Canada

Quebec, Ontario set new COVID-19 records as provinces mull easing isolation rules

Ontario and Quebec are both reporting new COVID-19 case records today, as Canadian provinces explore changing isolation rules to keep health systems afloat amid an unprecedented wave of infections. On...

Dec 29, 2021

Nunavut extends lockdown as COVID-19 infections surge in the province

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is extending its "circuit-breaker'' lockdown as a rise in COVID-19 infections pushes the territory's health-care system to a breaking point. The territory's chief public hea...

Dec 29, 2021

Author Yann Martel, former senator Murray Sinclair among 135 named to Order of Canada

OTTAWA - In a renovated shed in his garden, author Yann Martel drafts and redrafts his best sellers. The novelist writes in English, although his first language is French, and his work - including "Li...

Dec 29, 2021

COVID cases rising, Jason Kenney hoping for 2022 bounceback : In The News for Dec. 29

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 Dec. 29... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Dec 29, 2021

Desmond inquiry: Nova Scotia inquest into shooting tragedy facing complex challenges

HALIFAX - Almost five years after Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond killed three family members and himself, an inquiry is expected to draw to a close next month in Nova Scotia with questions sti...

Dec 29, 2021

Several provinces considering allowing COVID positive health workers to stay on job

Even as some provinces have reported record-high daily COVID-19 case counts, health experts are warning the real infection rate is likely much higher, pointing out that data has been clouded by holida...

Dec 29, 2021

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney banks on strong economy in 2022 after tough COVID year

EDMONTON - It was a speech that symbolized Alberta's pandemic politics in 2021: Premier Jason Kenney's boastful, bullhorn-loud, first-out-of-the-gate victory whoop over COVID-19 preceding a crushing h...

Dec 29, 2021

Air force reporting progress in fight for pilots as COVID-19 ravages airlines

OTTAWA - The commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force is reporting progress in his long-running fight to recruit and retain more pilots. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Lt.-Gen. Al Meinzinge...

Dec 28, 2021

Canada Child Benefit still needed alongside national daycare system, minister says

OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of child-care efforts says she still sees a need for the government's cornerstone children's benefit even in a Canada with a national daycare system. Families M...

Dec 28, 2021

Alberta Opposition wants answers on how UCP government handled pandemic

EDMONTON - The Opposition in Alberta hopes to build on a buoyant 2021 during which the New Democrats outpaced Premier Jason Kenney's United Conservatives in popularity polls and fundraising. NDP Leade...

Dec 28, 2021