Canada

A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...

Aug 09, 2021

Group finishes six-week walk to honour children, survivors of residential schools

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A six-week, 2,000-kilometre walk to honour children and survivors of residential schools that began in Yukon ended Monday in Kamloops, B.C., "ground zero for where the truth broke out...

Aug 09, 2021

Two more key officials depart Green Party amid staffing upheaval as election looms

OTTAWA - A pair of top officials are departing the Greens as financial strain and internal strife continue to take a toll on the party ahead of a likely election this year. Leader Annamie Paul's inter...

Aug 09, 2021

Five years later: Mother of Colten Boushie still demanding change in justice system

WHITECAP, Sask. - The mother of a young Indigenous man shot and killed five years ago in Saskatchewan says there still needs to be change in the justice system. Debbie Baptiste also says she misses he...

Aug 09, 2021

Rain calms B.C. fire starts, lowers wildfire danger but relief not expected to last

British Columbia's wildfire danger map shows a low to moderate fire risk in much of the province after a rainy weekend, but the extreme risk is expected to resume quickly as another hot spell arrives....

Aug 09, 2021

American tourists return to Niagara Region's tourist attractions as border

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - American tourists returned to the Niagara Region for the first time in more than a year on Monday, eager to see the thundering falls, take in the area's attractions and explore n...

Aug 09, 2021

How U.S. citizens can make travelling from U.S. to Canada as painless as possible

WASHINGTON - Fully vaccinated U.S. citizens and permanent residents can now enter Canada for non-essential purposes for the first time since March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the two count...

Aug 09, 2021

Meng's legal team argues for stay in proceedings as remedy to 'abuse' in case

VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou say the only appropriate remedy for a range of abuses in her extradition case is for proceedings to be stayed. Defence lawyer Tony Paisana urged t...

Aug 09, 2021

Liberal government urged not to reinstate top military commander McDonald

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is being urged not to reinstate Admiral Art McDonald as Canada's top military commander even though police did not lay any charges after a six-month investigati...

Aug 09, 2021

UN report 'must sound death knell' for fossil fuels as Canada faces climate urgency

OTTAWA - The secretary-general of the United Nations says a new report "must sound the death knell for coal and fossil fuels," raising renewed questions about Canada's climate plan and the long-term v...

Aug 09, 2021