Canada

Ontario will stick to reopening plan despite warning from science panel, premier says

Ontario and Quebec are each reporting 63 additional deaths linked to COVID-19, one day after the two provinces began relaxing pandemic-related restrictions. In Ontario, a panel of scientists that advi...

Feb 01, 2022

In U.S., Trump and his acolytes paying attention to ongoing protests in Canada

WASHINGTON - Ongoing protests in Canada over COVID-19 restrictions have been garnering attention south of the border. Donald Trump himself shouted out Ottawa's so-called "trucker convoy" during a spee...

Feb 01, 2022

'I'm just exhausted': Inside a Toronto hospital during the Omicron wave of COVID-19

TORONTO - Paula Abramcyzk sighs at the unknown her day will bring. Odds are, in the heart of the Omicron wave, someone will die in the intensive care unit at Humber River Hospital in Toronto. The ICU ...

Feb 01, 2022

Indigenous delegation to meet Pope Francis at Vatican set for March

An Indigenous delegation is to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican in early spring to discuss reconciliation and healing after a visit was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A joint stateme...

Feb 01, 2022

Trucker protest continues in Ottawa, Trudeau contracts COVID: In The News for Feb. 1

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 Feb. 1 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Feb 01, 2022

Statistics Canada set to give first glimpse at how economy fared in 2021

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is scheduled to provide its preliminary reading of how the economy fared last year. The release this morning will include a first estimate of growth in real gross domestic p...

Feb 01, 2022

Remaining protesters say they will not leave until all COVID restrictions are lifted

OTTAWA - Crowds have thinned out considerably on Parliament Hill and the surrounding area, where anti-COVID restrictions demonstrators have been protesting for days. But those that remain say they are...

Feb 01, 2022

Commons ethics committee wants cellphone data collection halted over privacy concerns

OTTAWA - The House of Commons ethics committee says there should be a halt to Public Health Agency plans to collect data from millions of people's mobile phones, which is intended to understand travel...

Jan 31, 2022

Divergent views on how best to help Ukraine mark emergency Commons debate

OTTAWA - All parties in the House of Commons agree that Canada must stand in solidarity with Ukraine but they're showing sharp divisions over how best to do that. In an emergency debate tonight on Rus...

Jan 31, 2022

Terry Fox 'above politics' so leave him out of protests: mayor of hero's hometown

PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - A British Columbia mayor says the defacing of a statue of Terry Fox near Parliament Hill has ignited disbelief among residents in the national hero's hometown, and he's calling ...

Jan 31, 2022