Canada

Nunavut to let unvaccinated dependants isolate in territory

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Unvaccinated dependants travelling to Nunavut with their parents or guardians be allowed to complete their isolation in the territory starting Monday. Those who left Nunavut with th...

Jul 30, 2021

An ocean menace: study finds ghost gear capturing species at risk and lobster

HALIFAX - A new study says lost and discarded fishing gear dumped off the southwestern coast of Nova Scotia - site of Canada's most lucrative lobster fishery - is trapping species at risk. Researchers...

Jul 30, 2021

Federal modelling warns of fourth COVID wave driven by Delta if reopening is too fast

Federal officials are warning that Canada could be on the brink of a fourth wave of COVID-19 driven by the highly contagious Delta variant if the country opens too fast before enough people have been ...

Jul 30, 2021

Alberta taking 'risky gamble' by ending COVID isolation: Canadian Paediatric Society

CALGARY - The Canadian Paediatric Society has written an open letter to Alberta's top doctor urging her to reconsider lifting isolation and testing requirements to curb the spread of COVID-19. Close c...

Jul 30, 2021

Copyright collective can't force tariffs on university, Supreme Court rules

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a copyright collective cannot force York University to pay specific tariffs for the use of published works in the classroom. In its unanimous decision today, ...

Jul 30, 2021

Freeland says Liberals will extend aid programs to October because of uneven rebound

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is extending pandemic aid programs by an extra month beyond the previously planned end date. The decision means that wage and rent subsi...

Jul 30, 2021

Canadian women mine more Olympic gold and B.C.'s killer heat: In The News for July 30

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 July 30 ... What we are watching on the world ...

Jul 30, 2021

Statistics Canada to give early glimpse of how economy fared in second quarter

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will say today how the economy fared in May and give its early estimate on the second quarter of the year. Last month, the agency said its preliminary estimate was that real...

Jul 30, 2021

Doctors, lawyers want B.C. to track injuries after record heat wave

VANCOUVER - Two groups focused on environmental issues are calling on the British Columbia government to come up with a plan to track "heat dome injuries" following record-setting temperatures that ar...

Jul 30, 2021

Telltale transactions help financial intelligence centre combat sex trafficking

OTTAWA - Transactional clues - from hotel bills paid in cash to purchases of escort-service ads - are helping Canada's financial intelligence agency detect human trafficking in the sex trade. The Fina...

Jul 30, 2021