coroner inquest

MONTREAL - The owner of a Montreal long-term care home where 47 residents died during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic told a coroner's inquiry Wednesday she was relieved when government offici...

Sep 22, 2021

Environment groups say all parties now firmly behind strong action on climate change

OTTAWA - Two years ago environment groups applauded the federal election results as a win after almost two in every three voters picked a party with a clear commitment to combating climate change. Mon...

Sep 22, 2021

Canada paused COVID-19 vaccine deliveries as supply far exceeds demand

OTTAWA - Further deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to Canada are on pause because provinces already have more doses than they can currently use. Canada was to get 95 million doses of vaccine from Pfizer...

Sep 22, 2021

Hawks to hummingbirds: Study finds roads quieted by COVID-19 fill with birdsong

New research shows that roads and runways quieted by COVID-19 are filling with birdsong instead. University of Manitoba scientists led a study drawing on millions of sightings by amateur birders acros...

Sep 22, 2021

Quick List: Close races where mail-in ballots are deciding election results

OTTAWA - Several federal ridings may not have an elected member of Parliament until Thursday or even Friday, as Elections Canada continues the arduous task of verifying and counting more than 850,000 ...

Sep 22, 2021

Jenica Atwin wins re-election after switch from Greens to Liberals in Fredericton

FREDERICTON - It took a couple of extra days to complete the counting, but Jenica Atwin has been re-elected in the riding of Fredericton - this time for the Liberals - by a slim margin of just over 50...

Sep 22, 2021

B.C. must shore up risk-crisis communications before, during, after wildfires: report

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A report examining British Columbia's response to the record-setting wildfire seasons of 2017 and 2018 says improving communication with communities at risk of fire will save properti...

Sep 22, 2021

Dumped Liberal candidate Kevin Vuong will sit as Independent MP if

OTTAWA - Kevin Vuong intends to sit as an Independent MP after being elected as a Liberal even though the party dumped him from the ticket. Vuong says in a statement that he intends to serve his const...

Sep 22, 2021

North Van stabbing suspect charged with 5 counts of attempted murder in March attack

VANCOUVER - Homicide investigators say more charges have been laid against the suspect in a stabbing attack that killed one woman and injured six other people in North Vancouver in March. A statement ...

Sep 22, 2021

Poll workers say Elections Canada put them at risk of contracting COVID-19

OTTAWA - A polling station officer was scared of contracting COVID-19 on Monday because Elections Canada didn't require workers to be fully vaccinated or allow them to request proof of a medical exemp...

Sep 22, 2021