Canada

Remains of toppled crane removed in Kelowna, B.C., most evacuations lifted

KELOWNA, B.C. - Evacuation orders have been lifted for all but one building in Kelowna, B.C., as crews have dismantled what remained of a crane that collapsed, killing five people. A statement issued ...

Jul 20, 2021

Challenges at southern border may be drag on efforts to reopen Canada-U.S. frontier

WASHINGTON - Border experts and political observers say the U.S.-Mexico border likely has a lot to do with why President Joe Biden is dragging his heels on reopening the frontier with Canada. The sout...

Jul 20, 2021

Government expects foreign states' wariness of mix-and-max vaccination to 'evolve'

OTTAWA - Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc is sounding a note of hope that Canadians who mixed and matched vaccines will not have a problem crossing borders in the months ahead. While...

Jul 20, 2021

Finance Department faces grilling by MPs over tax rules in sale of family businesses

OTTAWA - Parliament's legal expert says the Liberal government waded into uncharted territory when it decided to delay enacting tax rule changes on the sale of small businesses between family members....

Jul 20, 2021

Liberals add $1.4 billion to climate change mitigation fund: McKenna

OTTAWA - Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says the federal government is adding almost $1.4 billion to the disaster mitigation and adaptation fund this year to help communities across Canada ...

Jul 20, 2021

Court of Appeal rules Mountie to be jailed for police chase before fatal shooting

WINNIPEG - A former Mountie will be going to jail after Crown prosecutors appealed a sentence for his actions during a police chase that ended with the shooting death of a man in northern Manitoba. Ab...

Jul 20, 2021

Canada Child Benefits gets mini bump in payments with pandemic playing a role

OTTAWA - Canadian families are seeing the lowest annual increase in federal child benefits since payments were tied to inflation as the pandemic has weighed on price growth over the last year. The gov...

Jul 20, 2021

Volunteers sought in anticipation of plan to evacuate, resettle Afghan interpreters

OTTAWA - An organization counting retired military officers and diplomats among its ranks is looking for volunteers to welcome and help integrate any former Afghan interpreters and their families who ...

Jul 20, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada on Tuesday, July 20, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 10 a.m. The Nunavut government says Iqaluit's COVID-19 outbreak is officially over after nearly a month with no new cases. It ha...

Jul 20, 2021

Iqaluit's COVID-19 outbreak declared over after 28 days with no new cases

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The Nunavut government says Iqaluit's COVID-19 outbreak is officially over after nearly a month with no new cases. It was 28 consecutive days Monday without cases, which meets the t...

Jul 20, 2021